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Flashcards by gabrielle.bentle, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by gabrielle.bentle
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| -Algia | Meaning: Pain Example: neuralgia (nerve pain) |
| -Dynia | Meaning: pain Example: gastrodynia (pain in the stomach) |
| -Emia | Meaning: Blood Condition Example: leukemia (cancer of the white blood cells.) |
| -Ia | Meaning: condition, disease Example: ployuria (excessive urination) |
| -Itis | Meaning: inflammation Example: laryngitis (inflammation of the larynx) |
| -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 or mass Example: sarcoma (cancerous tumor of connective tissue) |
| -Rrhea | Meaning: flow, discharge Example: menorrhea (menstrual flow) |
| -Rrhage -Rrhagia | Meaning: bursting forth Example: menorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow) |
| -Rrhexis | Meaning: breaking open Example: cardiorrhexis (rupture of the heart) |
| -Osis | Meaning: abnormal condition Example: dermatomycosis (fungal skin infection) |
| -Pathy | Meaning: disease Example: myopathy (disease of muscle tissue) |
| -Penia | Meaning: deficiency Example: lekopenia (deficient number of white blood cells) |
| -Pleagia | Meaning: paralysis Example: quadripleagia (paralysis of all four limbs) |
| -Pnea | Meaning: breathing Example: apnea (periodic cessation of breathing) |
| -Sclerosis | Meaning: hardening Example: arteriosclerosis (hardening of arteries) |
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