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681 Chapter 3

  1. Pathology
    study of disease processes
  2. -algia
    pain/ache
  3. emisis
    vomiting
  4. emia
    blood condition
  5. itis 
    inflamation
  6. lysis
    destruction, separation, breakdown
  7. malacia
    softening
  8. megaly
    enlargement
  9. oma
    tumor, mass
  10. osis
    adnormal condition
  11. pathy
    disease process
  12. phobia
    irrational fear
  13. rrhea
    flow, discharge
  14. gram
    record, writing
  15. graph
    instrument used to record
  16. graphy
    process of recording, producing images
  17. ospy
    to view
  18. scopy
    process of visually examining (body cavity, organ)
  19. centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  20. ectomy
    excision, sugical removal
  21. plasty
    surgical reconstrucion, surgical repair
  22. stomy
    surgical new opening, artifical opening
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681 Chapter 3
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