The Language of Medicine 13th Edition: CHAPTER 3 FLASHCARDS

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal; resection

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study (process of)

-lysis

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

multiple myeloma

malignant tumor of bone marrow cells (plasma cells that produce immunoglobulins)

-opsy

view of

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease, emotion

-penia

deficiency

-plasty

surgical repair

sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-stasis

stopping. controlling, placing

-stomy

new opening (to form a mouth)

-tomy

process of cutting

-trophy

nourishment, development (condition of)

-ist

specialist

-ole

small

-ule

small

-y

condition, process

-ac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-oid

derived from, related to, resembling or originating from