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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
A SHORT COURSE IN MEDI CAL TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GASTR ITIS | GASTR = STOMACH= ROOT/. ITIS = INFLAMMATION = SUFFIX. INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. |
| Mast ectomy | Greek: Mast = Root= Breast ectomy = Suffix = Removal of. |
| Phych o logy | Greek: Phych = Root = Mind. O = Vowel Greek: logy = Suffix = Study of Study of mental processes and Behavior. |
| Arth | Root = Joint |
| itis | Suffix = Inflammation of |
| Dermat | Root = Skin |
| Geront | Root = Elderly |
| algia | Suffix = Pain |
| oma | Suffix = Tumor |
| Mast itis | Mast = Root. itis = Suffix = Inflammation Inflammation of the Breast. |
| Close Fracture | Simple fracture with no open wound. |
| Prefixes | Always come at the Beginning. |
| Hyper | Prefix = Over, Above, Excessive. |
| Peri | Prefix = Around |
| Tachy | Prefix = Rapid, Fast. |
| Epi | Prefix = Upon, Over. |
| Tri | Prefix = Three |
| Hyper gastr ic | Prefix = Hyper. Root = gastr. ic Above the Stomach. |
| Peri arth r itis | Prefix = Peri. Root = arth r Suffix = itis. Around Joint Inflammation. |
| ic | Suffix = Pertaining to. |
| Gastr o enter itis | Root = Gastr = Stomach. o Vowel, Root = enter = intestines, Suffix = itis = inflammation. Inflammation of the Stomach and Intestines |
| Hyper gastr ic | Prefix = Hyper = Above. Root = gastr = Stomach. Suffix = ic = Pertaining to. Pertaining to above the Stomach. |
| Card | Root = Heart |
| Card i o logy | Root = Card = Heart. io = Vowels. Suffix = logy = Study of. |
| -logy | Suffix = Study of. |
| -ectomy | Suffix = Removal of. |
| -scope | Suffix = To Look. |
| Pre- | Prefix = Pre = Before. |
| nat | Root = Birth. |
| -al | Suffix = Pertaining to. |
| -tomy | Suffix = Removal of. |
| Amni o centesis | Root = Amni. Vowels = o. Suffix = centesis. Amnion (surrounds the Fetus) centesis = Surgical puncture. |
| Neur/o | A nerve cell. The Nervous system. |
| -stenosis | Suffix = Narrowing |
| -ism | Suffix = A Condition of. A a Process. A State of. |
| -porosis | Suffix = Porous condition of Bone. |
| Oste- Oste o- | Combining Form = Bone. |
| Append- | Root = Appendix |
| -iatrics -iatry | Suffix = Physician or Medical treatment |
| Phych- | Combining form = Mind: Mental processes and activities |
| -ician -ist | Suffix = Specialist Suffix = Specialist |
| -plasty | Suffix = Surgical repair |
| -desis | Suffix = Surgical binding |
| Arth o desis | Root = Arth = Joint. Vowel = o. Suffix = desis = Surgical binding. |
| -cyte | Suffix = A Cell. |
| -lith | Suffix = Stone, calculus, calcification. |
| Anter/o | Root = Front, anterior. |
| Cerv/o | Root = Neck |
| Chondr/o | Root = Cartilage |
| Cyt/o -cyte | Root = Cell |
| Dors/o | Root = Back |
| Inguin/o | Root = Groin |
| My/o | Root = Muscle |
| Myel/o | Root = Spinal cord |
| Neur/o | Root = Nerve, neuron |
| Poster/o | Root = Posterior, Back. |
| Proxim/o | Root = Near |
| Super/o | Root = Superior |
| Trans/o | Root = Across |
| Cephalad | Above; Towards the Head. |
| Colles | Break in the Distal End of the Radius. |
| Comminuted | Break in which the Bone is Crushed or Splintered. |
| Compression | Fracture or Break caused by a squeezing or opposing force; loss of height in a Vertebra due to disease or trauma. |
| Greenstick | Incomplete break: one side off the bone is broken and the other side is bent. |
| -scopy | Suffix = Examination with an Instrument. |
| Arhtr/o scopy | Arth/o = Joint. -scopy = Examination with an Instrument. |
| mylel/o | Marrow of the Bone. |
| Oste/o myel/o itis Osteomyelitis | Oste - Bone. - myel- marrow. itis - inflammation. Inflammation or infection of the Bone Marrow. |
| Reduction | Realignment. |
| -malacia | Suffix = Softening. |
| Pylorus Pyloric Sphinter | The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum. |
| Chyme | Partially digested food passes to the duodenum from the stomach. |
| Hepatic Flexure Right Colic Flexure | The bend of the colon at the juncture of its ascending and transverse portions. |
| Duodenum | The beginning portion of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum. |
| Pruritic, Pruritus | Any of various conditions characterized by intense itching, often of undamaged skin. |
| Impetigo | A contagious bacterial skin infection, usually of children, that is characterized by the eruption of superficial pustules and the formation of thick yellow crusts, commonly on the face. |
| Epithelial | Membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells separated by very little intercellular substance and forming the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs. |
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