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| Terminology |
Description |
| bifid/o |
split, cleft in two parts |
| aut/o |
self |
| audi/o |
sound |
| arteri/o |
artery |
| apic/o |
apex, narrowed or pointed end/part |
| anter/o |
before, in front of |
| ankyl/o |
looped, crooked, stationary |
| angi/o |
vessel |
| adren/o |
adrenal gland |
| aden/o |
gland |
| acr/o |
extremities |
| abdomin/o |
abdomen |
| -orrhage |
burst forth, hemorrhage |
| -y |
act, result of an act |
| -uria |
urine, urination |
| -um |
pertaining to |
| -tropia |
turn |
| -trophy |
nourishment, growth |
| -tome |
cutting instrument |
| -tic |
pertaining to |
| -stenosis |
stricture, abnormal narrowing |
| -stasis |
constant level |
| -stalsis |
constriction, contraction |
| -sis |
state of |
| -scopy |
scan, visual exam |
| -sarcoma |
turmor, cancer |
| -rrhexis |
rupture |
| -rrhaphy |
stitch, suture |
| -rrhage |
abnormal flow, excessive flow |
| -ptysis |
spitting |
| -pnea |
breathing |
| -plegia |
paralysis |
| -plasty |
surgical repair |
| -plakia |
plate, thin flat layer |
| -phasia |
speech, speak |
| -phage |
ingest, swallow |
| -pexy |
fixation |
| -pathy |
disease |
| -para |
bring forth |
| -ous |
pertaining to |
| -osis |
condition of |
| -orrhea |
flow |
| -oma |
tumor |
| -ology |
study of |
| -necrosis |
death of tissue |
| -malacia |
abnormal softening |
| -lysis |
destruction |
| -logy |
study of |
| -logist |
specialist |
| -lith |
stone |
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