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Flashcards by Kadii Spurling, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kadii Spurling
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| -ALGIA | Meaning: Pain Example: Neuralgia -Nerve Pain |
| -DYNIA | Meaning: Pain Example: Gastrodynia -Stomach Pain |
| -EMIA | Meaning: Blood Condition Example: Leukemia -Cancer of the white blood cells (My friend Amy beat it!!) |
| -IA | Meaning: Condition, disease Example: Polyuria -Excessive Urination |
| -ITIS | Meaning: Inflammation Example: Tonsillitis -Inflammation of the tonsils |
| -LEPSY | Meaning: Seizure or attack Example: Epilepsy -Disease of the nervous system marked by seizures |
| -MALACIA | Meaning: Softening Example: Chondromalacia -Softening of the cartilage |
| -MEGALY | Meaning: Enlargement Example: Cardiomegaly - Enlargement of the heart |
| -OMA | Meaning: Tumor, Mass Example: Sarcoma - Cancerous tumor/ connective tissue |
| -RRHEA | Meaning:Flow or discharge Example: Menorrhea - Normal period flow |
| -RRHAGE -RRHAGIE | Meaning:Bursting forth Example: Menorrhagia - Excessive period |
| -RRHEXIS | Meaning: Breaking open Example: Cardiorrhexis - Rupture of the heart |
| -OSIS | Meaning: Abnormal condition Example: Endometriosis - Internal tissue of the uterus grows outside the uterus (something I have.) *Dermatomycosis - Fungal Skin Infection |
| -PATHY | Meaning: Disease Example: Myopathy - Disease of the muscle tissue |
| -PENIA | Meaning: Deficiency Example: Leukopenia - Lack of white blood cells |
| -PLEGIA | Meaning: Paralysis Example: Quadriplegia - Paralysis of all 4 limbs |
| -PNEA | Meaning: Breathing Example: Apena - Periodic Cessation of breathing |
| -SCLEROSIS | Meaning: Hardening Example: Arteriosclerosis - Hardening of the arteries |
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