Medical term |
Layman's term |
Medical term |
Layman's term |
-
algia |
pain |
- gram, - graph |
picture |
-
cele |
swelling |
- itis |
inflammation |
-
centesis |
puncture |
- lysis |
separation |
-
crine |
secrete within |
- malacia |
softening |
-
dactyl |
finger,toe |
- megaly |
enlarged |
-
dema |
swelling (fluid) |
- oid |
like, similar |
-
desis |
surgical fixation |
- ology |
study of |
-
duct |
opening |
- olysis |
breakdown |
-
dynia |
pain |
- oma |
tumor |
- ectasis |
enlargement |
- osis |
disease, condition |
-
ectomy |
surgical removal |
- ostomy |
surgical opening |
-
emia |
blood |
- otomy | incision |
-
genic |
source, origin |
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