Terminology CH. 1

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-graphy

process of recording
mamm/ o

breast
spir/ o

breathing
-metry

process of measurement
bi/ o

living, life
-opsy

precess of viewing
esophag/ o

esophagus
gastro/ o

stomach
duoden/ o

duodenum
-scopy

precess of viewing
tonsill/ o

tonsil
-ectomy

removal
rhin/ o

nose
-plasty

surgical removal
splen/ o

spleen
-rrhaphy

suture
col/ o

colon, large intestine
-stomy

new opening
oste/ o

bone
-tomy

incision
lith/ o

stone
-tripsy

crushing
electr/ o

electricity
cardi/ o

heart
-graph

instrument to record
tehrm/ o

temperature, heat
-meter

instrument to measure
ophthalm/ o

eye
-tome

instrument to cut
-tripter

machine to crush
-trite

instrument to crush
-scope

instrument to view
-er

one who
poly-

many
somn/ o

sleep
graph/ o

record
ped/ o

children
-iatrician

treatment
-iatrics

one who specializes in treatment
psych/ o

mind
-iatry

precess of treatment
dent/ o

teeth
-ist

one who specializes
-logist

one who specializes in the study of
neo-

new
nat/ o

born, birth
-logy

study of
hypo-

below, deficient
a-

without, no, not
pne/ o

breathing
-ic

pertaining to
an-

no not without
-ia

condition
ante-

forward, in front of, before
vers/ o

turning
-ion

process of
bacteri/ o

bacteria
-al

pertaining to
dys-

abnormal
-trophy

precess of nourishment
endo-

within
epi-

above
gastr/ o

stomach
hyper-

above
glyc/ o

sugar
-emia

blood condition
gloss/o

tongue
inter-

between
vertebr/o

vertebra, backbone
muscul/ o

skin
par-

near
ot/o

ear
-id

pertaining to
para-

abnormal
phil/ o

attraction
per-

through
cutane/ o

skin
-ous

pertaining to
peri-

surrounding
cardi/o

heart
-um

structure
neur/ o

nerve
-itis

inflammation
post-

after
pre-

before
hepat/ o

liver
trans-

through
urethr/o

urethra
-ary

pertaining
bi-

two
lingu/o

tongue
sub-

under
dia-

through, complete
-gnosis

state of knowledge
pro-

before, in front of
acu-

sharp
chron/ o

time
IM

intermuscular
C2
- second vertebrae
- second bone in the neck
CABG
- coronary artery bypass graft
- a detour around a blockage in an artery of the heart
TURP
- transurethral resection of the prostate
- a surgical procedure that removes the prostate through the urethra
rhin/o

nose
-algia

pain
-tomy

incision
-plasty

surgical procedure
-icle

small
cut/o

skin
derm/o

skin
-is

sturcture
arteri/o

artery
-ole

small
ven/o

vein
-ule

small
cervic/o

neck
valvul/o

valve
coron/o

heart
-eal

pertaining to
cephal/o

head
cyst/o

bladder, sac
-cele

herniation, protrusion
hyper-

excess
lipd/o

fat
-enter/o

small intestine
chrondr/o

cartilage
-malacia

softening
splen/o

sleen
-megaly

inlargement
oste/o

bone
-oma

tumor, mass
necr/o

dead, death
-osis

abnormal condition
-pathy

disease process
hyster/o

uterus
-ptosis

prolapse
hem/o

blood
-rrhage
-rrhagia

bursting forth
-rrhea

discharge, flow
cyst/o

bladder, sac
-rrhexis

rupture
-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening
trache/o

trachea, windpipe
-stenosis

abnormal condition of narrowing

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Terminology CH. 1

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2010-10-13T02:19:59Z

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