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Week 2: Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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-necrosis | death of cells or tissues |
-sclerosis | hardening of tissue |
-stenosis | narrowness |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-scopy | instrument use for viewing |
-graphy | recording |
-gram | record/ picture |
-rrhage | bleeding, excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhapy | to suture (stitch) |
-rrhexis | to rupture |
-rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
-dynia | pain |
-ic | pertaining to |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | negative feeling |
-ostomy | surgical creation |
-otomy | cut into |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
supra- | above, excessive |
sub- | under, less, below |
ab- | away |
ad- | increase |
inter- | between, among |
intra- | within, inside |
arteri/o | pertaining to an artery |
arthr/o | pertaining to the joints, limbs |
ather/o | fatty substance (plague) |
cephal/o | head |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
coron/o | crown |
dist/o | far |
anter/o | in front of |
midsagitt/o | at the middle |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
trans- | across |
medi/o | middle |
later/o | side |
ventr/o | belly |
dors/o | back of body |
infer/o | low |
-plasi/a | development, formation or growth |