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Suffixes&Prefixes
some medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardiac | Pertaining to the heart |
| Neural | Related to the nerve system |
| arthralagia | Pain of the joints |
| erythrocyte | Red blood cells |
| Nephrectomy | Excision of a kidney |
| leukemia | A blood condition of white blood cells |
| carcinogenic | Pertaining to producing cancer |
| Hemoglobin | Protein of the blood |
| electroencephalogram | Record of the electricity of the brain |
| Gastric | Related to the stomach |
| excision | process of cutting |
| Ophthalmologist | Specialist of the eye |
| cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder |
| endocrinology | The study of endocrine glands and hormones |
| hepatoma | A malignant tumor of the liver |
| Nephrosis | Abnormal condition of the kidney |
| Enteropathy | Adisease condition of the intestine, especially the small intestine |
| endoscope | Instrument to visually examine internal parts of the body. |
| endoscopy | process of visually examining internal parts of the body |
| prognosis | It is a prediction about the outcome of an illness. |
| Osteotomy | Process of cutting bone |
| gastroenterology | process of studying the stomach and the intestine |
| Anemia | Without blood |
| Autopsy | The examination of a dead body with one’s own eyes to determine the cause of death and nature of disease |
| Diagnosis | State of complete knowledge |
| endocrinologist | A doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children with diseases of the endocrine system |
| Epigastric | Above the stomach |
| excision | The action of excising something. |
| Hyperthyroidism | A condition of over activated thyroid gland فرط نشاط الغدة الدرقية |
| hypogastric | Below the stomach |
| Pericardium | The pericardium is the membrane that surrounds the heart |
| prostate gland | A gland “stands” (-state) before or in front of the urinary bladder |
| retrocardiac | Related to behind the heart |
| subhepatic | Related to below the liver |
| transhepatic | Related to across the liver |