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Study Guide Ch 1
Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 1 Basic Word Structure
| What is a ... ? | answer |
|---|---|
| Gastrectomy | Gastric resection (-tomy = to resect, remove) (gastr/o = stomach) |
| Osteitis | Inflammation of a bone (-itis = inflammation, oste/o = bone) |
| Cystoscopy | visual examination of the urinary bladder (-scopy = visually examine, -cyst/o = urinary bladder) |
| Hepatoma | Tumor of the liver (-oma = tumor, hepat/o = liver) |
| iatrogenic | pertaining to produced by treatment (-ic = pertaining to, gen = produce or create, iatr/o = treatment, physican |
| electroencephalogram | record of electricity in the brain (-gram = record, electro- = electricity, -en = inside, cephal/o = brain) |
| diagnosis | is made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient's condition (-is = condition, dia- = through and complete, gnos/o = knowledge) |
| cancerous tumor | carcinoma (-oma = tumor, carcin/o = cancer) |
| microscopic examination of living tissue | biopsy (-opsy = process of viewing, bi/o = life |
| pertaining to the brain | cerebral (-al = pertaining to, cerebr/o = brain) |
| removal of a gland | adenectomy (-ectomy = resection, remove) (aden/o = gland) |
| decrease in numbers of red blood cells | anemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, an- = no, none) "no blood" (less than normal levels of RBC |
| Pathologist | One who performs autopsies and reads biopsies (-logist = specialized study, path/o = disease) |
| arthralgia | pain in a joint (-algia = pain, arthr/o = joint) |
| increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells | Leukemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, leuk/o = white) |
| Instrument - to view the eye | ophthalmoscope (note spelling opHth) -scope = instrument to visually examine, ophthalm/o = eye |
| a platelet is a ... ? | thrombocyte (-cyte = cell, thromb/o = clotting) |
| abnormal condition of the mind | psychosis (-osis = abnormal condition, psych/o = mind) |
| inflammation of the nose | rhinitis (-itis = inflammation, rhin/o = nose) |
| cytology | study of cells (-logy = study, cyt/o = cells) |
| pertaining to - through the liver | transhepatic (-ic = pertaining to, trans- = through, hepat/o = liver) |
| nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney (-osis = abnormal condition, nephr/o = kidney) |
| osteotomy | incision of a bone (-tomy = incision, oste/o = bone) |
| hyperglycemia | high level of sugar in the blood (-emia = abnormal blood condition, hyper- = more than normal or excessive, glyc/o = sugar) |
| psych/o | mind (example: psychosis) |
| ophthalm/o | eye (example: opthalmoscope) |
| path/o | disease (example: pathology) |
| ren/o | kidney (example: renal) |
| rhin/o | nose (example: rhinitis) |
| radi/o | x-ray (example: radiology) |
| onc/o | tumor (example: oncologist ) |
| sarc/o | flesh (example: sarcoma) - sarcomas are malignant. |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting (example: thrombocyte) |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine (example: urology) |
| oste/o | bone (example: osteitis) |
| sect/o | to cut (example: resection) |
Created by:
penguin
on 2007-07-26