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Basic Elements of a Medical Word
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dermat | skin |
| cutane | skin |
| nephr | kidney |
| ren | kidney |
| stomat | mouth |
| or | mouth |
| erythr/ | red |
| gastr/ | stomach |
| hepat/ | liver |
| immun/ | immune, immunity, safe |
| nephr/ | kidney |
| oste/ | bone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| inflammation of the stomach | gastritis |
| enlargement of the stomach | gastromegaly |
| tumor of the stomach | gastroma |
| enlargement of the liver | hepatomegaly |
| tumor of the liver | hepatoma |
| an- | without, not |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| intra- | in, within |
| para- | near, beside; beyond |
| poly- | many, much |
| esthes | feeling |
| therm | heat |
| muscul | muscle |
| nas | nose |
| ur | urine |
| -ia | condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| without feeling | anesthesia |
| excessive warmth | hyperthermia |
| within the muscle | intramuscular |
| near the nose | paranasal |
| much urine | polyuria |
| gastr/o enter/ -itis (Step 2) (Step 3) (Step 1 ) | inflammation of the stomach and intestine |
| Rule #1 a word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel | hepat + itis = hepatitis; inflammation of the liver |
| Rule #2 a combining form (root+0) links a suffix that begins with a consonant; an i sometimes | hepat/o + cyte = hepatocyteliver cell |
| Rule #3 a combining form links a root to another root to form a compound word | oste/o + chondr + itis = osterchondritisinflammation of bone and cartilageoste/o + arthr + itis = osteoarthritisinflammation of bone and joint |
| gastr + itis = gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| hemat + emesis = hematemesis | vomiting of blood |
| arthr + itis = arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| gastr/o -dynia = gastrodynia(stomach) (pain) | pain in the stomach |
| hemat/o -logy = hematology(blood) (study of) | study of blood |
| arthr/o -centesis = arthrocentesis(joint) (surgical puncture) | surgical puncture of a joint |
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