medical term wk 1 Flashcards
suffixes
-centesis
surgical puncture
-cidal, -cide
destroying, killing
-desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
-dilation
widening , stretching, expanding
-ectomy
surgical removal, excision
-graphy
process of recording
-metry
measuring
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture, suturing
-scopy
visual examination
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
cutting into, incision
-tripsy
crushing
-iatrics, -iatry
field of medicine
-iatrist, -ician, -ist
specialist
-ologist, -logist
specialist in the study of
-logy, -ology
study of
-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
hearing
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
pain
-dipsia
thirst
-esthesia
sensation
-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
-osmia
smell, odor
-phobia
fear
-phoria
feeling
-clasis, -clast
to break
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-emesis
vomiting
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
-lysis
destruction
-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing