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Med-Term
Ch.1 Terms
Term | Definition |
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-penia | decrease |
gastr/o | stomach |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-gram | record |
-meter | measuring |
-scope | instrument for examining |
a- an- | without |
circum- peri- | around |
hypo- | under,below |
post- | after, behind |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-desis | binding, fixation (of bone or joint) |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-metry | act of measuring |
-scopy | visual examination |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlarging |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic | poison |
-trophy | nurishment, development |
dia- trans- | through, across |
dipl- diplo- | double |
endo- intra- | in, within |
homo- homeo- | same |
hypo- | under, below, deficient |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- uni- | one |
post- | after, behind |
pre- pro- | before, in front of |
primi- | first |
retro- | backward, behind |
super- | upper, above |