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Week 2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -necrosis | death to cells; irreversible damage |
| -sclerosis | hardening of tissue |
| -stenoisis | a stricture of any canal or orifice |
| -graphy | a method of recording |
| -gram | a recording, usually by an instrument |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhapy | to suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
| -pathy | disease |
| -otomy | cutting |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| supra- | above |
| sub- | below |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, to |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | inside |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| cephal/o | head |
| caud/o | lower part of the body |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| dist/o | far |
| anter/o | front |
| midsagitt/o | at the middle, from front to back |
| poster/o | behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| trans- | across |
| medi/o | middle |
| later/o | side |
| ventr/o | infront |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | below |