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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY PART 1

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EDEMA
EXCESS FLUID IN BODY TISSUES, CAUSING SWELLING
PHALANX
ONE BONE OF THE FINGERS OR TOES
PHALANGES (PLURAL)
MYEL/O
SPINAL CORD OR BONE MARROW
(MYELOPATHY)
APPENDIC/O
APPENDIX
(APPENDICITIS)
ITIS
INFLAMMATION
(GASTRITIS)
LITH/O
STONE
(LITHOGRAPHY)
OTOMY
A SURGICAL INCISION
(COLOTOMY)
PATHY
DISEASE
(NEUROPATHY)
MYO
MUSCLE
(MYOPATHY)
PRE
BEFORE, IN FRONT OF
(PRENATAL)
PERI
AROUND OR SURROUNDING
(PERINATAL)
POST
AFTER
(POSTNATAL)
CARDI/O
HEART
(CARDIOGRAM)
ECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL
(APPENDECTOMY)
PERICARDIUM
MEMBRANOUS SAC THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART
AB
AWAY FROM
(ABNORMAL)
FEBRILE
HAVING A FEVER
A
AWAY FROM, NEGATIVE
(AFEBRILE)
AD
TOWARD OR IN THE DIRECTION OF
(ADDICTION)
DYS
DIFFICULT, PAINFUL OR BAD
(DYSFUNCTIONAL)
EU
WELL, EASY OR GOOD
(EUPNEA)
PNEA
BREATHING
(APNEA)
HYPER
OVER, ABOVE OR INCREASED
(HYPERTENSION)
HYPO
BELOW, UNDER OR DECREASED
(HYPOTENSION)
INTER
BETWEEN OR AMONG
(INTERSTITIAL)
INTRA
WITHIN OR INSIDE
(INTRAMUSCULAR)
POLY
MANY
(POLYURIA)
OLIG/O
FEW, SCANT OR LITTLE
(OLIGURIA)
SUB
UNDER, LESS OR BELOW
(SUBCOSTAL)
COST/O
RIBS
(SUBCOSTAL)
SUPER, SUPRA
ABOVE, EXCESSIVE OR BEYOND
(SUPRACOSTAL)
NEUR/O
NERVE
(NEUROLOGY)
TONSILL/O
TONSIL
(TONSILLECTOMY)
CYAN/O
BLUE
(CYANOSIS)
ERYTHR/O
RED
(ERYTHROCYTES)
LEUK/O
WHITE
(LEUKOCYTES)
MELAN/O
BLACK
(MELANOSIS)
POLI/O
GRAY
(POLIOMYELITIS)
ALGIA
PAIN AND SUFFERING
(GASTRALGIA)
GASTR/O
STOMACH
(GASTROSIS)
DYNIA
PAIN
(GASTRODYNIA)
MALACIA
ABNORMAL SOFTENING
(ARTERIOMALACIA)
MEGALY
LARGE, ENLARGEMENT
(CARDIOMEGALY)
NECROSIS
DEATH OF TISSUE
(CARDIONECROSIS)
ARTERI/O
ARTERY
(ARTERIOSCLEROSIS)
STENOSIS
ABNORMAL TIGHTENING OR NARROWING
(ARTERIOSTENOSIS)
UM
STRUCTURE OR TISSUE
(PERIOSTEUM)
CENTESIS
SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES, OR TO REMOVE EXCESS FLUID.
(ABDOMINOCENTESIS)
ABDOMIN/O
ABDOMEN
(ABDOMINOCENTESIS)
GRAPHY
THE PROCESS OF RECORDING A PICTURE OR RECORD.
(ARTERIOGRAPHY)

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