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COHP Chap. 1
Question | Answer |
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gastr- | stomach |
-itis | inflammation |
-oste | bone |
arthr- | joint |
poly- | many |
neur- | nerves |
append- | appendix |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
mast- | breast |
-tripsy | crushing |
intestin- | intestine |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-lysis | separation, destruction,loosening |
-tomy | incision |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-desis | binding, fixtation (bone or joint) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-scope | instrument of examining |
-graph | instrument of recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-tripsy | crushing |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-gram | record, writing |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
-gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
-edema | swelling |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-pathy | disease |
-oma | tumor |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-emeisis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous | pertaining to |
-esis, -ia, -ism | condition |
-ician, -ist | specialist |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
thrombi | thrombus |
ova | ovum |
fungi | fungus |
diagnoses | diagnosis |
dipl-, diplo- | double |
macro- | large |
homo-, homeo- | same |
mono-, uni- | one |
small | micro |
circum-, peri- | around |
a-, an- | without, not |
super | upper, above |
post | after, behind |
pre-, pro- | before, in front |
primi- | first |
dia-, trans- | through, across |