The Language of Medicine- Chapter 3: Exercises A, D & E

-cele

hernia

-emia

blood condition

-coccus

berry-shaped bacterium

-gram

record

-cyte

cell

-algia

pain

-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-genesis

process of producing, forming

-graph

instrument to record

-itis

inflammation

-graphy

process of recording

-logy

process of study

-lysis

breakdown, separation, destruction

-pathy

process of disease

-penia

deficiency, less than normal

-malacia

softening

-osis

condition, abnormal condition

-phobia

fear of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

process of viewing

-plasia

condition of formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-sclerosis

hardening, to harden

-stasis

to stop, control

enlargement of the spleen

splenomegaly

study of the shape (of cells)

morphology

softening of cartilage

chondromalacia

abnormal condition of water (fluid) in the kidney

hydronephrosis

disease condition of heart muscle

cardiomyopathy

hardening of arteries

arteriosclerosis

tumor (benign) of muscle

myoma

flesh tumor (malignant) of muscle

myosarcoma

surgical repair of the nose

rhinoplasty

tumor of bone marrow

myeloma

fear of heights _

acrophobia

view of living tissue under a microscope

biopsy

stoppage of the flow of blood (by mechanical or natural means)

hemostasis

inflammation of the eyelid

blepharitis

incision of a vein

phlebotomy