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combining words
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/0 | glands |
| ren/o | kidney |
| crin/o | secrete |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| electr/0 | electricity |
| cari/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| arthr/o | joint |
| carci/o | cancerous |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cephal/o | head |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary track |
| thorac/o | chest |
| chron/o | time |
| cry/o | cold |
| crani/o | skull |
| ather/o | plaque, yellow fatty |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| salping/o | fallopian tube, uterian tube |
| radi/o | xray |
| bi/o | life |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/0 | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| uter/o | uterus |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| plelb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| nas/o | nose |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| coron/o | heart |
| ocul/o | eye |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| vas/o | blood vessel |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| vertebr/o | backbone |
| spondyl/o | backbone |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| my/o | muscle |
| aut/o | self |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| cervic/o | neckbone, cervix |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin, waist |
| mediastin/o | medistinum, region between lungs |
| pelv/o | pelvic, hip area |
| peritone/o | peritoneum, membrane surrounds abdomen |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | cutting out, removal, excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | insturment to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| a- an- | not, no |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dys- | painful, bad, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | with in |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal, too much |
| hypo- | below, less than normal, under |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across,through |
| -algia | pain |
| -globin | protein |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
| -sis | state of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| amni/o | amnion , sac of fluid surrounds embryo |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpitt |
| chem/o | chemical, drugs |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon, large intestine or bowel |
| esophag/o | esophagus, leads from throat to stomach |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| mamm/o | breast use with ary,graphy,gram,plasty |
| mast/o | breast use with ectomy, itis |
| men/o | menses, menstration |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes around the brain and spinal cord |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ot/o | ear |
| ur/o | urine, urea, urinary tract |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrage, -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -ar, -ary, - ic,-al, -eal | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation, break down, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, surgical correction |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -section | to cut |
| -partum | birth |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ation | process, condtion |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| -gen | to produce |
| -lapse | to fall, slide |
| -lysis | lossening, breakdown, separation, destruction |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -mortem | death |
| -phagia | to eat, swallow |
| -phasia | to speak |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -section | to cut |
| -stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
| -tension | pressure |
| -thesis | to put, place, state of putting or placing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | structure |
| -y | process, condition |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two, both |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| dia- | complete, through |
| ec- | outside, out |
| epi- | above |
| ex- | out |
| extra- | outside of |
| hemi- | half |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, near, along, the side of |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before |
| pros-pro- | before, forward |
| quadri- | four |
| re- | back, behind |
| sub- | under, less than |
| retro- | back, behind |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| hematoma | a mass of blood, black and blue |
| eryorocyte | red blood cells |
| enteritis | inflammation of small intestine |
| prognosis | the prediction about the outcome of an illness |
| electroencephalogram | the record of electricity in the brain |
| gynecology | study of women and women diseases |
| electrocariogram | the record of electricity in the heart |
| diagnosis | complete knowledge of a patients illness on the basis of test and other info |
| hemoglobin | a protein found in red blood cells |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| laparotomy | incision of the abdomen |
| nephrectomy | excision of the kidney |
| neuritis | inflammation of nerve |
| opthalmoscope | instrument to visually examine the eye |
| osteotomy | incision of bone |
| renal | pertaining to the kidney |
| rhinitis | inflammation of the nose |
| sarcoma | cancerous tumor of connective tissue, flesh |
| oncologist | specialist of study and treatment of tumors |
| pathologist | specialist of diseases |
| psychosis | abnormal condition of the mind |
| leukocyte | white blood cells |
| thrombocyte | clotting cells, platelets |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| adenoma | tumor of glands |
| thrombosis | abnormal condition of clotting |
| neurectomy | removal of a nerve |
| luekemia | presence of large numbers of immature, cancerous white blood cells |
| arthrogram | xray record of a joint |
| nephrology | study of the kidney |
| hepatoma | tumor of the liver |
| laparoscopy | visual examination of the abdomen |
| arthrotomy | an incision of a joint |
| dermatosis | abnormal condition of the skin |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| hematologist | a specialist in the study of blood |
| autopsy | examine dead body for cause of death |
| hyperthyroidism | excessive activity of thyroid glands |
| anemia | lacking in red blood cells |
| dysentery | condition of painful intestines |
| endocrine glands | organ that secretes hormones |
| hypoglycemia | blood condition of decrease sugar |
| exocrine glands | glands that secrete chemicals that leave the body, salvia, sweat |
| resection | removal of organ or structure |
| transdermal | pertaining to through the skin |
| hyperglycemia | higher then normal levels of sugar in the blood |
| thrombosis | abnormal condition of a clot |
| cerebrovascular accident | stroke, trauma of the brain |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| platelets | clotting cells |
| transdermal | pertaining through the skin |
| transurethral resection | removal of portions of prostate glands through the uretra |
| diameter | measurement of the width across a circle |
| adenitis | inflammation of glands |
| adenoma | tumor of glands |
| anemia | deficientcy of red blood cells |
| arthralgia | pain in a joint |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| arthrogram | xray of a joint |
| arthroscope | tool used visual examination of interior of a joint |
| arthroscopy | visual examination of interior of a joint |
| autopsy | examine cause of death |
| cephalagia | headache |
| biology | study of life |
| biopsy | removing living tissue and view under microscope |
| cerebral | pertaining to the cerebrum, largest part of the brain |
| cardiology | study of the heart |
| cerebrovascular accident | stroke, inadequate blood supply to the brain |
| carcinoma | cancerous tumor, form from the epithelial cells |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| cystoscope | instrument used to view the urinary bladder |
| cystoscopy | visual examimation of the urinary bladder |
| cytology | study of cells |
| dermal | pertaining to the skin |
| dermatitis | inflammaiton of the skin |
| deratosis | abnormal skin condition |
| diagnosis | complete knowledge of patients condition |
| diameter | length of line pass through center of a circle |
| endocardium | inner lining of the heart |
| endocrinology | study of endocrine glands |
| enteritis | inflammation of small intestines |
| gastrectomy | excision, removal stomach |
| gastric | pertaining to to the stomach |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
| gastroscope | instrument used to view the stomach |
| gastroscopy | visual examination of the stomach |
| gastrotomy | incision of the stomach |
| gynecologist | specializes in the medical and treatment of women disorders |
| hematoma | mass collection of blood under skin, black and blue |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| hyperglycemia | higher then normal levels of sugar in the blood |
| hypothyroidism | lower than normal activity of the thyroid |
| nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney |
| neural | pertaining to the nerves |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neurology | study of nervous system and disorders |
| neurotomy | incision of a nerve |
| oncologist | specializes in the study and treatment of tumors |
| osteitis | inflammation of a bone |
| osteoarthritis | inflammation of bone and joint |
| platelet | clotting cell, thrombocyte |
| prostate gland | male gland surrounds base of urinary bladder, produces semen |
| retrogastric | pertaining to behind the stomach |
| rhinotomy | incision of the nose |
| subgastric | pertaining to below the stomach |
| subhepatic | pertaining to below the liver, under |
| thrombocyte | clotting cells |
| transgastric | pertaining to across , through the stomach |
| transurethral | pertaining to across, through the urethra |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -lysis | seperates, break down |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| myocardial | heart muscle |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhagia | excessive discharge |
| -ia | condition |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair, correction |
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