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medical terms 1-7
MCPHS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algua | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plassia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | downward displacement, prolapse |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | brusting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -esis , -ia, -ism | condition |
| -icle, 0ole, 0ule | small |
| epi- | aobe, upon |
| -infra- | under, below |
| dipl, diplo- | double |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dia- | through, across |
| ecto- | outside |
| dys- | difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| pan- | all |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cran/o | skull |
| gastr | stomach |
| ili | ilium |
| inguin | groin |
| lumn | lower back |
| spin | spine |
| albino | white |
| chlor | green |
| chromo | color |
| cirrh | yellow |
| jaundo | yellow |
| xanth | yellow |
| cyano | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| adip/o | fat |
| steat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, cornea, hard |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| sler/o | hardening, sclera |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| abcess | localized collection pof pus at the site of infection |
| acne | inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin with characteristic lesions that include blackheads |
| alopecia | loss of hair |
| bowen disease | form of intraepidermal carcinoma(squamoucell) |
| cellulitis | acute infection of the skin and subcutanous tissue |
| chloasma | pigmentary skin discoloration |
| comedo | skin lesion of acne |
| dermatomycosis | infection of skin caused by fungi |
| ecchymosis | skin discoloration consisting of a large, irregularly formed hemorrhagic area with colors changing from blue[black to greenish brown or yellow (bruise) |
| eczema | chronic skin inflammation |
| eschar | damaged tissue following a severe burn |
| impetigo | bacterial skin infection |
| keratosis | thickend area of the epidermis |
| lentigo | small brown macules brought on by sun exposure |
| pallor | pale |
| pediculosis | infection with lice |
| petechia | pinpoint hemorrhage under the skin |
| pruritus | intense itching |
| psoriasis | chronic skin disease characterized by rounded red patched covered by thich, silvery caused by excess development of basal layer |
| purpura | severe bleeding disorder |
| scabies | contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite through sexual contact |
| tinea | fungal skin infection, ringworm |
| urticarnia | hives |
| verruca | epidermal growth caused by a virus |
| vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gloss lingu/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cheil/o | lip |
| labi/o | lip |
| dent | teeth |
| odont | teeth |
| sial/o | saliva |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| col/o | colon |
| proct/o | anus |
| an/o | anus |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholescyst | gallbladder |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| sept/o | septum |
| anthrac/o | coal, coal dust |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| lob/o | lobe |
| orth/o | straight |
| steth/o | chest |
| spir/o | breathe |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| -capnia | CO2 |
| -osmia | smell |
| -phonia | voice |
| -pnea | breathing |
| =ptysis | spitting |
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