Medical term #4

Abdomin

Abdomen

exacerbation

an increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms

Al-

Pertaining to

-ation

Process condition

-ia

Condition

-ic

Pertaining to

-ism

Condition process

-ous

Pertaining to

-y

Process condition

syndrome

A group of symptoms and signs of illness that occur together

polyp

benign growth commonly found in the colon

atrophy

shrink in size

anomaly

irregularity

feces

stools

anemia

a condition of lower than normal erythrocytes or hemoglobin

apnea

condition where breathing stops suddenly

-y -ation -ism

Condition, process

-uria

Urine condition

-um

Structure

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-tic -al -ic -ine -ous

Pertaining to

-thesis

To put, place

-tension

Pressure

-stasis

To stand, place, stop, control

-section

To cut

-scopy

process of visual examination

-rrhea

Flow discharge

-ptom

A happening

-pnea

Breathing

-plegia

Paralysis

-plasm

Formation tissue

-plasia

Formation condition

-phasia

Speech

-phagia

Eating

-partum

Birth

-mortem

Death

-mission

To send

-meter

Measure

-lysis

Separation

-lapse

To fall slide

-ia

Condition

-gen

Production of

-dipsia

Thirst

-crine

Secretion

-cision

Process of cutting

-ven

Vein

-uter

Uterus

Troph

Development, nourishment

Top

To put place position

Thyroid

Thyroid gland

Son

Sound

Scapul

Scapula

Plas

Formation growth development

Ox

Oxygen

Norm

Rule order

Nat

Birth

Later

Side

Glyc

Sugar

Gen

To produce, to begin

Dur

Dura

Cutane

Skin

Cost

Ribs

Cis

To cut

Carp

carpals

An

Anus

A- an-

No, not

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward near

Ana-

Up apart

Ante-

Before, forward

Anti-

Against

Bi-

Two both

Brady-

Slow

Con-

With together

Dia-

And normal difficult

Ec-

Out outside

Epi-

Above upon

Ex-

Out

Extra-

Outside of

Hemi-

Half

Hyper-

Above, excessive too much

Hypo-

Below too little

In-

In into

Inter-

Between

-intra

Within

Mal-

Bad

Meta-

Change beyond

Neo-

New

Para-

Beside, near, along, the side of

Peri-

Surrounding

Poly-

Many much

Post-

After behind

Pre-

Before

Pro-

Before, forward

Pros-

Before, forward

Quadri-

Four

Re-

Back, behind

Retro-

Back, behind

Sub-

Under less then

Syn-

With together