PREFIX
dys-
what is bad, difficult or painful
-megaly
what is enlargement
liver
what is hepat/o
-ostomy
what is the surgical creating of an artificial opening to the body surface
a rupture of a muscle
what is myorrhexis
hyper-
what is excessive or increased
-ectomy
what is surgical removal of
artery
what is arteri/o
-rrhaphy
what is surgical suturing
within the muscle
hypo-
what is deficient or decreased
-osis
what is abnormal condition or disease
stomach
what is gastr/o
-sclerosis
what is abnormal hardening
between, but not within, the parts of a tissue
what is Interstitial
inter-
what is between or among
-necrosis
what is tissue death
path
what is disease
-rrhea
what is flow or discharge
blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of adequate oxygen in the blood
what is cyanosis
super-, supra-
what is above or excessive
-rrhage
what is bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
heart
what is cardi/o
-otomy
what is surgical repair
condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in the body tissue or organs
what is melanosis