chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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-iatrics, -iatri
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field or medicin
2
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-iatrist, -ician, -ist
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specialist
3
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-logist, -ologist
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specialist in the study of
4
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-logy, -ology
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study of
5
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centesis
A
surgical puncture
6
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-cidal, -cide
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destroying, killing
7
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-desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
8
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-dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
9
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-ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
10
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-graphy
A
process of recording
11
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-metry
A
measurement
12
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
13
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
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-rrhaphy
A
suture, suturing
15
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-scopy
A
visual examination
16
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-theraphy
A
treatment
17
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-tomy
A
cutting into, incision
18
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-tripsy
A
crushing
19
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-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
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hearing
20
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-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dyna
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pain
21
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-dipsia
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thirst
22
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-esthesia
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sensation
23
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-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
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vision, view of
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-osmia
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smell, odor
25
-phobia
fear
26
-phoria
feeling
27
-clasis, -clast
to break
28
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
29
-emesis
vomiting
30
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
31
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
32
-lysis
destruction
33
-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
34
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
35
-phasia
speech
36
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
37
-rrhea
flow, discharge
38
-rrhexis
rupture
39
-spasm
sudden involuntary contractions
40
-uresis
urination
41
-cele
hernia
42
-constriction
narrowing
43
-cytosis
a condition of cells
44
-derma
skin
45
-edema
swellilng
46
-emia
a condition of the blood
47
-gravida
pregnant woman
48
-ia, -ism
condition
49
-iasis
pathological condition or state
50
-itis
information
51
-lepsy, -leptic
seizure
52
-lith
stone
53
-malacia
softening
54
-megaly
enlargement
55
-necrosis
tissue death
56
-oid
resembling
57
-oma
tumor
58
-osis
abdominal condition
59
-oxia
oxygen
60
-paresis
slight or partial paralysis
61
-partum, -tocia
child birth, labor
62
-pathy
disease
63
-penia
deficiency
64
-pepsia
digestion
65
-phonia
voice
66
-plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
67
-plastic
pertaining to formation or growth
68
-plegia
paralysis
69
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
70
-pnea
breathing
71
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
72
-ptosis
deopping, prolapse
73
-salpinx
uterine, (fallopian) tube
74
-sclerosis
hardening
75
-static
not in motion, at rest
76
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
77
-thorax
chest
78
-trophy
nourishment, growth
79
-uria
urine
