Med Term Part 2

-centesis

-centesis

a surgical puncture to remove fluid

-graphy

process of producing a picture or record

-graph

a picture or record, machine producing a record

-gram

a picture or record

-plasty

surgical repair

-scopy

visual examination

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-desis

to bind; tie together

-tripsy

to crush

-clasis or -clast

break down

-lysis

breakdown, separation, loosening

-pexy

surgical fixation

-rrhage and -rrhagia

abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

path/o

disease, suffering

-ology

the study of

pathology

study of disease

-algia

pain, suffering, painful conditions

-dynia

pain

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-malacia

abnormal softening

-necrosis

tissue death

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

malaise

feeling of general discomfort, often first indication of an infection or disease.

exudate

fluid that leaks out of an infected wound

inflammation

localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues

infection

invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

a. local infection

near the point of entry

b. systemic infection

affecting the entire body

List the signs and symptoms of infection=

malaise, chills and fever, redness, heat and swelling, or exudate from a wound.

List the key indicators of inflammation=

erythema (redness), hyperthermia (heat), edema (swelling), and pain

List 14 suffixes that mean “pertaining to“ =

1. -ac

2. -al

3. -an

4. -ar

5. -ary

6. -eal

7. -ical

8. -ial

9. -ic

10. -inc

11. -ior

12. -ory

13. -ous

14. -tic

List 5 suffixes used as Noun Endings:

1. -a

2. -e

3. -um

4. -us

5. -y

List 7 suffixes that mean “abnormal condition” =

1. -ago

2. -esis

3. -ia

4. -iasis

5. -ion

6. -ism

7. -osis