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Chapter 1 Cards
Medical Terminology: Creative Study Assignment - Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation |
-ia | condition of |
-megaly | enlargement |
oligo- | few or deficient |
para- | alongside of, abnormal |
peri- | around |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-dynia | pain |
-rrhaphy | suture |
meta- | beyond, after, or change |
supra- | above or excessive |
dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
ante- | before |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
ultra- | beyond or excessive |
eu- | good or normal |
neo- | new |
oid- | resembling |
-penia | abnormal reduction |
-malacia | softening |
-centesis | puncture for aspiration |
-desis | binding |
-rrhage | excessive discharge (usually blood) |
acr/o | extremity or topmost |
carcin/o | cancer |
scler/o | hard |
esthesi/o | sensation |
crin/o | to secrete |