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Medical Terminology
Exploring Medical Terminology ch 1
Term | Definition |
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eponyms | term derived from the name of a person ie Parkinson disease |
Acronyms | name derived from first letters of words in phrase |
wr | word root |
s | suffix |
p | prefix |
cv | combining vowel |
cf | combining form |
translating term order | suffix, prefix, roots |
aden/o | gland |
-al | pertaining to |
cancer/o | cancer |
carcin/o | cancer ( a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells) |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
-cyte | cell |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | difficult, labored, painful, abnormal |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
erythr/o | red |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |