Medical Terminology

• -graphy means recording, writing down
• -acantha means spiny
• -adeno means glandular
• -angioma means tumor with blood vessels
• -centesis means puncture
• -cystitis means inflammation of the bladder
• -cephal/o means head
• -cytosis means abnormal increase in cells
• -ectomy means removal of part
• -emia means condition of being in the blood
• -enter/o means intestine
• -ectasis means dilatation, dilation
• -esophag/o means esophagus
• -fibrosis means fibrous tissue formation
• -genesis means production or formation
• -genesis means production or origin
• -graphy means recording
• -exia means deficiency or lack
• -genesis means production, formation
• -hepat/o means liver
• -granulom/a means granule
• -granuloma means small granule tumor
• -itis means inflammation
• -megaly means enlargement
• -lysis means breaking down, dissolving
• -ic means pertaining to
• -lysis means dissolution
• -hypo means below normal
• -hyper means above normal
• -pathy means disease or suffering
• -plasty means surgical repair
• -tomy means incision, cutting into
• -plasty means surgical repair or reconstruction
• -ectomy means removal
• -genesis means origin
• -trophy means growth or development
• -phobia means fear of
• -pathy means disease
• -tomy means incision/cutting into
• -tomy means incision, cut into