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Med Term 1-2
Introductory & Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are the 4 word parts? | Word Root, Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix |
| Languages med term is derived from? | Latin & Greek |
| What are suffixes an indication of? | Pathology, Condition, Symptom, Procedure |
| What are prefixes an indication of? | Number, Time, Position, Measurement, Direction |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ectomy | Excision, removal |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | forming an open (mouth) |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cele | hernia (swelling) |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (usually with blood cells) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -path | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| Adjective or noun: -ic, -ia, -ac,-ar, -ary, -ile, -ous | Adjective (pertaining to) |
| Adjective or noun: -ician, -ist, -ia, -esis, -ism | Noun (-ician and -ist : specialist.... -esis, -ia, -ism: condition) |
| -iatry | medicine; treatment |
| -icle, -ole, -ule | small, minute |
| Singular vs. Plural pairs: Thombus | Thombi |
| Singular vs. Plural pairs: Ovum | Ova |
| Singular vs. Plural pairs: Fungus | Fungi |
| Singular vs. Plural pairs: Diagnosis | Diagnoses |
| Define: Lithotrypsy | Crushing of a stone |
| Define: Colonostomy | Forming a new opening in the colon |
| Define: Appendectomy | Excision; removal of the appendix |
| Define: Arthroplathy | Disease of the joint |
| Define: Gastritis | Inflammation of the stomach |
| Define: Arthrocentisis | Surgical puncture of the join |
| Define: Myorraphy | Suture of the muscles |
| Define: Arthrodesis | Binding, fixation of a joint |
| Define: Tracheostomy | Forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea |
| Define: Cardiograph | Instrument for recording the heart |
| Define: Electrocardiogram | Record of electrical activity of the heart |
| Define: Neuralgia | Pain of a Nerve |
| Define: Carcinogen | Forming, producing, origin of cancer |
| Define: Osteomalacia | Softening of bone |
| Define: Lithiasis | Abnormal condition of stones |
| Define: Hepatocele | Hernia of the liver |
| Define: Lymphedema | Swelling of the lymph gland |
| Define: Lymphoma | Tumor composed of lymph tissue |
| Define: Hemorrhage | Bursting forth (of) blood |
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