Greek Medical Terms And Suffixes

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• aemia, ae f blood
• algia, ae f pain
• ectomia, ae f excision
• gramma, grammatis n picture, record
• graphia, ae f registration, X-ray examination
• itis, itidis f inflammation
• logia, ae f science, study
• malacia, ae f softening
• odynia, ae f pain
• pathia, ae f morbid state, disease
• pexia, ae f fixation
• plegia, ae f paralysis
• phobia, ae f pathologic fear
• rrhagia, ae f bleeding
• rrhaphia, ae f suturing
• rrhoea, ae f discharge of any fluid
• scopia, ae f instrumental examination, scopy
• therapia, ae f treatment
• tomia, ae f incision, dissection
• uria, ae f urine
• penia, ae f deficiency
• genesis, is f generation, formation
• lithiasis, is f stone disease
• necrosis, is f death of cellular material
• ptosis, is f prolapse
• stomia, ae f making an opening
• gramma, atis n record, graphic image
• oma, atis n growth, tumour
• megalia, ae f enlargement
• extasia, ae f extension
• lysis, is f destruction
• sclerosis, is f hardening
• stenosis, is f contraction, narrowing
• rrhexis, is f rupture
• arteri(o) artery
• hydr(o) water
• aeti(o) cause
• morph(o) form
• aden(o) gland
• dacry(o) tear
• gloss(o) tongue
• mast(o) mammary gland
• myel(o) spinal cord
• physio nature
• blephar(o) eyelid
• hist(o) tissue
• phleb(o) vein
• spondyl(o) vertebra
• cyst(o) urinary bladder
• bio life
• colp(o) vagina
• gynaec(o) woman
• sial(o), ptyal(o) saliva
• cyt(o) cell
• ur(o) urine
• bronch(o) bronchus
• encephal(o) brain
• crani(o) skull
• col(o) large intestine, large bowel
• dactyl(o) finger
• enter(o) bowel, small intestine
• cheil(o) lip
• pharmac(o) drug
• nos(o) disease
• my(o) muscle
• neur(o) nerve
• rhin(o) nose
• ophthalm(o) eye
• oesophag(o) oesophagus
• stern(o) breast bone
• hypn(o) sleep
• hyster(o), metr(o) womb
• gastr(o) stomach, ventricle
• therm(o) heat
• chrom(o), chromat(o) colour
• sarc(o) flesh
• necr(o) corpse
• cardi(o) heart
• anthrop(o) man
• mening(o) meninges
• erg(o) labour, work
• pneum(o) lung
• pod(o) foot
• haem(o), haemat(o) blood
• hidr(o) sweat
• onc(o) tumour
• oste(o) bone
• stomat(o) mouth
• onych(o) nail
• arthr(o) articulation, joint
• lip(o) fat
• ot(o) ear
• chondr(o) cartilage
• coccyg(o) coccyx
• derm(o), dermat(o) skin
• odont(o) tooth
• laryng(o) larynx
• lith(o) stone
• phren(o) mind
• phrenia, ae f mind
• men(o) month
• nyct(o) night
• pharyng(o) pharynx
• pancreat(o) pancreas
• thorac(o) thorax
• angi(o) blood vessel
• helminth(o) worm
• zoo animal
• lapar(o) abdomen
• cephal(o) head
• somat(o) body
• choledoch(o) bile duct
• chol(o) bile
• hepat(o) liver
• galact(o) milk
• splen(o) spleen
• nephr(o) kidney
• pyel(o) pelvis of the kidney
• py(o) pus
• steth(o) breast
• heli(o) sun
• chron(o) time
• splanchn(o) inner organs
• cholecyst(o) gall bladder

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