Biomedical Terminology - Chapter 3

-megaly

enlargement

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive discharge of blood

-sclerosis

hardening

-uria

condition of urine

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-therapy

treatment

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

opening

angi-

vessel

axill-

armpit

cholecyst-

gallbladder

col-

colon

crani-

skull

amni-

amnion

arteri-

artery

ather-

plaque

chem-

drug

chron-

time

coron-

heart, crown

cry-

cold

esophag-

esophagus

hyster-

uterus

-isch

to hold back

mamm-

breast

men-

menses

my-

muscle

necr-

death (of cells)

phleb-

vein

pulmon-

lung

salping-

fallopian tube

-septic

pertaining to infection

tonsill-

tonsil

-inguin

groin

-mast

breast

-mening

meninges

-myel

spinal cord

-oophor

ovary

-ot

ear

-peritone

peritoneum

-pneumon

lung

-radi

x-rays

-vascul

blood vessel