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MT FINAL
Nursing 2000
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
12/05/2012
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Term
anti-
 Definition
against, opposite of
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon, over, above, on top
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neo-
 Definition
new
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pre-
 Definition
to come before
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appendix
 Definition
append/o, appendic/o
Term
life
 Definition
bi/o
Term
heart
 Definition
cardi/o
Term
brain, cerebrum
 Definition
cerebr/o
Term
skin
 Definition
dermat/o
Term
electricity
 Definition
electr/o
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brain
 Definition
encephal/o
Term
stomach
 Definition
gastr/o
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blood
 Definition
hem/o
Term
liver
 Definition
hepat/o
Term
uterus
 Definition
hyster/o
Term
voice box, larynx
 Definition
laryng/o
Term
white
 Definition
leuk/o
Term
breast
 Definition
mamm/o, mast/o
Term
mind
 Definition
ment/o, psych/o
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birth
 Definition
nat/o
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nerve
 Definition
neur/o
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disease
 Definition
path/o
Term
rectum or anus
 Definition
proct/o
Term
nose
 Definition
rhin/o
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almond, tonsil
 Definition
tonsill/o
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vessel
 Definition
vas/o
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision, removal
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-emia
 Definition
condition of blood
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-gram
 Definition
a record or image
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-iatry
 Definition
treatment, specialty
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies
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-logy
 Definition
study or science of
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-philia
 Definition
loving, affinity for
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used for viewing
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a-
 Definition
without, absence of
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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ambi-
 Definition
both
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an-
 Definition
without, absence of
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ana-
 Definition
up, toward
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ante-
 Definition
before
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con-
 Definition
with, together, or jointly
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contra-
 Definition
counter or against
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dia-
 Definition
through
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dys-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult
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ec-
 Definition
outside, out
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en-
 Definition
within, upon, on, over
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eu-
 Definition
normal, good
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exo-
 Definition
outside, away from
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infer-
 Definition
below
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intra-
 Definition
within
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mal-
 Definition
bad
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megalo-
 Definition
large, great
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meta-
 Definition
after or change
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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par-
 Definition
alongside, abnormal
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peri-
 Definition
around
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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re-
 Definition
back
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sub-
 Definition
under, beneath, below
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syn-
 Definition
together, joined
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tachy-
 Definition
rapid, fast
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trans-
 Definition
through, across, or beyond
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond normal
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to rub away
 Definition
abras/o
Term
radiation
 Definition
actin/o
Term
gland
 Definition
aden/o
Term
air sac, alveolus
 Definition
alveol/o
Term
anus
 Definition
an/o
Term
blood vessel
 Definition
angi/o
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crooked
 Definition
ankyl/o
Term
front
 Definition
anter/o
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joint
 Definition
arthr/o, articul/o
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artrium
 Definition
atri/o
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incomplete
 Definition
atel/o
Term
fatty
 Definition
ather/o
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self
 Definition
aut/o
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urea, nitrogen
 Definition
azot/o
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bile
 Definition
bili/i
Term
germ, bud, developing cell
 Definition
blast/o
Term
arm
 Definition
brachi/o
Term
purse or sac, bursa
 Definition
burs/o
Term
cancer
 Definition
carcin/o
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wrist
 Definition
carp/o
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tail
 Definition
caud/o
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little cell
 Definition
cellul/o
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head
 Definition
cephal/o
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neck
 Definition
cervic/o
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lip
 Definition
cheil/o
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bile, gall
 Definition
chol/e
Term
gallbladder
 Definition
cholecyst/o
Term
common bile duct
 Definition
choledoch/o
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gristle, cartilage
 Definition
chrondr/i, chrondr/o
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juice
 Definition
chym/o
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orange
 Definition
cirrh/o
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coccidiodes immitis (fungus)
 Definition
coccidioid/o
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knuckle or joint
 Definition
condyl/o
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dust
 Definition
coni/o
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crown or circle, heart
 Definition
coron/o
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rib
 Definition
cost/o
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skull
 Definition
cran/o, crani/o
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hidden
 Definition
crypt/o
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skin
 Definition
cutane/o
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blue
 Definition
cyan/o
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bladder, sac
 Definition
cyst/o
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back
 Definition
dors/o
Term
sound
 Definition
ech/o
Term
plug
 Definition
embol/o
Term
small intestine
 Definition
enter/o
Term
gullet, esophagus
 Definition
esophag/e, esophag/o
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fascia
 Definition
fasci/o
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feces
 Definition
fec/o
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thigh
 Definition
femor/o
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fiber
 Definition
fibr/o
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fibula
 Definition
fibul/o
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flow
 Definition
flux/o
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tongue
 Definition
gloss/o
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opening into the windpipe
 Definition
glott/o
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sweet, sugar
 Definition
gluc/o
