pain, suffering
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
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surgical removal, cutting out
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
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inflammation
#NAME?
abnormal condition, disease
#NAME?
the surgical creation pf an artificial opening to the body surface
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cutting, surgical incision
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surgical repair
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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
#NAME?
surgical suturing
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flow, discharge
#NAME?
rupture
#NAME?
abnormal hardening
cyan/o
cyanosis (igh-ah-sis) is blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of adequate oxygen in the blood
erythr/o
an erythrocyte (eh-rith-roh-sight) is a mature red blood cell ( erthr/o means red, and -cyte menas cell
leuk/o
a leukocyte ( loo-koh-sight) is the white blood cell (leuk/o means white and -cyte means cell
melan/o
melanosis (mel-ah-noh-sis) is any condition of unusual deposits of balck pigment in body tissues or organs
poli/o
poliomyelitis (poh-lee-oh-my-eh-lye-tis) is a viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord (poli/o means gray, myel means spinal cord, -itis means inflammation
suffixes as noun endings
-a, -um, -y, -e, -us
suffixes meaning "pertaining to
-ac, -eal, -ior, -al, -ical, -ory, -an, -ial, -ous, -ar, -ic, -tic, -ary, -ine
suffixes meaning "abnormal condition
-ago, -iasis, -osis, -esis, -ion, -ia, -ism
ab-
away from, negative, absent
ad-
toward to, in the direction of
dextr/o
right side
sinistr/o
left side
ex-
out of, outside, away from
in-
in, into, not, without
macro-
large, abnormal size, or long
micr/o, micro-
small
mega-, megal/o
large, great
olig/o
scanty, few
pre-
before
post-
after, behind
ab-
way from
Why is it important to understand contrast sensitivity?