Healthcare Chapter 1
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -algia | pain |
| dys- | difficult, painful, or bad |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased, more than usual |
| hypo- | decreased, deficiant, less than normal, low, or under |
| -itis | inflammation, inflammation of |
| -osis | condition, state, process |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening by surgery |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -plasty | surgical correction or repair |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture of, sewing up a gap or defect |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture of |
| -sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
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