Chapt.2 Suffixes
Terms
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- RECORD, WRITING
- GRAM
- INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING
- GRAPH
- PROCESS OF RECORDING
- GRAPHY
- INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING
- METER
- ACT OF MEASURING
- METRY
- INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING
- SCOPE
- VISUAL EXAMINATION
- SCOPY
- PAIN
-
ALGIA
or DYNIA -
HERNIA,
SWELLING - CELE
-
DILATION,
EXPANSION - ECTASIS
- SWELLING
- EDEMA
- VOMITING
- EMESIS
- BLOOD CONDITION
- EMIA
-
FORMING,
PRODUCING,
ORIGIN -
GEN
or
GENESIS - ABNORMAL CONDITION (produced by something specific)
- IASIS
-
STONE,
CALCULUS - LITH
- SOFTENING
- MALACIA
- ENLARGEMENT
- MEGALY
- TUMOR
- OMA
-
ABNORMAL CONDITION,
INCREASE (used primarily with blood cells) - OSIS
- DISEASE
- PATHY
-
DECREASE,
DEFICIENCY - PENIA
-
EATING,
SWALLOWING - PHAGIA
- SPEECH
- PHASIA
- FEAR
- PHOBIA
-
FORMATION,
GROWTH -
PLASIA
or
PLASM - PARALYSIS
- PLEGIA
- BURSTING OF
-
RRHAGE
or
RRHAGIA -
DISCHARGE,
FLOW - RRHEA
- RUPTURE
- RRHEXIS
-
INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION,
TWITCHING - SPASM
-
NARROWING,
STRICURE - STENOSIS
- POISON
- TOXIC
-
NOURISHMENT,
DEVELOPMENT - TROPHY
- Graphic recording of heart's electrical activity
- ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
- INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART.
- CARDIOGRAPH
- RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF BLOOD VESSELS
- ANGIOGRAPHY
- INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE PELVIS
- PELVIMETER
- ACT OF DETERMINING THE DIMENSION OF THE PELVIS
- PELVIMETRY
-
IN,
WITHIN - ENDO
- INSTRUMENT USED TO OBSERVE A HOLLOW ORGAN OR CAVITY
- ENDOSCOPE
- ACT OF OBSERVING A HOLLOW ORGAN OR CAVITY
- ENDOSCOPY
- PAIN OCCURRING ALONG THE PATH OF A NERVE
- NEURALGIA
- EARACHE
- OTODYNIA
- HERNIA OF THE LIVER
- HEPATOCELE
- AGENT THAT CAUSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER
- CARCINOGEN
- PROCESS OF INITIATING CANCER
- CARCINOGENESIS
-
BILE,
GALL - CHOLE
- GALLSTONE
- CHOLELITH
- FORMATION OF GALLSTONES
- CHOLELITHIASIS
- INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
- GASTRITIS
- CARTILAGE
- CHONDRO
- SOFTENING OF THE CARTILAGE
- CHONDROMALACIA
- ENLARGED HEART
- CARDIOMEGALY
- TUMOR COMPOSED OF NERVES
- NEUROMA
- BLUE COLORATION OF THE SKiN DUE TO LACK OF O2
- CYANOSIS
- DISEASE OF THE MUSCLES
- MYOPATHY
- ABNORMAL DECREASE IN RED BLODD CELLS
- ERYTHROPENIA
-
BAD,
PAINFUL,
DIFFICULT - DYS
- INABILITY EATING OR SWALLOWING
- DYSPHAGIA
- IMPAIRMENT OF SPEECH
- APHASIA
- FEAR OF BLOOD
- HEMOPHOBIA
- ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS, TISSUE OR ORGANS
- DYSPLASIA
- NEW DEVELOPMENT OF ABNORMAL TISSUE DUE TO A TUMOR OR GROWTH
- NEOPLASM
- PARALYZED ON 1 SIDE OF THE BODY DUE TO STROKE
- HEMIPLEGIA
- LOSS OF LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
- HEMORRHAGE
- PROFUSE DISCHARGE OF BLOOD
- MENORRAGIA
- ABNORMAL FREQUENT DISCHARGE OF FLUID FECAL MATTER
- DIARRHEA
-
THROUGH,
ACROSS - DIA
- RUPTURE OF THE ARTERY
- ARTERIORRHEXIS
- EYELID
- BLEPHARO
- TWITCHING OF THE EYELID
- BLEPHAROSPASM
- ABNORMAL NARROWING OF THE ARTERY
- ARTERIOSTENOSIS
- TOXIC TO THE LIVER
- HEPATOTOXIC
- ABNORMAL CONDITOIN CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE NUTRITION or METABOLISM
- DYSTROPHY