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CTC Dent-Terminology
Question | Answer |
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gingiv- | gums |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
odont- | tooth |
alveol- | tooth socket |
-algia | pain |
-itis | inflammation |
path- | disease |
-ology | the study of |
dent- | teeth |
lingu- | tongue |
or- | mouth |
peri- | about, around |
micr- | small |
arthr- | joint |
-ologist | the specialist in the study of |
cyst | sac containing fluid, bladder |
hyper- | above, more than normal, excessive |
sub- | under, below, beneath |
trans- | through, across, beyond |
-trophy | development |
pre- | in front of, before |
labi- | lips |
gloss- | tongue |
-osis | any condition |
bucc- | cheek |
auto- | self |
cervic- | neck |
-odyn- | pain |
traum- | wound, injury |
neo- | new |
later- | side |
-desis | binding, fixation |
calc- | stone |
antr- | cavity |
plast- | plastic repair |
-otomy | cut into |
os-, oss-, ost-, oste- | bone |
-vulse | twitch, pull |
stom-, stomat- | mouth, opening |
top- | place |
macr-, macro- | large |
ab- | away from |
vestibul- | entrance |
radi- | ray |
pan- | all |
gen- | originate, produce |
fistul-, fistule- | pipe, tube |
ex- | out, from |
cut- | skin |
end- | inside, within |
benign | mild, no cancer |
inter- | between |
-lysis | loosening, destruction |
myel- | marrow, spinal cord |
an-, a- | without, not |
-centesis | punctured |
gemin- | twin, double |
hemi- | half |
grad- | step, stage |
intra- | within |
ante- | in front of, before |
cephal- | head |
dys- | bad |
hypo- | under, deficient |
infra- | beneath |
mal- | bad |
gram- | record |
esthesia- | sensation |
malign- | bad |
lith- | stone |
retro- | backwards |
radic- | root |
en- | in |
-ostomy | passageway, create an opening |
sinus | hollow space |
physio- | nature |
pro- | in front of, before |
post- | behind, lack of |
-plasia | development |
-pexy | suspension, fixation |