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HCP102 pt 1
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pian, painful condition |
dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
hyper- | excessive, increase |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
-itis | inflmation |
-osis | abnormal condition disease |
-ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening of the body surface |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | before, front |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o, cyte | cell |
end-, endo- | in, whithin, inside |
exo- | out of , outside, away from |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | the science or study of |
path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development , growth, formation |
poster/o | behind, toward the back |
stasis, static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/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, rapid |
thromb/o | clot |
ven/o | vein |