chapter 1 introduction
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43 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -itis | Inflammation |
| -malasia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -sclerosis | ABNORMAL HARDENING |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| -gram | a picture or record |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -rrhage and rrhagia | bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| hyper- | excessive or increased |
| hypo- | deficient or decreased |
| -algia | pain |
| dys- | bad,difficult or painful |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -osis | abnormal condition,disease |
| -ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
| -otomy | cutting surgical incision |
| -rrhexis | Rupture. |
| rhinoplasty | Surgical repair of the nose. |
| otitis | inflammation of ear |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and intestine |
| colostomy | a surgically creating an opening |
| hemorrhage | excessive bleeding, |
| myoplasty | surgical repair of muscle |
| neonatologist | the medical specialist dealing with newborns |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint or joints |
| neuralgia | pain in the nerves |
| edema | swelling excess fluid in the body |
| fissure | is a groove or crack- like sore of the skin. |
| fistula | abnormal passage |
| infection | is the invasion of the body by a pathogenic |
| inflammation | is a localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues. |
| symptom | is subjective evidence of a disease |
| diagnosis | is the identification of a disease |
| prognosis | is a prediction of the probable course and out a disorder |
| laceration | is a torn or jagged wound or an accidental |
| myc/o | abnormal condition caused by fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord. |
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