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Chapter 1
Intro to Medical Terminology/Matching Word
Term | Definition |
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Dys- | Bad, difficult, painful |
Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-algia | Pain, suffering, painful condition |
-ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out |
-osis | Abnormal condition or disease |
-malacia | Abnormal softening |
Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
-itis | Inflammation |
-necrosis | Tissue death |
-ostomy | Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
-otomy | Cutting, surgical incision |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-ac, -al | Pertaining to, relating to |
-rrhea | Flow or discharge |
-sclerosis | Abnormal hardening |
-stenosis | Abnormal narrowing |