med. terminology
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- cephal/o
- head
- mast/o
- breast
- phleb/o
- vein
- colon/o
- colon
- encephal/o
- brain
- gastr/o
- stomach
- arthr/o
- joint
- thorac/o
- chest
- oste/o
- bone
- -centesis
- puncture
- -ectomy
- removal, excision
- -stomy
- forming an opening
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision, cut into
- -desis
- binding, fixation
- -pexy
- suspension, fixation
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -clasis
- break, fracture
- -lysis
- separation, destruction, loosening
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -algia
- pain
- -dynia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia, swelling
- -ectasis
- dilation, expansion
- -emesis
- vomitting
- -emia
- blood condition
- -gen
- forming, producing, origin
- -genesis
- forming, producing, origin
- -gram
- record, a writing
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -graphy
- process of reading
- -iasis
- abnormal condition
- -itis
- inflammation
- -lith
- stone, calculus
- -logist
- specialist in the study of
- -logy
- study of
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- act of measuring
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- abnormal condition
- -para
- to bear (offspring)
- -paresis
- partial paralysis
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- decrease, deficiency
- -phagia
- eating, swallowing
- -phasia
- speech
- -philia
- attraction to
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- formation, growth
- -plegia
- paralysis, stroke
- -poiesis
- formation, production
- -ptosis
- prolapse, downward displacement
- -rrhage
- bursting forth
- -rrhagia
- bursting forth
- -rrhea
- discharge, flow
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument to view or examine
- -scopy
- visual examination
- -spasm
- involuntary contraction, twitching
- -stasis
- standing still
- -stenosis
- narrowing, stricture
- -toxic
- poison
- trophy
- development, nourishment