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-centesis
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a surgical puncture
arthr/o/centesis: puncture of a joint space with a needle to remove accumulated fluid from a joint arthr/o: joint |
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
dys/trophy: abnormal condition caused by defective nutrition or metabolism dys- bad, painful, difficult |
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-toxic
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poison
hepat/o/toxic: toxic to the liver hepat/o: liver |
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-stenosis
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narrowing, structure
arteri/o/stenosis: abnormal narrowing of an artery arteri/o: artery |
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction, twitching
blephar/o/spasm: twitching of the eyelid blephar/o: eyelid |
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-rrhexis
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rupture
arteri/o/rrhexis: rupture of an artery arteri/o: artery |
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
dia/rrhea: abnormally frequent discharge or flow of fluid fecal matter from the bowel dia-: through, across |
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-rrhage
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bursting (of)
hem/o/rrhage: loss of large amount of blood within short period. hem/o: blood men/o/rrhagia: profuse discharge of blood during menstruation men/o: menses, menstruation |
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-plegia
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paralysis
hemi/plegia: paralysis of one side. hemi-: one half |
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-plasia
-plasm |
formation, growth
dys/plasia: abnormal development of cells, tissues, or organs. dys-:bad, painful, difficult neo/plasm: a new an abnormal formation of tissue, tumor growth. neo-: new |
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-phobia
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fear
hem/o/phobia: fear of blood hem/o: blood |
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-phasia
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speech
a/phasia: absence or impairment of speech a-: without |
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
dys/phagia: inability or difficulty swallowing dys-: bad, painful, difficult |
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency
erythr/o/penia: abnormal decrease in red blood cells erythr/o: red |
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-pathy
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disease
my/o/pathy: any disease of the muscle my/o: muscle |
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-tripsy
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crushing
lith/o/tripsy: crushing of a stone lith/o: stone, calculus |
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-tomy
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incision
trache/o/tomy: incision through the neck into the trache/o: trachea (windpipe) |
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-tome
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instrument to cut
oste/o/tome: surgical instrument for cutting through the bone oste/o: bone |
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-stomy
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forming an opening
trache/o/tomy: artificial opening through the neck for breathing tube. trache/o: trachea (windpipe) |
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-rrhaphy
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suture
my/o/rrhaphy: suture of a muscle my/o: muscle |
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-plasty
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surgical repair
rhin/o/plasty: surgical repair in which the structure of the nose changes rhin/o: nose |
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-pexy
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fixation (of an organ)
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-lysis
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seperation, destruction, loosening
thromb/o/lysis: dissolution of a blood clot thromb/o: blood clot |
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
append/ectomy: excision of the appendix append: appendix |
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-desis
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
arthr/o/desis: binding together of a joint arthr/o: joint |
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-scopy
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visual examination
endo/scopy: visual exam of a cavity or canal using a specialized lighted instrument (endoscope) endo- in withing |
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-scope
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instrument for exam
endo/scope: flexible tube instrument for observing the inside of an organ or cavity endo- in/within |
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-metry
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act of measuring
pelv/i/metry: act or process of determining the dimension of the pelvis pelv/i: pelvis |
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-meter
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instrument for measuring
pelv/i/meter: instrument to measure the pelvis pelv/i: pelvis |
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-graphy
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process of recording
angi/o/graphy: radiographic image of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium angi/o: vessel |
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-graph
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instrument for recording
cardi/o/graph: instrument used to record electrical activity of the heart cardi/o: heart |
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-gram
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recod, writing
electr/o/cardi/o/gram: graphic recoding of the electrical activity of the heart electr/o: electricity cardi/o: heart |
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-algia
-dynia |
pain
neur/algia: pain occurring along the path of a nerve neur: nerve ot/o/dynia: pain in the ear, earache ot/o: ear |
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
hepat/o/cele: hernia of the liver hepat/o: liver |
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
bronchi/ectasis: abnormal dilation of one or more bronchi. bronchi: bronchus |
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-edema
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swelling
lymph/edema: swelling and accumulation of tissue fluid lymph: lymph |
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-emesis
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vomiting
hyper/emesis: excessive vomiting hyper-: excessive, above normal |
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-emia
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blood condition
an/emia: blood condition caused by iron deficiency or decrease in red blood cells an-: without, not |
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-gen
-genesis |
forming, producing, origin
carcin/o/gen: substrance or agent that causes the dev or increases the incidence of cancer. carcin/o: cancer carcin/o/genesis: process of initiating and promoting cancer |
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-iasis
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abnormal condition (by something specific)
chol/e/lith/iasis: presence or formation of gallstones chol/e: bile, gall |
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-itis
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inflammation
gastr/itis: inflammation of the stomach gastr: stomach |
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-lith
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stone, calculus
chol/e/lith: gallstone chlo/e: bile, gall |
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-malacia
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softening
chondr/o/malacia: softening of the articular cartilage, usually involving the patella chondr/o: cartilage |
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-megaly
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enlargement
cardi/o/megally: enlargement of the heart cardi/o: heart |
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-oma
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tumor
neur/oma: tumor composed of nerve cells or swelling of a nerve that usually results from compression. neur: nerve |
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase
cyan/osis:dark blue or purple discoloration of the skin and mucous membrane cyan: blue |
