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Med Vocab Ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| a substance that causes hemolysis | hemolysin |
| a substance that produces cancer | carcinogen |
| any disease of the eye | ophthalmopathy |
| excessive preoccupation with fires | pyromania |
| inflammation of a bone | osteitis |
| muscular pain | myalagia |
| pertaining to the nose | nasal |
| treatment of disease with medicines | pharmacotheraphy |
| viewing things with a microscope | microscopy |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -iasis | condition |
| -lith | calculus |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| alb(o) | white |
| chlor(o) | green |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| erythr(o) | red |
| melan(o) | black |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| Bx | biopsy |
| OD | overdose |
| OTC | over the counter |
| Rx | prescription |
| Tx | treatment |
| cancer(o), carcin(o) | cancer |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| path(o) | disease |
| -manic | a person who shows excessive preoccupation |
| the inflammation of the eye | ophthalmitis |
| inflammation of the tonsils | tonsillitis |
| inflammation of the gland | adenitis |
| a nervous condition or disorder that is not caused by a demonstrable structural change | neurosis |
| -able -ible | capable of, able to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrance |
| -ia | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| gen(o) | beginning,origin |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -gensis | producing or forming |
| kinesi(o) | movement |
| leps(o) | seizure |
| log(o) | knowledge or words |
| lys(o) | destruction, dissolving |
| megal(o) | measure; uterinn tissue |
| phag(o) | eat, ingest |
| phas(o) | speech |
| plas(o) | formation, development |
| plast(o) | repair |
| pleg(o) | paralysis |
| schis(o) | split, cleft |
| schiz(o) | split, cleft |
| schist(o) | split, cleft |
| scop(o) | to examine, view |
| troph(o) | nutrition |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| bi(o) | life or living |
| cephal(o) | head |
| electr(o) | electricity |
| hist(o) | tissue |
| muscul(o) | muscle |
| my(o) | muscle |
| nas(o) | nose |
| ne(o) | new |
| pod(o) | foot |
| pyr(o) | fire |
| therm(o) | heat |
| algesi(o) | sensitivity or pain |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| esthesi(o) | feeling or sensation |
| narc(o) | stupor |
| pharmac(o) | drugs or medicine |
| pharmaceut(i) | drugs or medicine |
| therapeut(o) | treatment |
| tox(o) | posion |
| toxic(o) | posion |
| -therapy | treatment |
| kleptomania | an uncontrollable impluse to steal objects unnecessary for personal use or monetary value |
| This enzyme breaks down lactose | lactase |
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