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COHP 100 Ch 1
Learning Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Combining Form (CF) | Created when root word is combined w/a vowel. Three Rules: 1.) When the suffix begins with a vowel, the combining vowel is NOT used 2.) When the suffix begins with a consonant, thee combining vowel is used 3.) When combining any 2 root words together, |
| Prefix | -At the beginning -Usually an indication of a number, time, position, measurement, direction, or negation |
| Dipl-, Diplo- | Double |
| Circum-, Peri- | Around |
| Super- | Upper, above |
| Dia-, Trans- | Through, across |
| Suffix | -At the end of a word -Usually an indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech |
| -ectomy | Excision, removal |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| -lysis | Separation; destruction; loosening |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -pexy | Fixation of an organ |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -stomy | Forming an opening (mouth) |
| -desis | Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -tome | Instrument to cut |
| -scope | Instrument for examining |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -graph | Instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -meter | Instrument for measuring |
| -metry | Act of measuring |
| -gram | Record, writing |
| -algia, -dynia | Pain |
| -plasia, -plasm | Formation, growth |
| -gen, -genesis | Forming, producing, origin |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Bursting forth (of) |
| -edema | Swelling |
| -cele | Hernia, swelling |
| -lith | Stone, calculus |
| -osis | Abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/blood cells) |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | Narrowing, stricture |
| -rrhea | Discharge, flow |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| Adjective suffixes: -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile and -ous | Pertaining to |
| Noun suffixes: -esis, -ia, and -ism | Condition |
| Noun suffixes: -ician and -ist | Specialist |
| Noun suffix -iatry | Medicine, treatment |
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