Medical Terminology

• osteoma


  tumor of bone
• oset/o


  bone
• -oma


  tumor
• quadriplegia


  paralysis of four limbs
• quadri-


  four
• -plegia


  paralysis
• hypo-

  below
• -physis


  growth
• aphasia

  without or absence of speaking
• a-


  without or absence of
• -phasia


  speaking
• dysphagia


  painful or difficult eating or swallowing
• -phagia


  eating or swallowing
• -oxia

  condition of oxygen
• -opsy


  view of
• -malacia

  softening
• -emesis


  vomiting
• syn-


  together
• -drome


  run or running
• -ous


  pertaining to
• -scopy


  process of viewing
• -meter


  measure, measuring instrument
• pertaining to the liver

  hepic
• surgical removal of the appendix


  appendectomy
• surgical repair of the breast

  mammoplasty
• instrument used for viewing the uterus

  hysteroscope
• inflammation of the brain

  encephalitis
• surgical removal of the stomach

  gastrectomy
• pertaining to the cerebrum

  cerebral
• study or science of nerves

  neurology
• surgical repair of the skin

  dermaplasty
• pertaining to against life

  antibio
• condition of a slow heart

  bradycardia
• inflammation of within the heart

  endocarditis
• study or science of life


  biology
• instrument for viewing the larnyx

  laryngoscope
• study or science of the skin

  dermatology
• laryng/o


  larynx
• inflammation of the larny

  laryngitis
• inherited defect in blood coagulation

  hemophilia