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HLTH100
Medical Terminology
68
Health Care
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05/18/2005
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Term
Plural of -is
 Definition
-es
Term
Plural of -um
 Definition
-a
Term
Plural of -us
 Definition
-i
Term
Plural of -a
 Definition
-ae
Term
Plural of -a
 Definition
-ae
Term
Plural of -ix
 Definition
-ices
Term
Plural of -ex
 Definition
-ices
Term
Plural of -ax
 Definition
-aces
Term
Plural of -ma
 Definition
-s or -mata
Term
Plural of -on
 Definition
-a
Term
Plural of -nx
 Definition
-nges
Term
-centesis
 Definition
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
Excision (Surgical removal or cutting out)
Term
-lysis
 Definition
Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
Term
-pexy
 Definition
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
Term
-plasty
 Definition
Surgical repair
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
Suture (Uniting a wound by stitches)
Term
-scopy
 Definition
Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
 Definition
Formation of an opening
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-tome
 Definition
An instrument used for cutting
Term
-tomy
 Definition
Incision (cutting into tissue)
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
Surgical crushing
Term
aden/o
 Definition
Gland
Term
angi/o
 Definition
Vessel
Term
append/o, appendic/o
 Definition
Appendix
Term
blephar/o
 Definition
Eyelid
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
Heart
Term
cerebr/o, enchephal/o
 Definition
Brain
Term
Chir/o
 Definition
Hand
Term
Col/o
 Definition
Colon
Term
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
 Definition
Skin
Term
faci/o
 Definition
Face
Term
mamm/o, mast/o
 Definition
Breast
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
opthalm/o
 Definition
eye
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
Term
trache/o
 Definition
Trachea (windpipe)
Term
vas/o
 Definition
vessel; ductus deferens (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle)
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-ectasia, -ectasis
 Definition
dilatation (dilation, enlargement) or stretching of a structure or part
Term
-edema
 Definition
swelling
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
-iasis
 Definition
condition
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lith
 Definition
stone or calculus
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening, soft
Term
-mania
 Definition
excessive preoccupation
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse
Term
-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-spasm
 Definition
twitching, cramp
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
Term
Opthalmitis
 Definition
Inflammation of the eye
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