Nurs 391 Medical Word Elements Exam 1 Latest Updated 2024
-ectomy - excision, surgical removal
-pexy - surgical fixation
-desis - surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
-osmia - smell, odor
-esthesia - sensation
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous - creating, producing
-ectasis - dilation, expansion
-emesis - vomiting
-iatrist,, -ician, -ist - specialist
-logist, -ologist - specialist in the study of
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia - pain
-rrhaphy - suture, suturing
, -tripsy - crushing
-lysis - destruction
-phasia - speech
-rrhage, -rrhagia - bursting forth
-rrhea - flow, discharge
-gravida - pregnant woman
-edema - swelling
-iasis - pathological condition or state
-lepsy, -leptic - seizure
-malacia - softening
-megaly - enlargement
-plasia, -plasm - formation, growth
-ectomy - excision, surgical removal
-pexy - surgical fixation
-desis - surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
-osmia - smell, odor
-esthesia - sensation
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous - creating, producing
-ectasis - dilation, expansion
-emesis - vomiting
-iatrist,, -ician, -ist - specialist
-logist, -ologist - specialist in the study of
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia - pain
-rrhaphy - suture, suturing
, -tripsy - crushing
-lysis - destruction
-phasia - speech
-rrhage, -rrhagia - bursting forth
-rrhea - flow, discharge
-gravida - pregnant woman
-edema - swelling
-iasis - pathological condition or state
-lepsy, -leptic - seizure
-malacia - softening
-megaly - enlargement
-plasia, -plasm - formation, growth
