Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 3 Suffixes
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| amniocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo
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| inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat | tonsillitis
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| -ptosis | prolapse, sag, droop
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| ischemia | blood is held back from an area
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| necr/o | death
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| acromegaly | abnormal enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland problem (think of MEG Ryan's giant collagen enhanced lips)
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| pain in the ear | otalgia (-algia = pain, ot/o = ear)
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| chronic | continuing over a long period of time
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| small artery is a(an)...? | arteriole
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| instrument to visually examine | -scope
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| hernia of the urinary bladder | cystocele (-cele = hernia, cyst/o = urinary bladder)
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| tumor of bone marrow (cancerous) | malignant myeloma (-oma = tumor, myel/o = bone marrow, spinal cord) - context indicates which usage of root
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| x-ray record of spinal cord | myelogram (-gram = record, myel/o = spinal cord, bone marrow) - context indicates which usage of root
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| berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria | -cocci
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| neutrophil | polymorphonuclear leukocyte
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| instrument to record | -graph
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| resembling | -oid (a jeep is a hummeroid)
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| an eosinophil is a(an) | leukocyte (eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil are all leukocytes)
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| removal of the voice box | laryngectomy (-ectomy = removal, excision, resection) (laryng/o = voice box)
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| angioplasty means | surgical repair of a blood vessel (-plasty = surgical repair, angi/o = vessel)
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| a blood cell that produces antibodies | lymphocyte (-cyte = cell, lymph/o = lymph)
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| opposite of -malacia is? (malacia = softening) | -sclerosis (hardening)
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| excessive development | hypertrophy (-trophy = development, hyper- = excessive, more than normal)
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| treatment | -therapy
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| surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body | -stomy
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| erythrocyte | a RED blood cell
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| thrombocyte | a CLOTTING cell
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| monocyte | a mononuclear leukocyte that IS A phagocyte (engulfs, digests) soldiers.
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| eosinophil | a leukocyte whose granules TURN RED with STAIN and whose NUMBERS ARE ELEVATED in allergic reactions
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| neutrophil | POLYmorphonuclear, a granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulfing and digesting them.
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| lymphocyte | a MONOnuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by MAKING ANTIBODIES (T&B cells, attach directly to the foreign cells)
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