Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology Final Exam
-algia Pain, sufferring
Dys- bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
-ectomy Surgical removal
-megaly Enlargment
Hyper- Excessive, increased, more than normal
Hypo- Deficient, decreased, less than normal
-itis inflammation
-malacia Abnormal softening.
-necrosis Tissue death
-osis Any abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy The creation of an artificial opening to the body
-otomy to cut into or incision
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhage burst forth of blood
-rrhea flow or discharge
-rrhaphy to suture
, Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology Final Exam
-rrhexis to rupture
-centiesis surgical puncture
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
arthr/o Joint
carcin/o cancer
cardi heart
cephal head
electr electricity
gastr stomach
hepat liver
my muscle
oste bone
rhin nose
-pathy disease
-ology study of
-ologist one who studies
-algia Pain, sufferring
Dys- bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
-ectomy Surgical removal
-megaly Enlargment
Hyper- Excessive, increased, more than normal
Hypo- Deficient, decreased, less than normal
-itis inflammation
-malacia Abnormal softening.
-necrosis Tissue death
-osis Any abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy The creation of an artificial opening to the body
-otomy to cut into or incision
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhage burst forth of blood
-rrhea flow or discharge
-rrhaphy to suture
, Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Terminology Final Exam
-rrhexis to rupture
-centiesis surgical puncture
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
arthr/o Joint
carcin/o cancer
cardi heart
cephal head
electr electricity
gastr stomach
hepat liver
my muscle
oste bone
rhin nose
-pathy disease
-ology study of
-ologist one who studies
