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MT Ch2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdomin/o | abdominal |
| Adip/o | fat |
| Aden/o | gland |
| Anter/o | front or before |
| Caud/o | tail or lower part of the body |
| Carcin/o | cancerous |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Dem/o | population |
| Dors/o | back of the body |
| Gen/o | producing |
| Hist/o | tissue |
| Home/o | constant |
| Idi/o | peculiar to the individual |
| Ili/o | hip bone |
| Lumb/o | lower back |
| Path/o (-pathy) | disease |
| Pelv/o | pelvis |
| Physi/o | nature or physical |
| Poster/o | back or toward the back |
| Ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -oma | tumor |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasm | formative material |
| -stasis | control |
| -trophy | development |
| A- | without |
| Ana- | excessive |
| En-/ Endo- | within |
| Epi- | above |
| Eti/o | cause |
| Exo- | out of |
| Pan- | entire |
| Genetic Disorders | pathologic conditions caused by absent or defective genes |
| Cystic Fibrosis (CF) | condition in which the lungs and pancreas are clogged with abnormally thick mucus |
| Down Syndrome | condition that is associated with characteristic facial appearance/learning disabilities/physical abnormalities such as heart valve disease |
| Hemophilia (hemo) | bleeding disorder |
| Huntington’s Disease | condition characterized by nerve degeneration |
| Muscular Dystrophy | condition characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) | condition characterized by a missing essential digestive enzyme that can lead to severe mental retardation if left undectected/untreated |
| Tay-Sachs Disease | fatal condition in which harmful quantities of fatty substance build up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain |
| Aplasia | the defective development or congenital absence of an organ/tissue |
| Hypoplasia | incomplete development of an organ/tissue |
| Anaplasia | change in the structure of cells and their orientation to each other |
| Dysplasia | abnormal development of tissues/cells |
| Hyperplasia | abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue |
| Hypertrophy | general increase in the bulk of a body part/organ due to an increase in size of cells in the tissues |
| Indirect contact | spread of disease through contact with contaminated surface/object |
| Bloodborne | spread of disease through contact with blood or body fluids containing blood |
| Airborne | spread of disease through contact with respiratory droplets (cough/sneeze) |
| Food-borne and water-borne | spread of disease by eating/drinking contaminated food/water that has not been properly treated/prepared |
| Endemic | ongoing presence of a disease within a population (Ex: the common cold) |
| Epidemic | sudden/widespread outbreak of a disease within a specific population group or area (Ex: measles) |
| Pandemic | outbreak of disease occurring over a large geographic area or worldwide (Ex: AIDS) |
| Functional disease | symptoms for which no physiological/anatomical cause can be identified (Ex: irritable bowel syndrome) |
| Iatrogenic illness | unfavorable response to medical treatment (Ex: side effects from medication) |
| Idiopathic disease | illness without known cause (Ex: Crohn’s disease) |
| Infectious disease | caused by living pathogenic organisms (Ex: flu) |
| Nosocomial Infection | infection acquired in a hospital or clinical setting |
| Organic Disease | caused by detectable physical changes in the body (Ex: Diabetes) |
| Congenital Disorder | abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth |
| Exocrine | secrete substances into ducts that lead into organs or out of the body (Ex: sweat gland) |
| Endocrine | produce hormones that a secreted into the bloodstream to be transported to other organs |
| Epidemi/o | among people |
| -ology | study of |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| Dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| -itis | inflammation |
| Umbilic/o | umbilicus (belly button) |
| A | anterior |
| Abd | abdomen |
| anat | anatomy |
| CD | communicable disease |
| CH | chromosome |
| cyt | cytology or cytoplasm |
| D | dorsal |
| epid | epidemic |
| hemo | hemophilia |
| Histo | histology |
| P | physiology or posterior |
| umb | umbilical |
| ventr | ventral |
| Midsagittal Plane | divides body along the midline into right and left |
| Frontal Plane | divides body into anterior and posterior |
| Transverse Plane | divides body into superior and inferior |
| Histologist | specialist in the structure and composition of tissues |
| Pathologist | specialist in the analysis of tissue samples to establish a diagnosis |
| Cytologyst | specialist in the study of cells |
| Geneticist | specialist in genetics |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| PKU | Phenylketonuria |
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