Chapter 3 Medical Terminology
Terms
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- -cele
- tumor, hernia
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacterium
- -dynia
- pain
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by or in
- -gram
- record
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- -therapy
- treatment
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -er
- one who
- -ia
- condition
- -ole
- little, small
- -ule
- little, small
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-um
-ium - structure, tissue, thing
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -oid
- resembling
- -ose
- pertaining to, full of
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to