click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
HCP102 pt 1
Nancy Arellano
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-algia | pain |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | deficient |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ostomy | surgical creation of artificial opening to body surface |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | bleeding, excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
aden/o- | gland |
adip/o- | fat |
anter/o- | before/front |
caud/o- | lower part of body |
cephal/o- | head |
cyt/o-, -cyte- | cell |
endo-, endo- | in, within, inside |
exo- | out of, outside, away from |
hist/o-, histi/o- | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | study of |
path/o-, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling |
plas/I-, plas/o-, -plasia | development |
poster/o | behind, toward the back |
-stasis, -static | control |
angi/o- | blood or lymph vessel |
aort/o- | aorta |
arteri/o- | artery |
arther/o- | plaque, fatty substance |
brady- | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
-crasia | a mixture or blending |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
erythr/o- | red |
hem/o-, hemat/o- | blood, relating to the blood |
leuk/o- | white |
phleb/o- | vein |
tachy- | fast |
thromb/o- | clot |
ven/o- | vein |