Matching Week 1 pp. 18-19 PDF

Title	Matching Week 1 pp. 18-19
Course	Medical Terminology
Institution	Bradley University
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Allison Gile NUR 391 pp. 18-19 1. Bad, difficult, painful -dys 2. Excessive, increased -hyper 3. Enlargement -megaly 4. Pain, suffering -algia 5. Surgical removal -ectomy 6. Abnormal condition or disease -osis 7. Abnormal softening -malacia 8. Deficient, decreased -hypo 9. Inflammation -itis 10. Tissue death -necrosis 11. Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge -rrhage 12. Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface -ostomy 13. Surgical incision -otomy 14. Surgical repair -plasty 15. Surgical suturing -rrhaphy 16. Visual examination -scopy 17. Rupture -rrhexis 18. Abnormal narrowing -stenosis 19. Abnormal hardening -sclerosis 20. Flow or discharge -rrhea

21. The term __________________ describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord. myelopathy 22. The medical term for higher-than-normal blood pressure is _____________________. hypertension 23. The term ________________ means pertaining to birth. natal 24. Pain is classified as a ________________. symptom 25. In the term myopathy, the suffix -pathy means ________________. disease...