| A | B |
|---|
| -al | pertainig to |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood from the respiratory tract or lungs |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| dyspepsia | difficult digestion |
| Pyloric stenosis | narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine |
| splenorrhagia | hemorrhage from rupture of the spleen |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -ptosis | downward displacement or position |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| cerebral | pertaining to the brain |
| myelitis | imflammation of the spinal cord |
| anterior | front |
| Sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| balanitis | inflammation of the glans penis |
| -scope | instrument used to visually examine |
| -cocci | berry-shaped bacteria |
| otoscopy | visualization of the ear |
| myelogram | x-ray of the spinal cord |
| wheal | hive |
| coccyx | tail of the vertebral column |
| myotomy | incision into a muscle |
| osteorrhaphy | suturing a a bone |
| osteosclerosis | hardening of the bone |
| osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
| arthrodynia | severe pain in a joint |
| anemia | deficiency in erythrocytes and/or hemoglobin |
| lobectomy | removal of a portion of the lung |
| nephroptosis | prolapse or downward displacement of the kidney |
| Palliative | relieving but not curing |
| anaphylaxis | Severe hypersensitivity reaction |
| Relapse | return of symptoms of disease |
| Tinnitus | ringing sound in the ears |
| Myopia | nearsightedness |
| Dorsiflexion | backward (upward) bending of the foot |
| Dermat/o | cutane/o |
| Diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
| lymphocytosis | increase in numbers of lymphocytes |
| Toxic | pertaining to poison |
| Percussion | sharp, short blows to the surface of the chest |
| Atelectasis | collapsed lung |
| leukopenia | deficiency in numbers of white blood cells |
| quadraplegia | paralysis of four extremities |
| Patent | open |
| hypoxemia | decreased O2 in the blood |
| Aphasia | inability to speak |
| tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| oral leukoplakia | white palques on the mucous membrane of the mouth |
| brady- | slow |
