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prefixes
suffixes
terminology
terminology 2
Diseases
100
excessive
What is hyper-?
100
pain
What is -algia?
100
higher than normal blood pressure
What is hypertension?
100
the study of aspects of diseases
What is pathology?
100
study of the CAUSES of diseases
What is etiology?
200
deficient, lower, below
What is hypo-?
200
inflammation
What is -itis?
200
lower than normal blood pressure
What is hypotension?
200
prediction of a diseases outcome
What is prognosis?
200
study of tissues
What is histology?
300
back
What is poster/o?
300
to cut out; remove surgically
What is -ectomy?
300
localized response to a tissue injury
What is inflammation?
300
identification of a disease
What is diagnosis?
300
ongoing presence of a disease within a population
What is endemic?
400
in between
What is intra-?
400
abnormal hardening
What is -sclerosis?
400
torn or jagged wound
What is a laceration?
400
abnormal passage between organs
What is a fistula?
400
sudden outbreak of disease
What is an epidemic?
500
stone
What is litho-
500
abnormal condition
What is -osis?
500
pathological tissue change caused by disease or injury
What is a lesion?
500
crack-like sore of the skin
What is a fissure?
500
outbreak of disease over a very large area
What is a pandemic?