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buttock
 Definition
glute/o
Term
sweet, sugar
 Definition
glyc/o, glycos/o
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breath
 Definition
halit/o
Term
sweat
 Definition
hidr/o
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same
 Definition
hom/o, home/o
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flank, hip, groin
 Definition
ili/o
Term
below
 Definition
infer/o
Term
groin
 Definition
inguin/o
Term
haunch, hip, joint, ishchium
 Definition
ischi/o
Term
hard
 Definition
kerat/o
Term
ketone
 Definition
ket/o, keton/o
Term
hump
 Definition
kyph/o
Term
thin, lamina
 Definition
lamin/o
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abdomen
 Definition
lapar/o
Term
side
 Definition
later/o
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tongue
 Definition
lingu/o
Term
fat
 Definition
lip/o
Term
stone
 Definition
lith/o
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a rounded part, lobe
 Definition
lob/o
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bent forward
 Definition
lord/o
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loin, lower back
 Definition
lumb/o
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thin, scanty
 Definition
man/o
Term
opening, passage
 Definition
meat/o
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middle
 Definition
medi/o
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black
 Definition
melan/o
Term
mucus
 Definition
muc/o
Term
muscle
 Definition
muscul/o
Term
fungus
 Definition
myc/o
Term
bone marrow
 Definition
myel/o
Term
kidney
 Definition
nephr/o
Term
night
 Definition
noct/o
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few in number
 Definition
olig/o
Term
nail
 Definition
onycho/o
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mouth
 Definition
or/o
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appetite
 Definition
orex/o
Term
tool
 Definition
organ/o
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straight
 Definition
orth/o
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bone
 Definition
ost/o, oste/o
Term
ear
 Definition
ot/o
Term
sweetbread, pancreas
 Definition
pancreat/o
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wall
 Definition
pariet/o
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parotid gland
 Definition
parot/o
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chest
 Definition
pector/o
Term
child
 Definition
ped/o
Term
body louse
 Definition
pedicul/o
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digestion
 Definition
pept/o
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stone
 Definition
petr/o
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bowl, basin
 Definition
pelv/o
Term
digestion
 Definition
peps/o, pept/o
Term
eat, swallow
 Definition
phag/o
Term
throat, pharynx
 Definition
pharyng/o
Term
vein
 Definition
phleb/o
Term
growth
 Definition
phys/o
Term
nature
 Definition
physi/o
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pleura, rib
 Definition
pleur/o
Term
small growth
 Definition
polyp/o
Term
hole
 Definition
por/o
Term
partition
 Definition
phragm/o, phramat/o
Term
pleura, rib
 Definition
pleur/o
Term
air, lung
 Definition
pneum/o, pneumon/o
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protein
 Definition
protein/o
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near
 Definition
proxim/o
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pubis
 Definition
pub/o
Term
lung
 Definition
pulmon/o
Term
pus
 Definition
py/o
Term
renal pelvis
 Definition
pyel/o
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pylorus
 Definition
pylor/o
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kidney
 Definition
ren/o
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wrinkle
 Definition
rhytid/o
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skeleton
 Definition
sacr/o
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hard
 Definition
scler/o
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curved
 Definition
scoli/o
Term
sebum, oil
 Definition
seb/o
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putrefying wall partition
 Definition
sept/o
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saliva
 Definition
sial/o
Term
cavity
 Definition
sinus/o
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sound
 Definition
son/o
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rip/tear
 Definition
spadias/o
Term
pulse
 Definition
sphygm/o
Term
pulse
 Definition
sphyx/o
Term
spir/o
 Definition
breathe
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vertebra
 Definition
spondyl/o
Term
fat
 Definition
steat/o
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narrow
 Definition
sten/o
Term
mouth
 Definition
stomat/o
Term
above
 Definition
super/o
Term
connect
 Definition
syn/o
Term
synovial
 Definition
synov/o, synovi/o
Term
plug
 Definition
tampon/o
Term
tarsal bone
 Definition
tars/o
Term
reaction to a stimulus
 Definition
tax/o
Term
stretch, tendon
 Definition
ten/o, tendon/o
Term
pressure
 Definition
tens/o
Term
chest, thorax
 Definition
thorac/o
Term
clot
 Definition
thromb/o
Term
to cut
 Definition
tom/o
Term
windpipe, trachea
 Definition
trache/o
Term
hair
 Definition
trich/o
Term
development
 Definition
troph/o
Term
little swelling
 Definition
tubercul/o
Term
vagus nerve
 Definition
vag/o
Term
vessel
 Definition
valvul/o
Term
dialated vein
 Definition
varic/o
Term
little vessel
 Definition
vascul/o
Term
vein
 Definition
ven/o
Term
belly
 Definition
ventr/o
Term
little belly, ventricle
 Definition
ventricul/o
Term
to roll
 Definition
volv/o
Term
dry
 Definition
xer/o
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-a
 Definition
singular
Term
-ad
 Definition
toward
Term
-ade
 Definition
process
Term
-algia
 Definition
condition of pain
Term
-astenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-capnia
 Definition
condition of carbon dioxide
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling, protrusion
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-clasis
 Definition
break apart
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation, fusion
Term
-drome
 Definition
run, running
Term
-dynia
 Definition
condition of pain
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-ectasis
 Definition
expansion, dilation
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emetic
 Definition
pertaining to vomiting
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-genesis
 Definition
origin, cause
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, forming
Term
-graphy
 Definition
recording process
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-hemia
 Definition
condition of blood
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition or disease
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-ist
 Definition
one who specializes
Term
-lysis
 Definition
loosen, dissolve
Term
-lytic
 Definition
pertaining to loosen, dissolve
Term
-malasia
 Definition
softening
Term
-megaly
 Definition
abnormally large
Term
-meter
 Definition
measure, meaning instrument
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-metry
 Definition
measurement, process of measuring
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opsy
 Definition
view of
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition of
Term
-oxia
 Definition
condition of oxygen
Term
-penia
 Definition
abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
Term
-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
Term
-phonia
 Definition
condition of sound or voice
Term
-plasia
 Definition
formation, growth
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breath
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
to cough up
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
abnormal discharge
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of
Term
-spasm
 Definition
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
Term
-spasmodic
 Definition
pertaining to sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
Term
standing still
 Definition
-statis
Term
-staxis
 Definition
dripping
Term
-stomy
 Definition
surgical creation of an opening
Term
-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision, to cut
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-uresis
 Definition
urination
Term
-y
 Definition
process of
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