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Medical Terminology

QuestionAnswer
centesis to puncture/tap to draw fluid from
desis surgical fixation, fusion
ectomy excision, removal, cut out
pexy fixation
plasty surgical repair, correction
rrhapy suture
sect to cut
stomy forming a new opening
tome instrument for cutting
tomy incision into, cut into
tripsy to crush, break down
puncture to pierce a surface
assay examine, analyze
gram written record, recording
graph instrument for recording
graphy process of recording
manometer instrument for measuring pressure
manometry process of measuring pressure
meter instrument for measuring
metery process of measuring
opsy to view
scope instrument for examining
scopy process, of examining, examination
rrhagia excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
rrhage excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
rrhaphy suture
rrhea flow, discharge
rrhexis rupture
ac (cardiac)
al (dental)
ar (tonsilar)
ary (pulmonary)
ia (bradycardia)
ic (gastric)
ical (chemical)
ium (cardium)
ous (mucous)
tic (pancreatic)
us (hydrocephalus)
algia -algeisa - pain
cele herneation, swelling
cide killing, agent that kills
cyte cell
emia blood condition
ism condition, disease
ist specialist
itis inflammation
logist one who studies, specialist
logia -logy - the study of
lysis destruction, break down
megaly enlarged
oid resembling, like
oma tumor, mass
opia -opsia - vision
osis condition of
pathy disease
plasm growth/formation of tissue
pnea breath, breathing
porosis porous, decrease in density
ptosis drooping, prolapsed
ptysis spitting, spit up
spasm twitching, involuntary contraction
therapy treatment
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