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Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-pexy | fixation (of and organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument of measure |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing, origin |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-plasm | formation, growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhage | bursting (of) |
-rrhagia | bursting (of) |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic | poison |
-trophy | nourishment, development |