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EMTP - Med Terms 3
Essentials of A&P for Emergency Care - Brady Books 2011
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | singular |
| ac | pertaining to |
| ad | toward |
| al | pertaining to |
| algesia | pain |
| algia | pain |
| apheresis | removal |
| ar | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| asthenia | weakness |
| atresia | closure;absence of a normal body opening |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasia | break apart |
| clast | break apart |
| crit | separate |
| cusis | hearing condition |
| syte | cell |
| desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| drome | run, running |
| dynia | pain |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| ectomy | exciion |
| elle | small |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood (condition of) |
| emetic | vomiting |
| gen | formation, cause, produce |
| genesis | origin, cause |
| genic | pertaining to formation, causing, producing |
| gram | recording |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | recording process |
| hemia | blood (condition of) |
| ia | diseased state (condition of) |
| ial | pertaining to |
| iasis | condition of |
| iatry | treatment, specialty |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ion | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| is | pertaining to |
| ism | condition or disease |
| ist | one who practices |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizure |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study of |
| lytic, lysis | to loosen, dissolve |
| malacia | softening |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| metry | measurement |
| oid | resemblance to |
| oma | abnomal swelling, tumor |
| opia | viion |
| opsy | view of |
| osis | process or condition that is usually abnormal |
| otomy | cutting into, excision |
| ous | pertaining to |
| oxia | oxygen |
| paresis | paralysis (minor) |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
| pepsia | digestion |
| pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| phagia | eating or swallowing |
| phasia | speaking |
| phil, philia | loving, affinity for |
| phobia | fear |
| phonia | sound or voice |
| phylaxis | protection |
| physis | growth |
| plasia | shape, formation |
| plasm | something shaped |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis (major) |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| practic | one who practices |
| ptosis | falling downward (condition of) |
| ptysis | spit out a fluid |
| rrhagia | bleeding, hemorrhage |
| rrhaphy | suturing |
| rrhea | excessive discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| salpinx | trumpet, fallopian tube |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| scopy | process of viewing |
| sis | state of |
| some | body |
| spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| statis | standing still |
| stenosis | narrowing, constriction |
| stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| tic | pertaining to |
| tocia | birth, labor |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| um | pertaining to |
| uria | urine, urination |
| y | process of |