CH3 (Part 4) - Laboratory Medical Terminology

-graph

Something written, recorded

-oma

Tumor, neoplasm

-pathy

Disease, therapy

-stoma

Mouth, opening

-stomy

Operation establishing an opening into a part

-tomy

Cutting, incision, section

-algia

A painful condition

-ase

Enzyme

-ation

Action process

-blast

Sprout, shoot, germ, formative cell

-cyte

Cell

-desis

Binding, fusing

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emia

Blood

-ethesia

Feeling, sensation

-gram

Drawing, record

-ic, -al, -ac, -ium

Pertaining to

-ism, ia

Condition of

-itis

Inflammation

-ologist

Person who specializes

-logy

Field of study

-lysis

Dissolving, loosening, dissolution

-megaly

Abnormal enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-osis

Process, state, diseased condition

-penia

Deficiency

-phil, -phile

Having an affinity for

-phobia

Fear of or sensitivity to

-plasty

Plastic surgery/repair

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Abnormal or excessive discharge

-scope

Viewing instrument

-scopy

Stop/control the flow

-toxic

Poison

-uria

Of or in the urine