Prefixes
What is cancer, cancerous?
-graphy
The area between the lungs that contains the heart, trachea, esophagus, thymus glands, and lymph nodes
Esophagitis
uh·saa·fuh·jai·tuhs
What is pneumonia?
Cysto-
-plasty
What is surgical repair, or surgical correction?
What is the uterus?
Mesothelioma
meh·zuh·thee·lee·ow·muh
Inflammation of the stomach
What is gastritis?
Erythro-
-rrhagia
What is the excessive discharge of blood?
The vertical plane that divides the body/organs into upper and lower regions
What is the Sagittal Plane?
Arteriosclerosis
ahr-teer-ee-oh-skluh-roh-sis
Malignant tumor of the liver
What is a hepatoma?
Gnos/o-
What is knowledge?
-uria
What is the condition of urine?
The space contained within the hip bones and lower back bones.
Thoracentesis
thawr-uh-sen-tee-sis
The slight increase in the number of cells.
What is Erythrocytosis?
Hepat/o-
What is the liver?
-kinesia, kinesis
What is movement?
What are the ovaries?
What is an ovary?
Salpingectomy
sal-pin-jek-tuh-mee
What is Menorrhagia?