Medical terminology #5

-megaly

enlargement

-mentia

condition of the mind

-meter

measuring instrument

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

to view

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

lack, deficiency

-phagia

to eat or consume, swallowing

-phasia

speaking, speech

-phobia

an exaggerated fear

-plasty

surgical repair or re-shaping

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-ptosis

falling, sagging, dropping down

-rrhage, rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrphaphy

stitching, suturing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

examination instrument

-scopy

examination using a scope

-stasis

maintenance, maintaining a constant level, controlling, stopping

-stenosis

narrowing

-stomy, -ostomy

creation of an opening

-tomy, otomy

incision, cutting into

-trophy

growth, development, nourishment

-uria

urine