Medical Terminology a systems approach ch2
Terms
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- -centesis
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puncture
Example: arthr/o/centesis
joint - -ectomy
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excision, removal
example: append/ectomy
appendix - -stomy
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forming and opening (mouth)
Example: col/o/stomy
colon - -tome
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instrument to cut
Example: oste/o/tome
bone - -tomy
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incision, cut into
Example: phleb/o/tomy
vein - -desis
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
Example: arthr/o/desis
joint - -pexy
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suspension, fixation (of an organ)
Example: mast/o/pexy
breast - -rrhaphy
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suture
Example: my/o/rrhaphy
muscle - -plasty
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surgical repair
rhin/o/plasty
nose - -clasis
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break, fracture
Example:oste/o/clasis
bone - -lysis
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separation, destruction loosening
enter/o/lysis
intestine - -tripsy
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crushing
lith/o/tripsy
stone, calculus - -algia
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pain
cephal/algia
head - -cele
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hernia, swelling
hepat/o/cele
liver - -ectasis
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dilation, expansion
brochi/ectasis
bronchus - -emesis
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vomiting
hyper/emesis
excessive - -emia
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blood condition
leuk/emia
white - -gen
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forming, producing, origin
carcin/o/gen
cancer - -genesis
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forming, producing, origin
oste/o/genesis
bone - -gram
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record, a writing
cardi/o/gram
heart - -graph
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instrument for recording
cardi/o/graph
heart - -graphy
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process of recording
cardi/o/graphy
heart - -iasis
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abnormal condition
(produced by something specified)
chole/lith/iasis
gall stone - -itis
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inflammation
gastr/itis
stomach - -lith
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stone, calculus
chil/e/lith
gall - -logist
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specialist in the study of.....
dermat/o/logist
skin - -malacia
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softening
oste/o/malacia
bone - -megaly
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enlargement
hepat/o/megaly
liver - -meter
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instrument for measuring
therm/o/meter
heat - -metry
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act of measuring
pelv/i/metry
pelvis - -oid
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resembling
lip/oid
fat - -oma
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tumor
aden/oma
gland - -osis
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abnormal condition, increase
(used primarily with blood cells)
dermat/osis
skin
erythr/o/cyt/osis
red cell - -para
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to bear (offspring)
multi/para
many,much - -paresis
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partial paralysis or weekness
hemi/paresis
half - -pathy
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disease
neur/o/pathy
nerve - -penia
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decrease, deficiency
leuk/o/penia
white(cell) - -phagia
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eating, swallowing
dys/phagia
difficult,
painful - -phasia
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speech
a/phasia
without - -philia
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attraction to
hem/o/philia
blood - -phobia
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fear
claustr/o/phobia
confined
place - -plasia
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formation, growth
hyper/plasia
excessive - -plegia
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paralysis, stroke
hemi/plegia
half - -poiesis
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formation, production
hem/o/poiesis
blood - -ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
hyster/o/ptosis
uterus - -rrhage
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bursting forth
hem/o/rrhage
blood - -rrhagia
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bursting forth
men/o/rrhagia
menses - -rrhea
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discharge, flow
dia/rrhea
through - -rrhexis
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rupture
angi/o/rrhexis
vessel - -scope
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instrument to view or examine
gastr/o/scope
stomach - -scopy
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visual examination or process
proct/o/scopy
anus,
rectum - -spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
blephar/o/spasm
eyelid - -stasis
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standing still
hem/o/stasis
blood - -stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
arteri/o/stenosis
artery - -toxic
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poison
thyr/o/toxic
thyroid - -trophy
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development, nourishment
a/trophy
without