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med term chap5

  1. pathology
    study of diseases
  2. coccus
    spherically shaped family of bacteria
  3. diplococci
    cocci growing in pairs
  4. streptococci
    cocci growing in twisted chains
  5. staphylococci
    cocci growing in clusters
  6. bacillus
    rod shaped bacterium
  7. staphylitis
    iflamation of the uvula
  8. stapghyl/o
    uvula
  9. uvulo
    uvula
  10. py/o
    containing pus
  11. -cele
    hernia
  12. pyogenic
    producing pus
  13. onc/o
    tumur
  14. pyothorax
    accumulation of pus in the thoracic cavity
  15. -rrhea
    flow or discharge
  16. ot/o
    ear
  17. -dynia, -algia
    pain
  18. auris sinistra
    left ear
  19. auris dextra
    right ear
  20. auris uterque
    both ears
  21. tympan/o
    eardrum
  22. audi/o
    hearing
  23. phon/o
    voice
  24. dysphonia
    unable to make sounds
  25. bradyphasia
    slow speech
  26. aphasia
    no speech
  27. rhin/o
    nose
  28. lith/o
    stone or calculi
  29. -iasis
    pathologic condition or infestation
  30. cholecyst
    gallbladder
  31. bradyphagia
    slow eatin
  32. tachy-
    fast or rapid
  33. phagia
    eating
  34. tacho
    swiftness
  35. tachogram
    record of velocity of blood flow
  36. pne/o
    breathing
  37. agenesis
    lack of development
  38. dysmenorrhea
    painfull or difficult menstration
  39. peps/o
    digestion
  40. lexia
    word or phrase
  41. dysphagia
    difficulty swallowing
  42. dysphonia
    difficulty vocalizing
  43. dyslexia
    difficulty reading and putting letters in order
  44. dysphasia
    difficulty speaking
  45. therm/o
    heat
  46. thermoesthesia
    oversensitivity to heat
  47. thermoplegia
    heat stroke
  48. hydrocephalus
    condition involving fluid in the head
  49. microcephalus
    small head
  50. dactyl
    finger
  51. syn-
    with or together
  52. syndrome
    variety of symptoms occuring together
  53. poly
    to much or to many
  54. dipsia
    thirst
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