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key word parts
chapter 1.
Question | Answer |
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Word Parts | Introduction to word parts and how they create complex medical terms. |
-algia | pain, painful condition |
dys- | bad, difficult,painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
hyper- | excessive,increased |
hypo- | deffient, decreased |
-itis | inflamation |
-osis | abnormal condition, diease |
-ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | bleeding, abonormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhapy | to suture |
-rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |