Medical term

Layman's term

- pathy

disease

- penia

deficiency

- pexy

fixation (tissue)

- phagia

swallow

- phasia

speech disorder

- phobia

fear

- phrenia

mental disorder

- physis

growth(physical)

- plasty

plastic surgery

- plegia

paralysis

- ptosis

dropping down

- rrhagia

hemorrhage

- rrhaphy

suture,  stitch

- rrhea

flowing

- rrhexis

rupture

- sarcoma

tumor, cancer

- sclerosis

hardening

- scope

picture, inspection

- spasm

contraction

- stasis

stoppage

- tripsy

crushing

- uria

urine

 

 

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