Med Term Ch2
Terms
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- -centesis
- surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
- -ectomy
- excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
- -lysis
- process of loosening, freeing or destroying
- -pexy
- surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -rraphy
- suture
- -scopy
- visual examination with a lighted instrument
- -stomy
- formation of an opening
- -tome
- an insturment used for cutting
- -tomy
- incision
- -tripsy
- surgical crushing
- ade/o
- gland
- angi/o
- vessel
- append/o
- appensix
- appendic/o
- appendix
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- cardi/o
- heart
- cerebr/o
- brain
- encephal/o
- brain
- chir
- hand
- col/o
- colon or large intestine
- cutane/o
- skin
- derm/a
- skin
- dermat/o
- skin
- faci/o
- face
- mamm/o
- breast
- mast/o
- breast
- neur/o
- nerve
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- oste/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear
- tonsill/o
- tonsil
- trache/o
- trachea
- vas/o
- vessel; ductus deferens
- -algia
- pain
- -dynia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia
- -ectasia
- dilation or streching of a structure or part
- -ectasis
- dilation or streching of a structure or part
- -edema
- swelling
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -emia
- condition of the blood
- -ia
- condition or therory
- -iasis
- condition
- -itis
- inflammation
- -lith
- stone or calculus
- -malacia
- soft, softening
- -mania
- excessive preoccupation
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- condition
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- abnormal fear
- -ptosis
- prolapse (sagging)
- -rrhage
- excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
- -rrhagia
- excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
- -rrhea
- flow or discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -spasm
- twitching, cramping
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -able
- capable of, able to
- -ible
- capable of, able to
- -ase
- enzyme
- -er
- one who
- -ist
- one who
- -eum
- membrane
- -ium
- membrane
- -ism
- condition or theory
- -iac
- one who suffers
- -logist
- one who studies; specialist
- -logy
- study or science of
- -opia
- vision
- -ose
- sugar
- -ous
- pertaining to or characterized by
- -y
- state or condition
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -an
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ive
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
- lact/o
- milk
- -amyl/o
- starch