Terminology-Symptoms or diagnosis

Question 1

-algia, -dynia

Answer 1

pain
Ex: neuralgia- pain along the course of a nerve

Question 2

-cele

Answer 2

hernia- protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity.
Ex: encephalocele- hernia of the brain through opening of the skull

Question 3

-ectasia, -ectasis

Answer 3

dilatation (dilation, enlargement or stretching of a structure or part)
Ex: angiectasis- dilation of a blood or lymph vessle

Question 4

-edema

Answer 4

swelling

Question 5

emesis

Answer 5

vomiting

Question 6

-emia

Answer 6

condition of the blood
Ex: bacteremia-presence of bacteria in the blood

Question 7

-ia, -iasis

Answer 7

condition
Ex: psoriasis- disease condition of the skin marked by itchy lesions (greek word psora, meaning itch)

Question 8

-itis

Answer 8

inflamaton

Question 9

-lith

Answer 9

stone or calculus
Ex: cholelith- another name for a galstone

Question 10

-malacia

Answer 10

soft, softening
osteomalacia- softening of the bones

Question 11

-mania

Answer 11

excessive proccupation
Ex: kleptomania

Question 12

-megaly

Answer 12

enlargement

Question 13

-oid

Answer 13

resembling
Ex: mucoid- resembling mucus (adj)

Question 14

-oma

Answer 14

tumor
Ex: carcinoma

Question 15

-osis

Answer 15

condition (often abnormal)
Ex: neurosis- a nerve condition, disorder, that is not caused by a demonstrable structural change

Question 16

-pathy

Answer 16

disease
Ex: think pathogenic

Question 17

-penia

Answer 17

deficiency
Ex: calcipenia- calcium dificiency

Question 18

-phobia

Answer 18

abnormal fear

Question 19

-ptosis

Answer 19

prolapse, sagging
Ex: often refers to drooping or sagging eyelids

Question 20

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 20

excessive bleeding, think hemorrhage

Question 21

-rrhea

Answer 21

flow or discharge
Ex: vaginal discharge is primary feature of gonorrhea

Question 22

-rrhexis

Answer 22

rupture
Ex: cardiorrhexis- litterally means ruptured heart

Question 23

-spasm

Answer 23

twitching, or cramp

Question 24

-stasis

Answer 24

stopping, controlling