Medical Terminology exam questions with correct definitions. Terms in this set (346) -algia Pain, Suffering, Painful Condition -cele Hernia, Tumor, Swelling -cyte Cell -desis To Bind, Tie Together

Medical Terminology exam questions with correct
definitions.


Terms in this set (346)

-algia Pain, Suffering, Painful Condition

-cele Hernia, Tumor, Swelling


-cyte Cell
-desis To Bind, Tie Together

-ectomy Surgical Removal, Cutting Out

-ectasis Stretching, Dilation, Enlargement

-esthesia Sensation, Feeling

-itis Inflammation

-lysis Breakdown, Separation, Setting Free, Destruction,
Loosening

-malacia Abnormal Softening

-megaly Enlargement

-necrosis Tissue Death

-oma Tumor, Neoplasm

-ostomy Surgical Creation Of An Opening To The Body Surface

-otomy Cutting, Surgical Incision

-pathy Disease, Suffering, Feeling, Emotion

-plasty Surgical Repair

-plegia Paralysis

-pnea Breathing

,-rrhagia, -rrhage Bleeding, Abnormal Excessive Fluid Discharge

, -rrhea Flow Or Discharge

-rrhexis Rupture

-sclerosis Abnormal Hardening

-stenosis Abnormal Narrowing

-uria Urination, Urine

albin/o- White

ankly/o- Crooked, Bent, Stiff

arthr/o- Joint

brady- Slow

cervic/o- Neck, Cervix

chondr/o- Cartilage

coron/o- Coronary, Crown

cost/o- Rib

crani/o- Skull

cyan/- Blue

cyt/o- Cell

dys- Bad, Difficult, Painful

erythr/o- Red

hist/o- Tissue

hyper- High

hypo- Low

intra- Within, Inside

laryng/o- Larynx, Throat

leuk/o- White