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Medical Term Simplif
Medical Terminology Simplified 3rd edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| peri/dent/al | around teeth |
| ab/norm/al | away normal, from usual |
| hepat/itis | liver inflammation |
| supra/ren/al | above kidney |
| trans/vagin/al | through, vagina across |
| gastr/o/intestine/al | stomach intestine |
| macro/cephal/ic | large head |
| ren/o/pathy | kidney disease |
| What is the root of dent/al | dent |
| -ac,-al,-ar,-iac,-ic,-ior | pertaining to, relating to: |
| post- | after, behind |
| nat | birth |
| Hypo, intra-, super, & homo- | examples of word elements called prefixes |
| therm/o/meter | heat instrument to measure |
| hepat/o/megaly | liver enlargment |
| sub/stern/al | under, sternum below |
| hypo/insulin/ism | under, insulin condition below deficient |
| gastr/o/enter/o/pathy | stomach intestine disease |
| arteri/o/scler/osis | artery hardening abnormal condition |
| hypo/derm/ic | under, skin, pertainit to |
| -ac (Cardi/ac) | pertaing to the heart |
| -al (umblilic/al) | pertaing to the navel |
| -ar (muscul/ar) | pertaing to the muscle |
| -ary (pulmon/ary) | pertaing to the lungs |
| -eal (esophag/eal) | pertaing to the esophagus |
| -ic (hepat/ic) | pertaing to the liver |
| -ical (neur/o/log/ical) | pertaing to the study of nerves (log study of) |
| -ile (pen/ile) | pertaing to the penis |
| -ior (anter/ior) | pertaing to the front |
| -ous (cutane/ous) | pertaining to the skin (cutane: skin) |
| -tic (acous/tic) | pertaining to hearing |
| -esis (di/ur/esis) | adnormal secretion of large amounts of urine (di-:double) |
| -ia (pneumon/ia) | infection of the lung usully caused by bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms |
| -ism (hyper/thyroid/ism) | conditon characterized by overactivity of the thyroid gland |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| -iatry (pod/iatry) | spec. concerned with treatment and prevention of conditions of the human foot |
| -ist (dermat/o/log/ist) | physician who specializes in treating skin disorders |
| -y (neur/o/path/y) | any disease of the nerves |
| -icle (ventr/icl) | small cavity, as of the brain or heart |
| ventr | belly, belly side |
| -ole (arteri/ole) | minute artery; an arteriole is a termainl artery continous with the capillary network |
| -ule (ven/ule) | Tiny vein continuous with a capillary |
| chondr/o | (cartliage) chondr/oma: tumor composed of cartilage |
| cyt/o | (cell) cyt/o/meter: instrument for counting and measureing cells within a specified amount of fluid |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | anterior,front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cervic/o | neck: cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far,farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| lumb/o | loins, (lower back) |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/c | pelvis |
| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| unbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| -ad | toward |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -toxic | poison |
| -verse | turing |
| epi | above, on |
| hypo | under, below, deficient |
| medi- | middle |
| super- | upper, above |
| trans- | through, across |
| RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
| LUQ | Left Upper quadrant |
| RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
| LLQ | Left lower quadrant |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| CT | Computed tomography scan |
| fluoroscopy | radiographic procedure that uses fluorescent screen instead of photographic plate. |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| radiography | prodution of captured shadow images on photograpic film. (ionizing radation) |
| radiopharmaceutical | drug that contains a radioactive substance that travels to an area or specific organ that will be scanned (inhaled, swolled, injected) |
| SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomograpy |
| US | Ultrasonography uses high frequency sound waves that bouce off body tissue and are recorded to produce an image. |
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