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Medical Terminology
Exploring Medical Terminology ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |