Word Parts

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word parts and their meanings
Whitney Harding
Flashcards by Whitney Harding, updated more than 1 year ago
Whitney Harding
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-algia pain, painful condition
dys- bad, difficult, or painful
-ectomy surgical removal
hyper- excessive, increased
hypo- deficient, decreased
-itis inflammation
-osis abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy surgically creating an opening
-otomy cutting, surgical incision
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhage bleeding, excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy surgical suturing
-rrhea flow or discharge
-rrhexis rupture
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
aden/o gland
adip/o fat
anter/o front or before
caud/o tail or lower part of the body
cephal/o head
cyt/o cell
endo- within
exo- out of
hist/o tissue
-ologist specialist
-ology study of
path/o disease
-plasia formation
poster/o back or toward the back
-stasis control
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