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Medical Terminology
medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardio - cardi/o | heart -cardiology, pericardium |
| arthro- arthr/o | joint- arthroscope, arthritis |
| entero- enter/o | small intestine- enteropathy, dysentery |
| gastro- gastr/o | stomach- gastrointestinal, gastritis |
| hepato- hepat/o | liver- hepatology, hepatitis |
| neuro- neur/o | nerve- neurology, neuralgia |
| hemo- hem/o | blood- hemorrhage |
| hemato- hemat/o | blood-hematoma |
| myo- my/o | muscle-myocardial, myalgia |
| musculo- muscul/o | muscle- musculoskeletal, muscular |
| angio- angi/o | vessel- angioplasty, angiectomy |
| vaso-vas/o | vessel-vasospasm, vasectomy |
| vasculo-vascul/o | vessel- vasculopathy, vasculitis |
| dermo-derm/o | skin- dermoscopy, dermis |
| dermato-dermat/o | skin-dermatology, dermatitis |
| cutaneo- cutaneo/o | skin-subcutaneous |
| pneumo-pneum/o | lung-pneumotomy |
| pneumono-pneumon/o | lung-pneumonia,pneumonitis |
| pulmono-pulmon/o | lung-pulmonologist, cardiopulmonary |
| geno-gen/o | creation,cause - pathogenic |
| hydro-hydr/o | water - hydrophobia, dehydration |
| morpho-morph/o | change- morphology |
| myco- myc/o | fungus- dermatomycosis |
| necro-necr/o | death- necrosis |
| orthro-orth/o | straight-orthodontist |
| patho-path/o | suffering, disease- pathology |
| phago-phag/o | eat- aphagia |
| plaso-plas/o | formation- hyperplasia |
| pyo-py/o | pus- pyorrhea, pyemia |
| sclero-scler/o | hard- scleroderma |
| steno-sten/o | narrowing- stenosis |
| tropho-troph/o | nourishment, development- trophology, hypertrophy |
| xeno- xen/o | foreign- xenograft |
| xero- xer/o | dry - xerosis, xerasia |
| -ac,-al,-ar,-ary,-eal,-ic,-tic,-ous | pertaining to |
| -ia,-ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle,-ole,-ule,-ula | smal |
| -iatrics -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia( bulging of tissue into an area where it does not belong) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- an- | not |
| anti- contra- | against |
| de- | down , away from |
| ante- pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- peri- | around |
| dia- trans- | through |
| e- ec- ex- | out |
| ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
| en- endo- intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- multi- | many |
| con- syn- sym | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| soap | subjective-problem with patient in their words, objective- physician sees , assessment- diagnose or problem, plan- medicines, testing, follow ups |
| types of health records | clinic note, consult note, ed note, admission summary, discharge ", operative report,daily hospital note/ progress note, radiology report, pathology report, prescription |
| ex- | out |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | generation,cause |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| -ac,-al,-ar ,-ary, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia,-dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centensis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -icle | small |
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