Mod 4 Terminations Flashcards
-acousia
sense of hearing
-acousis
sense of hearing
-algesia
Pain
-odynia
Pain
-aphia
Sense of touch; touch
-centesis
Surgical puncture to withdraw fluid
-cyte
cell
-dipsia
thirst
-ectasis
dilation; expansion; bulge
-ectasia
dilation; expansion; bulge
-ectopia
malposition; displacement
-ectopy
malposition; displacement
-edema
fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
-oedema
fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
-gamy
marriage; sexual union
-geusia
sense of taste
-geustia
sense of taste
-iatry
study and treatment [in specific reference to the medical profession or a physician]
-iatrics
study and treatment [in specific reference to the medical profession or a physician]
-lysis
destruction; a loosening; breakdown
-lytic
pertaining to the destruction, loosening, or breakdown [make appropriate choice for the context]
-necrosis
death [in particular, in reference to cells, tissues, or organs]
-opia
visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination
-opy
visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination
-opsia
visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination
-opsy
visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination
-orexia
appetite
-orexis
appetite
-osphresia
Sense of smell
-osphresis
Sense of smell
-osmia
Sense of smell
-penia
an insufficient amount (of a substance)
-ptosis
prolapse [a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ]
-rrhagia
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
-rhagia
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
-rrhage
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
-rhage
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
-rrhexis
rupture
-rhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
a hardening (of an organ or other body structure); a hardening caused by (a substance)
-sepsis
infection
-septic
pertaining to infection; infected
-spasm
spasm
-stasis
stagnation (of a flow); cessation (of a flow)
-stat
device used to control; agent used to control
-static
pertaining to the control (of a substance); pertaining to the stagnation (or, cessation) (of a flow)
-stenosis
a narrowing; constriction
-therapy
treatment (of an organ, symptom, or disease); treatment by means (of a substance or process).