Medical Terminology: Key Word Parts and Definitions
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What does the suffix '-algia' refer to in medical terminology?

  • Surgical creation of an artificial opening
  • Inflammation
  • Abnormal hardening
  • Pain or painful condition (correct)

    • What does the prefix 'hypo-' mean in medical terminology?

  • Abnormal condition
  • Excessive
  • Deficient or decreased (correct)
  • Surgical removal

    • What does the suffix '-ostomy' refer to in medical terminology?

  • Abnormal hardening
  • Surgical removal
  • Surgical creation of an artificial opening (correct)
  • Inflammation

    • What does the prefix 'dys-' mean in medical terminology?

    <p>Bad, difficult, or painful</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the suffix '-osis' refer to in medical terminology?

    <p>Abnormal condition or disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the suffix '-ectomy' refer to in medical terminology?

    <p>Surgical removal or cutting out</p> Signup and view all the answers

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    Medical Terminology: Key Word Parts and Definitions

    Pain and Difficulty

    • -algia: refers to pain or a painful condition, e.g. neuralgia
    • dys-: means bad, difficult, or painful, e.g. dysentery

    Surgical Procedures

    • ectomy: surgical removal, cutting out, or excision, e.g. tracheoectomy
    • -otomy: means cutting, surgical incision, e.g. tracheotomy
    • -plasty: means surgical repair, e.g. osteoplasty (oste: bone)
    • -ostomy: the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface, e.g. colostomy

    Abnormal Conditions

    • hyper-: means excessive, increased, e.g. Hyperthyroidism
    • hypo-: means deficient, decreased, e.g. Hypothyroidism
    • -itis: means inflammation, e.g. hepatitis
    • -osis: means abnormal condition, disease, e.g. tuberculosis
    • -sclerosis: means abnormal hardening, e.g. arteriosclerosis

    Fluid and Bleeding

    • -rrhage: means bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge, e.g. hemorrhage
    • -rrhaphy: means surgical suturing (stitching), e.g. gastrorrhaphy
    • -rrhea: means flow or discharge, e.g. gonorrhea
    • -rrhexis: means rupture, e.g. myorrhexia (muscles rupture)

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    Learn the meanings of common prefixes and suffixes in medical terminology, including -algia, dys-, ectomy, hyper-, hypo-, -itis, -osis, and -ostomy.

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