module 4: Termination Flashcards
1
Q
-acousia
A
sense of hearing
2
Q
-acousis
A
sense of hearing
3
Q
-algesia
A
pain
4
Q
-odynia
A
pain
5
Q
-aphia
A
sense of touch; touch
6
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to withdraw fluid
7
Q
-cyte
A
cell
8
Q
-dipsia
A
thirst
9
Q
-ectasis
A
dilation
10
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-ectasia
A
dilation; expansion buldge
11
Q
-ectopia
A
malposition; displacement
12
Q
-ectopy
A
malposition; displacement
13
Q
-edema
A
fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
14
Q
-oedema
A
fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
15
Q
-gamy
A
marriage; sexual union
16
Q
-geusia
A
sense of taste
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-geustia
A
sense of taste
18
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-iatry
A
study and treatment [relevance to medical profession]
19
Q
-iatrics
A
study and treatment
20
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-lysis
A
destruction
21
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-lytic
A
destruction
22
Q
-necrosis
A
death; such as cell death
23
Q
-opia
A
visual disorder
24
Q
-opy
A
visual disorder
25
-opsia
visual disorder
26
-opsy
visual disorder
27
-orexia
appetite
28
-orexis
appetite
29
-osphresia
sense of smell
30
-osphresis
sense of smell
31
-osmia
sense of smell
32
-penia
an insufficient amount (of a substance)
33
-ptosis
prolapse [a slipping of an organ]
34
-rrhagia
rapid discharge (of a substance from an organ)
35
-rhagia; -rrhage;-rhage
rapid discharge (of a substance from an organ)
36
-rrhapy
suture
37
-rrhea
discharge (of a substance)
38
-rhea
discharge (of a substance)
39
-rrhexis
rupture
40
-rhexis
rupture
41
-sclerosis
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a hardening (of an organ or structure)
hardening caused by (a substance)
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42
-sepsis
infection
43
-septic
pertaining to infection
44
-spasm
spasm
45
-stasis
stagnation (of a flow); cessation (of a flow)
46
-stat
device used to control
47
-static
pertaining to the control
48
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
49
-therapy
treatment
