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medical terminology
verbs describing action or condition
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Medical
Graduate
09/16/2011

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Term
algia
Definition

pain

 

nuer/algia- nerve pain

Term
audi, audio
Definition

hear; hearing

 

audiq/meter-hearing meter

Term
bio
Definition

to live

 

bio/logy

Term
cau, caus
Definition

to burn

 

caus/algia-burning pain

Term
centesis
Definition

puncture; perforate

 

pneumono/centesis- lung puncture

Term
clas, clast, clasis
Definition

to smash to break down 

 

cyto/clasis-cell breakdown

Term
duct, doch
Definition
canal or to draw
Term
dynia
Definition

pain

 

thoraco/dynia-chest pain

Term
ecta, ectasis
Definition

to dilate

 

vas/ectasis-vessel dilated

Term
edem
Definition

to swell

 

lymph/edema-watery swelling

Term
ethes/ia
Definition

to feel (physical)

 

an/esthesia-without body feeling

Term
phoro
Definition

to sense (mental)

 

eu/phoria (good mential feeling) 

Term
fiss, schiz
Definition

to split

 

fission-splitting/process of

Term
flec, flex
Definition

to bend

 

re/flix-again bend

Term
flu, flux
Definition

to flow

 

af/flu/ent-toward/flow/refers

re/flux-again flow

flux/ion-to become fluid process

Term
gen
Definition

to procude, form, develop, or begin

 

carcino/gen/esis-carb-leg like development

Term
iatr, iatr/o, therap/y
Definition

to treat/cure

 

ger/iatr/ics-old age/cure/procedure of

ped/iatr/ics-children/cure/procedure of

Term
kine, kino, kineso, praxia
Definition

to move

 

kinesilol/gy/y-study of motion

pharmaco/prax/ia-drug movement

Term
liga, desi
Definition

to bind

 

liga/ment-to bind/smallness

Term
o/log/y
Definition

to study

 

cardi/o/log/y- heart science and study

Term
ly, lysis
Definition

to break up; to dissolve

 

auto/lysis-cell self destruction

Term
morph, morph
Definition

form; shape

 

a/morph/ous- no definite form

Term
olfact, osmia
Definition

to smell

 

olfacto/phobia-fear of smell

an/osmia-without smell

Term
op, opt, opto, opsy
Definition

vision, sight, or to see

my opia-near sighted

hyper opia-far sighted

opto/metr/ist-vision measure

bi/o/psy-live viewing

Term
palpit
Definition

to flutter

 

palpit/ation-flutter refers to

Term
par, part, partus, toci
Definition

to labor

 

partur/ition-giving birth

Term
pep
Definition

to digest

 

dys/pep/sia-fauly digestion

Term
pep
Definition
Term
pexy
Definition

to fix

 

nephr/o/pex/y- kidney surgical fixation

Term
phag ,phago
Definition

to eat

 

phago/cytosis-eating cells increase

Term
phas
Definition

to speak; utter

 

dys/phas/ia-difficulty speaking

Term
phil
Definition

to like, love, affinity for

 

hemo/phill/iac-blood love

Term
phob
Definition

to fear

 

hydro/phob/ia-water fear

Term
phrag
Definition

fence off; to wall off

 

dia/phragm-across partition or wall seperates

Term
plas, plasm, plast/y
Definition

repair; to form; grow to be paralyzed

 

neo/plasma-new growth

rhino/plasty-nose repairing

Term
pnea
Definition

to breathe

 

apnea-lack of breath

Term
phono
Definition

voice or sound

 

a/phon/ia-lack of voice or sound

Term
poie
Definition

to make

 

hemat/o/poie/sis-blood making condition

Term
ptosis
Definition

to fall, to drop

 

splanchn/o/ptosis-viscera dropping

Term
o/rrhagia
Definition

to burst forth, pour

 

men/o/rrhagia-abnormal bleeding menstration

Term
o/rrhaphy
Definition

to suture

 

nephr/o/rrhap/y-kindney suture 

 

Term
o/rrhea
Definition

to flow; discharge

 

leuk/o/rrhea-white discharge or flow from vigina

Term
o/rrhexis
Definition

to rupture

 

enter/o/rrhexis-intestines rupture 

Term
tomy
Definition

to cut; in/cise

 

append/ec/tom/y-appendage/out/cut/refers to 

Term
troph, troph/y
Definition

to nourish, to develop, formation process

 

hyper/trop/y-increase/in size or over nourishment

Term
volvo
Definition

turn twist

 

volv/ulus-twisting of internal parts

Term
vulvo
Definition

to cover

 

vulv/vs- femal gential covering 

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