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Building a Medical Vocabulary w/Spanish transition:Pathologies
Question | Answer |
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Cancer(o) Carcin(o) | Cancer |
lith(o) | Stone or calculus |
onc(o) | Tumor |
Path(o) | disease |
-cele | hernia(protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it) |
-emia | condition of the blood |
-ia, -iasis | condition |
-itis | inflamation |
-lith | stone or caculus |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
-maniac | a person who shows excessive preoccupation |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase) |
-pathy | disease |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-ptosis | prolapse(sagging) |