HOSA MED TERM

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition or process

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement (-megal)

-algia

pain

-oma

tumor, mass, or swelling

-plasty

surgical repair (-plast)

-pathy

disease (-path)

-ologist

specialist in the study of

-ology

study of

-penia

deficiency or decrease

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-oid

resembling

-scope

instrument for visual examination (-scop)

-gram

record or picture

-otomy

cutting into or incision

-ostomy

surgical creation of an artificial opening

-ectomy

surgical removal or excision

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, or separation

-rrhexis

rupture

-desis

surgical fixation or binding

-trophy

nourishment or development

-ptosis

drooping, sagging, or prolapse

-dynia

pain (-dyn)

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-emesis

vomiting

-ectasis

dilation or expansion

-esthesia

sensation or feeling

-pexy

surgical fixation

-cele

hernia, swelling, or tumor

-asthenia

weakness or lack of strength

-tope

place, location, or site

-crine

to secrete

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage

excessive flow or bleeding (-rrhag)

-rhea

discharge or flow (-rrhe)

-acusis

hearing condition

-phil

attraction to or affinity for

-ptysis

spitting

-stasis

stopping, controlling, or standing still

a-

without, not, or lacking

an-

without, not, or lacking

auto-

self or same

bi-

two, twice, or double

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, or abnormal

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above, or over

hypo-

deficient, under, or below

inter-

between or among

intra-

within or inside

multi-

many or much

peri-

surrounding or around

poly-

many or much

post-

after or behind

pre-

before or in front of

quad-

four (quadr-)

retro-

backward, behind, or located behind

semi-

half or partial

sub-

under, below, or beneath

-steno-

narrow, constricted

-cheil-

lip

-benign-

mild, non-cancerous

-melan-

black, dark

-onco-

tumor, mass, bulk

-viscero-

internal organs, viscera

-sphenic-

wedge-shaped

-anti-

against, opposed to

-myco-

fungus

-plasia-

formation, development, growth

-rug-

wrinkle, fold, crease

-iso-

equal, same

-malign-

bad, harmful, cancerous

-adnexa-

ties, connections, accessory parts

-lapar-

abdomen, loin, flank

-ment-

mind

-somato-

body

-tracho-

rough, harsh (often trachea)

-hypno-

sleep

-scler-

hard, hardening

-sept-

partition, wall, seven

-scirr-

hard

-antr-

cavity, chamber, sinus

-plak-

plate, flat, patch

-alveol-

small cavity, pit, alveolus

-sedat-

calm, quiet, soothing

-furca-

fork, branching

-radic-

root, nerve root

-radi-

ray, radius, x-ray

-metabol-

change, transformation, metabolism

-pariet-

wall, partition

-gemin-

twin, paired

-grad-

step, grade, walking

-calc-

stone, calcium, lime

-labi-

lip

-micr-

small, microscopic

-phob-

fear, dread

-en-

in, into, within

-pro-

before, forward, in front of

-mechano-

machine, mechanical