2. Pathology [Word Elements]

alg/o

pain \[word root\]

carcin/o

cancer

cyst/o

filled sac

lith/o

stone

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

a-; an-; ana-

without

aniso-

unequal

atel-

incomplete

brady-

slow

dys-

abnormal, difficult, painful

hyper-

excessive, over, above

hypo-

under, below

mal-

bad, poor

pachy-

thick

pseudo-

false, deceptive

tachy-

rapid

xero-

dry

-a

condition

-algia

pain \[suffix\] (a)

-cele

hernia, swelling

-clasis

to break

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement, large

-malacia

softening

-mycosis

fungal infection

-odynia

pain \[suffix\] (o)

-oma

tumor, mass

-pathy

any disease of

-penia

deficiency

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-rrhage

profuse flow

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture of, bursting

-schisis

splitting

-stenosis

narrowing

-ptosis

dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

-ectasia

dilation

-sclerosis

hardening

-toxin

poison