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Appendix A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-;an-;ana- | no;not;without |
| ante- | before;forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | slow |
| contra- | against;opposite |
| dys- | difficult |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above;upon |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above;excessive |
| hypo- | below;deficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| mal- | bad;poor;abnormal |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| para- | near;beside |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around;sorrounding |
| poly- | many;excessive |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before;in front of |
| retro- | behind;backwardy;upward |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | below;under |
| syn- | together;with |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal;excision |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| -iasis | formation of presence of |
| -isn | condition |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -oid | resembling;like |
| -(o)logist | specialist in the study or treatment of |
| -(o)logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -otomy | incision into |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | abnornal fear |
| -platy | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -rrhea | flow;discharge |
| -stasis | control;stop |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| celebr/o | cerebllum |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| audi/o | hearing;sound |
| brunch/o | brunchus |
| aur/o | ear |
| ather/o | fat;fatty plague |
| arthr/o | joint |
| arteri/o | artery |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hemat/o,hem/o | blood |
| gyn/o,gyn/e,gynec/o | woman |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| erythr/o | red |
| encephal/o | brain |
| electr/o | electricity |
| derm/o,dermato/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| cyst/o | bladder;sac |
| hydr/o | water;fluid |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| immune/o | protection |
| lip/o | fat |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| narc/o | sleep |
| nas/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o,opthalm/o,opt/o | eye |
| psych/o,psych/i | mind or soul |
| proct/o | rectum |
| pulmun/o | lungs |
| or/o | mouth |
| oste/o | bone |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phot/o | light |
| pneum/o | lungs;air |
| quadr/i | four |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| septi | bacteria |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thrumb/o | clot |
| thrache/o | trachea |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ven/o | vein |
| schizophrenia | a type of psychosis on which the mind is said to be slpit from reality |
| neurologist | a physician who specializes in diseases of the neurological system |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| meningitis | inflammation of the meninges of the brain |
| epilepsy | a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by recumbent seizures |
| epidural | pertaining to the above the dura matter |
| cerebrovascular | pertainig to the brain and blood vessels that supply it |
| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord |
| bronchitis | inflammation of the bronchi |
| dysphea | difficult,painful or faulty breathing |
| hypoxia | a condition of the deficient oxygen levels |
| phayngitis | inflammation of the pharyhx |
| pulmonologist | specialist in diseases of the lungs |
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
| rhinorrhea | discharge from the nose |
| spirometry | measurement of breathing |
| stethoscope | instrument used to listen to lungs and heart sounds through the chest wall |
| thoracotomy | incision into the chest |
| bradycardia | pertaining to slow heart rate |
| cardiologists | a physician who specializes in disease of the heart |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| endocardium | membrane lining the cavities of the heart |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypoxemia | too little oxygen in the blood |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle |
| myocardium | heart muscle |
| pericardium | lining around the outside of the heart |
| tachycardia | pertaining to a fast heart rate |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joints |
| bursitis | inflammation of the bursa,a fluid-filled sac around joints |
| intramuscular | pertainig to within the muscle |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| orthopedic | foot |
| tendinitis | inflammation of the tendon |
| hyperglycernia | too much sugar in the blood |
| panereatitis | inflammation of the pancreas |
| endocrinology | study of the screting glands that comprise the endocrine system |
| hyperthyroidism | condition of too much thyroid hormone |
| hypokalemia | low blood potussium |
| anemia | a blood condition in which there is a reduxtion in the number of red blood cells,hemoglobin, or the whole of the packed red blood cells |
| hematology | medical study of the blood |
| myeloma | tumor of the bone marrow |
| nephrectomy | surgical removal of a kidney |
| polyuria | condition in which one urinates excessively |
| pyelonephritis | inflammation of the renal pelvis are of the kidney |
| urologist | physician who specializes in conditions of the urinary system |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| dermatologist | specialist in the study of disease of the skin |
| epidermal | pertainig to on the skin |
| histology | the study of tissues |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| subcutaneous | pertainig to below the skin |
| autoimmune | the disorder characterizes by abnormal functions of the immune system that causes the body to produces antibodes aganist itself |
| immunocompromised | a condition in which the immune system has been compromise by discrease or immunoseppressive agents |
| leukemia | a maligrant blood disease |
| metastasis | the spread of cancer cells beyond the original site of the tumor through blood or lympl |
| conjunctiuits | inflammation of the conjunetive |
| intraucular | pertaining to the inside of the eye |
| Ophthalmologist | specialist in diseases of the eye |
| optometry | process of measuring the eye |
| photophobia | extreme sensitivity and discomfort from light |
| myringitis | inflamation of the tynpanie membrane |
| otitis | inflammation of the ear |
| cholecystectomy | surgical removalof the gall bladder |
| cirrhosis | chronic liver condition that causes yellowing of tissues |
| colonoscopy | procees of viewing the color |
| dyspepsia | the condition of indigestion,or of painful digestion |
| dysphagia | pertainig to difficulty in eating or swallowing |
| esophagitis | inflammatine of the esophagus |
| gastroenterologists | specialist in the study or treatment of the stomach and intestines |
| nasogastic | pertinig to the nose and stomach |
| pancreatitis | inflammation of the pancreas |
| sublingual | pertainig to under the tongue |
| gynecologist | a physician who specialize in the reproduction system of women |
| hysterctomy | the surgical removal of the uterus |
| mammogram | an x-ray of the breast |
| obstetrics | the speciaty pertaining to the care and treatment of the mother and fetus throughout pregnancy, hildbirt, and the imediale post partum period |
| vasectomy | excision of the part of the vas deferens to produce male sterility |
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