Studied by 0 people-ectomy
removal of
-itis
infection or inflammation
-dynia
pain
-algia
pain
-plasty
surgical repair
-megaly
enlargement
-pathy
disease process
-ptosis
prolapse, droops, moves out of place
-malacia
softening
LMP
Last menstrual period
CHF
Congestive heart failure
dx, Dx
Diagnosis
NPO
Nothing by mouth
Fx, #
fracture
FB
foreign body
Bx
Biopsy
-rrhea
discharge/ flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardening
-stenosis
narrowing
-opsy
process of viewing
-scopy
process of viewing
-graphy
process of recording
-metry
process of measurement
Spir/o
Breating
Bi/o
living, life
Col/o colon/o
Large intestine/ colon
Lith/o
stone
-logy
the study of
-logist
one who studies
-graph
instrument to record
-meter
instrument to measure
- scope
instrument to view
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripter
machine to crush
-trite
instrument to crush
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
new opening
-tomy
incision/cutting opening
-tripsy
crushing
Sub
under/below
Hypo
under/below
Endo
within
Hyper
excessive
a-
no, not
an-
No, not
Poly
many
Neo
New
Ante
Forward
Anti
against
Dys
abnormal
Epi
above
inter
between
intra
within
Par-
near
Para-
abnormal
Per-
through
Peri-
Surrounding
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
infront of, before
Trans
Through/across
Arteri/o
Artery
Bacteri/o
Bacteria
Cervic/o
Neck
Cut/o
Skin
Cutane/o
Skin
Dent/i
Tooth
Derm/o
Skin
Enter/o
small intestine
Gloss/o
Tounge
Glyc/o
Sugar
Hyster/o
Uterus
Lingu/o
Tounge
Lipid/o
Lipidis, fat
Muscul/o My/o Myos/o
muscle
Near/o
Nerve
Oster/o
Bone
Ot/o
Ear
Path/o
disease
Ped/o
Foot
Phil/o
Attraction
Pne/o
Breathing
Psych/o
mind
Somn/o
Sleep
Urethr/o
Urethra
Ven/o Phleb/o
Vein
Vers/o
turning
Epistaxis
nosebleed
claudication
cramp in claves due to poor circulation
Murmur
Swishing sound of heart
Bruit
A sound made by artery
Ana
up, apart, away
Cata
down
En
in
Endo
within
Meta
Beyond, change
Para
Near, beside, abnormal
Auto
Self
-al -ous
Pertaining to
-ia -ism
Condition, State of
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