Medical Terminology

  1. rrhea
    discharge, flow
  2. rrhexis
    rupture
  3. sclerosis
    abnormal condition (of hardining)
  4. spasm
    involuntary contraction, twitching
  5. stenosis
    narrowing, stricture
  6. toxic
    poison
  7. trophy
    nourishment, development
  8. megaly
    enlargement
  9. oma
    tumor
  10. osis
    abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
  11. pathy
    disease
  12. penia
    decrease; deficiency
  13. phagia
    eating; swallowing
  14. phasia
    speech
  15. phobia
    fear
  16. plasia, plasma
    formation; growth
  17. plegia
    paralysis
  18. ptosis
    prolapse, downward placement
  19. rrhage,rrhagia
    bursting forth
  20. malacia
    softening
  21. lith
    stone, calcus
  22. itis
    inflamation
  23. iasis
    abnormal condition (produced by something specfic)
  24. genisis, gen
    forming, producing, origin
  25. emia
    blood condition
  26. emesis
    vomiting
  27. edema
    swelling
  28. ectasis
    dilation, expansion
  29. cele
    hernia, swelling
  30. aglia, dynia
    pain
  31. tripsy
    crushing
  32. tomy
    incision
  33. tome
    instrument to cut
  34. stomy
    forming an opening (mouth)
  35. rrhaphy
    suture
  36. plasty
    surgical repair
  37. pexy
    fixation (of an organ)
  38. lysis
    seperation, destruction, loosing
  39. clasis
    to break, surgical fracture
  40. centesis
    surgical puncture
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