Terminology

  1. uria
    urine:urination
  2. ule
    little
  3. trophy
    nourishment
  4. tripsy
    surgical crushing
  5. tome
    instrument used to cut
  6. tocia
    birth, labor
  7. thorax
    chest
  8. stenosis
    constricting, narrowing
  9. stalsis
    contraction
  10. statis
    control or stop
  11. spasm
    muscle contraction
  12. sepsis
    infection
  13. scopic
    visual examination
  14. scopy
    visual examination
  15. scope
    instument used for visual examination
  16. sclerosis
    hardening
  17. sarcoma
    malignant tumor
  18. salpinx
    fallopean tube
  19. ptysis
    splitting
  20. ptosis
    dropping, sagging, prolapse
  21. prandial
    meal
  22. porosis
    passage
  23. poiesis
    formation
  24. pnea
    breathing
  25. plegia
    paralysis
  26. plasty
    plastic or surgical repair
  27. plasm
    growth, substance, formation
  28. plasia
    formation, development, a growth
  29. physis
    growth
  30. phoria
    feeling
  31. phonia
    sound or voice
  32. phobia
    abnormal fear or an aversion to specific objects or things
  33. phagia
    eating, swallowing
  34. pexy
    surgical fixation;suspension
  35. pepsia
    digestion
  36. penia
    abnormal reduction in number
  37. pathy
    disease
  38. paresis
    slight paralysis
  39. oxia
    oxygen
  40. ous
    pertaining to
  41. otomy
    cut into or incison
  42. ostomy
    creating an artifical opening
  43. osis
    abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood call root word roots)
  44. orrhexis
    rupture
  45. orrhea
    flow, excessive discharge
  46. orrhaphy
    suturing, repairing
  47. oorhagia
    rapid flow of blood
  48. opsy
    to view
  49. opia
    vision (condition)
  50. oma
    tumor; swelling
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MaryLisa
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Terminology
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