hosa med term

-itis

inflammation

-osis

any condition

-malacia

soft

-megal

enlarged

-algia

pain

-oma

tumor

-plast

surgical repair

-path

disease

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study of

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-penia

deficiency

-oid

to resemble

-scop

to observe

-gram

to record

-otomy

cut into

-ectomy

surgical removal

-lysis

loosening, destruction

-rrhexis

rupture

-desis

binding

-trophy

development

-ptosis

falling

-dyn

pain

-rrhaphy

suture

-emesis

vomiting

-ectasis

expansion

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-pexy

suspension

-cele

hernia

-asthenia

weakness

-tope

place

-crine

to secrete

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhag

blood flow

-rrhe

flow

-acusis

hearing

-phil

attraction for

-ptysis

spitting

-stasis

stop/standing

a-

without, not

an-

without, not

auto-

self

bi-

two

brady-

slow

dys-

bad

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, more than normal

hypo-

under

inter-

between

intra-

within

multi-

many

peri-

around, near

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

quad-

four

retro-

backward

semi-

half

sub-

under

steno-

narrow, contracted

cheil-

lip

benign-

not cancerous

melan-

black

onco-

tumor

viscero-

organ

sphenic-

wedge

anti-

against

myco-

fungus

plasia-

development

rug-

wrinkle, fold, crease

iso-

equal

malign-

bad

adnexa-

ties, connection

lapar-

abdominal wall

ment-

mind

somato-

body

trachel-

neck

hypno-

to sleep

scler-

hard

sept-

wall or fence

scirr-

hard

antr-

cavity

plak-

plate

alveol-

cavity

sedat-

quiet, calm

furca-

fork-shaped

radic-

root

radi-

ray

metabol-

change

pariet-

wall

gemin-

twin

grad-

walk, take steps

calc-

Calcium

labi-

lip

micr-

small

phob-

fear

en-

in

pro-

before, forward

mechano-

machine

dynam-

power