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Chapter 1, part 3 | HSC - Medical Terminology, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Common Suffixes and Prefixes Class: HSC - Medical Terminology; Subject: Health Sciences; University: Chattahoochee Technical College; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
centesis
DEFINITION 1
S: surgical puncture
TERM 2
clast
DEFINITION 2
S: to break
TERM 3
desis
DEFINITION 3
S: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
TERM 4
ectomy
DEFINITION 4
S: excision, removal
TERM 5
lysis
DEFINITION 5
S: separation, destruction, loosening
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centesis

S: surgical puncture

TERM 2

clast

DEFINITION 2

S: to break

TERM 3

desis

DEFINITION 3

S: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

TERM 4

ectomy

DEFINITION 4

S: excision, removal

TERM 5

lysis

DEFINITION 5

S: separation, destruction, loosening

pexy

S: fixation (of an organ)

TERM 7

plasty

DEFINITION 7

S: surgical repair

TERM 8

rrhaphy

DEFINITION 8

S: suture

TERM 9

stomy

DEFINITION 9

S: forming an opening (mouth)

TERM 10

tome

DEFINITION 10

S: instrument to cut

meter

S: instrument for measuring

TERM 17

metry

DEFINITION 17

S: act of measuring

TERM 18

scope

DEFINITION 18

S: instrument for examining

TERM 19

scopy

DEFINITION 19

S: visual examination

TERM 20

algia, dynia

DEFINITION 20

S: pain

cele

S: hernia, swelling

TERM 22

ectasis

DEFINITION 22

S:dilation, expansion

TERM 23

edema

DEFINITION 23

S: swelling

TERM 24

emesis

DEFINITION 24

S: vomiting

TERM 25

emia

DEFINITION 25

S: blood condition

oma

S: tumor

TERM 32

osis

DEFINITION 32

S: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood

cells)

TERM 33

pathy

DEFINITION 33

S: disease

TERM 34

penia

DEFINITION 34

S: decrease, deficiency

TERM 35

phobia

DEFINITION 35

S: fear

plegia

S: paralysis

TERM 37

rrhage,

rrhagia

DEFINITION 37

S: bursting (of)

TERM 38

rrhea

DEFINITION 38

S: discharge, flow

TERM 39

rrhexis

DEFINITION 39

S: rupture

TERM 40

stenosis

DEFINITION 40

S: narrowing, stricture

dipl, diplo

P: double

TERM 47

endo, intra

DEFINITION 47

P: in, within

TERM 48

homo, homeo

DEFINITION 48

P: same

TERM 49

hypo

DEFINITION 49

P: under, below, deficient

TERM 50

macro

DEFINITION 50

P: large

micro

P: small

TERM 52

mono, uni

DEFINITION 52

P: one

TERM 53

post

DEFINITION 53

P: after, behind

TERM 54

pre, pro

DEFINITION 54

P: before, in front of

TERM 55

primi

DEFINITION 55

P: first