Quick and Easy Medical Terminology 9th Edition By Peggy C. Leonard

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-emia - ANSWER:condition of the blood

-ia, -ism - ANSWER:condition or theory

-iatrician - ANSWER:practitioner

-y - ANSWER:state or condition

-ous - ANSWER:pertaining to or categorized by

lithiasis - ANSWER:condition in which a stone or calculus is present

microtia - ANSWER:a congenital disorder that results in a small malformed pinna or
ear canal

endocrine - ANSWER:a system of ductless glands that secrete chemical messengers
into the brain

dermatoplasty - ANSWER:surgical repair of the skin

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o - ANSWER:lungs

myel/o - ANSWER:bone marrow or spinal cord (any disease of)

oste/o - ANSWER:bone

-edema - ANSWER:swelling

-phobia - ANSWER:abnormal fear

-rrhaphy - ANSWER:suture

-centesis - ANSWER:surgical puncture

-ia, -iasis - ANSWER:condition

ot/o, laryng/o - ANSWER:ear, larynx

-er, -ist - ANSWER:one who

-osis - ANSWER:condition

, -scopy - ANSWER:visual examination

-emesis - ANSWER:vomiting

-iatrics, -iatry - ANSWER:medical profession or treatment

ophthalmologist - ANSWER:eye specialist

-pathy - ANSWER:disease

-spasm - ANSWER:twitching cramp

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical - ANSWER:pertaining to

-ose - ANSWER:sugar

-otologist - ANSWER:ear specialist

-algia, dynia - ANSWER:pain

cerebr/o, encephal/o - ANSWER:brain

-rrhage, rrhagia - ANSWER:excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

-iac - ANSWER:one who suffers

-eum, -ium - ANSWER:membrane

muc/o - ANSWER:mucus

prote/o, protein/o - ANSWER:protein

pyr/o - ANSWER:fire

-al, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic - ANSWER:pertaining to

-rrhexis - ANSWER:rupture

cutaneous - ANSWER:pertaining to the skin

-mania - ANSWER:excessive preoccupation

-megaly - ANSWER:enlargement

-stasis - ANSWER:stopping, controlling

append/o, appendic/o - ANSWER:appendix