Medical Terms, Chapter 1, Root Words

-algia pain, suffering

-dynia pain

-ectomy surgical removal, cutting out

-gram picture or record

hyper- excessive, increased

hypo- deficient, decreased

-itis inflammation

-osis abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

pre- before, in front of

-plasty surgical repair

-rrhage bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy surgical suturing

-rrhea flow or discharge

-sclerosis abnormal hardening