Diseases Flashcards
algo
pain (algesia)
algio
pain
algesio
pain
carcino
cancer, carcinoma (carcinoid)
cysto
filled sac or pouch, cyst, urinary bladder (cystic)
lith
calculus, stone (lithiasis)
onco
tumor (oncogenic)
patho
disease (pathogen)
pyo
pus (pyocyst)
pyro
fever, fire (pyrexia)
pyreto
fever, fire
sclero
hard (sclerosis)
toxo
poison (endotoxin)
toxico
poison
brady-
slow (bradypnea)
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult (dysplasia)
mal-
bad, poor (malabsorption)
pachy-
thick (pachycephaly)
tachy-
rapid (tachycardia)
xero-
dry (xeroderma)
-algia
pain (neuralgia)
-algesia
pain
-cele
hernia, localized dilation (gastrocele)
-clasis
breaking (karyoclasis)
-clasia
breaking
-itis
inflammation (cystitis)
-megaly
enlargement (hepatomegaly)
-odynia
pain (urodynia)
-oma
tumor (lipoma)
-pathy
any disease of (nephropathy)
-rhage
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage (pyorrhea)
-rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
-rhexis
rupture (amniorrhexis)
-schisis
splitting, fissure (retinoschisis)
dilation
expansion, widening (vasodilation)
dilatation
expansion, widening
ectasia
dilation, dilatation, distension (gastrectasia)
ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling (cephaledema)
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction (dialysis)
malacia
softening (craniomalacia)
necrosis
death of tissue (osteonecrosis)
ptosis
prolapse, dropping, downward, displacement (blepharoptosis)
sclerosis
hardening (phlebosclerosis)
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp (arteriospasm)
stasis
stoppage, suppression (menostasis)
stenosis
narrowing, constriction (bronchostenosis)
toxin
poison (nephrotoxin)
myco
mold, fungus (mycotic)
viro
virus (viremia)