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Tonya's terminology
Question | Answer |
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-plasty | a repair or restoration of a part or a function |
gen,genic,genesis | pertaining or caused by the genes |
-scopy | observation or visual examination |
-tomy | act of cutting; incision |
-cyte | a suffix meaning a cell of a specified type or other substance |
-lysis | destruction or decomposition of a cell or other substance |
-pathy | morbid condition or disease generally used to designate a non iflammatory condition |
phobia | a persistant irrational intense fear of an object, activity or situation |
-stomy | a suffix meaning surgical opening |
-stasis | a stoppage or diminuation of flow |
cele- | hernia |
-algia | pain |
malacia | softening |
-itis | inflammation |
derm/dermat | skin |
dynia/dysp | abnormal, bad difficult |
-emia | blood condition |
cardio | heart |
path | disease |
oste | bone |
nuer | nerve |
hem/hemat | blood |
ger/gerent | aged |
muscul/my | muscle |
pnuem | air/lung |
psych | mind |
ectasis/ectasia | expansion~dilitation |
-oma | tumor mass swelling |
megaly | enlargement |
iasis | condition |
qnoc | every other night |
pc | after meals |
p | after |
wa | while awake |
qam | every morning |
pm | evening |
qh/q1h | every hour |
mn | midnight |
hs | hours of sleep |
q2/q2h | every two hours |
noct/noc | night |
am | morning |
quid | 4x a day |
bacti | bacteriology |
qod | every other day |
F | fahrenheit |
C | celsius |
blwk | blood work |
> | greater than |
< | less than |
osis | condition, usually abnormal |
penia | deficiency |
plasia | development , formation |
plegia | paralysis |
ptosis | drooping/ downward displacement |
rrhage | flow discharge |
pnea | breathing |
centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
ectomy | removal or resection |