module 4: Termination 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
-ectasia
dilation; expansion buldge
-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 [relevance to medical profession]
-iatrics
study and treatment
-lysis
destruction
-lytic
destruction
-necrosis
death; such as cell death
-opia
visual disorder
-opy
visual disorder
-opsia
visual disorder
-opsy
visual disorder
-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 of an organ]
-rrhagia
rapid discharge (of a substance from an organ)
-rhagia; -rrhage;-rhage
rapid discharge (of a substance from an organ)
-rrhapy
suture
-rrhea
discharge (of a substance)
-rhea
discharge (of a substance)
-rrhexis
rupture
-rhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
a hardening (of an organ or structure) hardening caused by (a substance)
-sepsis
infection
-septic
pertaining to infection
-spasm
spasm
-stasis
stagnation (of a flow); cessation (of a flow)
-stat
device used to control
-static
pertaining to the control
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
-therapy
treatment
