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Chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-desis | binding |
-dynia | pain |
-esthesia | sensation |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-phobia | fear |
-phonia | sound |
-phoria | feeling, carrying |
-cele | hernia |
-cytosis | condition of cells |
-ectasia | expansion; dilation |
-ectasis | expanding; dilating |
-edema | swelling |
-ema | condition |
-emesis | vomiting |
-lasis | pathological condition or state; presence of |
-ism | condition, disease |
-itis | inflammation |
-lepsy | seizures |
-leptic | pertaining to seizures |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-mania | obsession; madness |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-osis | condition, state, process |
-paresis | slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
-philia | attraction; affinity for |
-phrenia | of the mind |
-phthisis | wasting away |
-physis | growing |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
-ptosis | falling down; drooping |
-rrhea | to flow or discharge |
-rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-thropic | pertaining to nutrition |
-trophy | nutrition |
-blast | immature, forming |
-cidal | destroying, killing |
-cide | destroying, killing |
-crine | secreting |
-malacia | softening |
-para | bearing |
-parous | producing, bearing |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phage, -phagia | eating, devouring |
-phagy | swallowing |
-phasia | speaking |
-phoresis | carrying |
-plasia | formation, development, growth |
-plastic | forming |
-pnea | breath |
-poiesis | production, formation |
-poietic | pertaining to production |
-poietin | substance that produces |
-para | bearing |
-porosis | lessening in density |
-rrhage | discharging heavily |
-rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
-schisis | splitting |
-somnia | sleep |
-spasm | contraction |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stopping, constant |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-cyte | cell |
-derma | skin |
-emia | blood |
-emic | relating to blood |
-globin | protein |
-globulin | protein |
-oxia | oxygen |
-plakia | plaque |
-plasm | thing formed |
-uria | urine |
-ectomy | removal of part or all of an organ or body part |
-lysis | destruction of |
-lytic | pertaining to destruction |
-ostomy | opening to the outside of the body |
-pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-static, -stasis | maintain a state |
-stomy | opening |
-tome | cutting instrument, segment |
-tomy | cutting operation |
-crit | separate |
-gen | producer |
-genesis | origin |
-genic | produced by |
-ad | toward |
-clasis | breaking |
-clast | breaking instrument |
-form | in the shape of |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
-logist | one who studies |
-logy | study, practice |
-oid | like, resembling |
-phylaxis | protection, prevention |
-plegic | one who is paralyzed |
-stat | agent to maintain a state of equilibrium |
-tropia | turning |
-tropic | turning toward |
-tropy | attracted to target structures |
-version | turning |