Medical Terminology Chapter 3
-megaly
enlargement
Myocardial infarction
heart attack
Nephr/o
kidney
menorrhagia
menstrual bleeding
-ary
pertaining to
-lysis
removal of/getting rid of/taking away
-ectomy
resection
aminocentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the fetus
-ia
Condition
-uria
Condition of urine
-osis
Condition, Abnormal condition
-rrhagia
Discharge of blood
-pathy
Disease condition
-megaly
Enlargement
Hepatomegaly
Enlargement of the liver
-rrhage
Excessive
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-tomy
Incision
-itis
Inflammation
-stomy
Opening
-algia
Pain
-al, -el, -ar, -ary, -ic
Pertaining to
-graphy
Process of recording
-scopy
Process of visual examination
angi/o
blood vessel
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-sclerosis
condition of hardening
Myoma
A benign tumor of the muscle.
Adenocarcinoma
A cancerous tumor of glandular (epithelial) cells
Myosarcoma
A cancerous tumor of the muscle
Ischemia
A condition in which blood is held back from an organ
hematuria
A condition of blood in the urine
Adenoma
Benign tumor of the gland
-emia
Blood condition
-gram
Record
hemodialysis
Removal of blood and filtration through a machine to eliminate waste (urea)
-ectomy
Removal, resection, excision
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-plasty
Surgical repair or surgical correction.
-therapy
Treatment
-oma
Tumor, mass
