Med term third set Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
-phobia
A
fear
2
Q
-plasty
A
surgical reconstruction
3
Q
-ptsosis
A
drooping; sagging
4
Q
-ptysis
A
spitting
5
Q
-rrhage
-rrhagia
A
burst forth
abnormal flow (hemorrhage)
6
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
7
Q
-rrhea
A
flow discharge
8
Q
-rrhexis
A
rupture
9
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
10
Q
-scope
A
instrument used to view inside body cavity or organ
11
Q
-scopy
A
process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ
12
Q
-spasm
A
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
13
Q
-stasis
A
stable; stopping; controlling
homeostasis
14
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing
15
Q
-stomy
A
surgical creation of a new opening
16
Q
-tomy
A
to cut; incision
lobotomy
17
Q
incision
A
to cut into
18
Q
excision
A
to cut out
19
Q
-trophy
A
growth; nourishment
20
Q
-ac -ous -ic
-al -ary -ar
-eal -tic -ose
A
pertaining to
21
Q
nat(o)
A
birth
22
Q
sept(o)
A
infection
23
Q
cellul(o)
cyt(o)
-cyte
A
cell
24
Q
cost(o)
A
rib
25
duct(o)
to draw
26
later(o)
side
27
cis(o) sect(o)
tom(o)
-tomy
to cut
28
son(o)
sound
29
versi(o)
turning, tilting, tipping
30
-drome
run
31
-genous
produced by
32
-iasis
-osis
abnormal condition
33
-ism
-ion
-y
process
34
-mortem
death
35
-opsy
to view
36
-partum
delivery
37
-plasia
-plasm
development
formation
38
-pnea
breathing
39
-um
structure
40
-uria
urine; urination
41
a(n)
no, not
42
ab-
away from
43
ad-
toward
44
ana-
up; apart
45
anti-
against
46
auto-
self
47
bi, di-
two
48
contra
against
49
epi-
upon
50
ex(o)
ecto
out
