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Unit 3
Med Term Midterm: suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin- | abdomen |
| acr- | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu- | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden- | gland |
| adip- | fat |
| amni- | amnion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus) |
| angi- | vessel |
| arteri- | artery |
| arthr- | joint |
| axill- | armpit |
| blephar- | eyelid |
| bronch- | bronchial tubes |
| chem- | drug, chemical |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| col- | colon |
| hydr- | water, fluid |
| inguin- | groin |
| isch- | to hold back |
| lapar- | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng- | larynx |
| lymph- | lymph |
| mamm- | breast |
| mast- | breast |
| morph- | shape, form |
| muc- | mucous |
| my- | muscle |
| myel- | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr- | death |
| neutr- | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| nucle- | nucleus |
| ot- | ear |
| peritone- | peritoneum |
| phag- | to eat, swallow |
| phleb- | vein |
| plas- | formation, developmennt |
| pleur- | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
| pneumon- | lungs |
| pulmon- | lungs |
| rect- | rectum |
| ren- | kidney |
| sarc- | flesh |
| splen- | spleen |
| staphyl- | clusters |
| strept- | twisted chains |
| thorac- | chest |
| thromb- | clot |
| tonsill- | tonsils |
| trache- | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven- | vein |
| coccyg- | coccyx, tailbone |
| pharyng- | pharynx, throat |
| phalang- | phalanx, finger or toe |
| otalgia | ear pain |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| rectocele | rectal hernia |
| cystocele | bladder hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| thoracentesis | puncture removing fluid from chest |
| amniocentesis | puncture removing fluid from amniotic sac |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacterium |
| staphylococci | clusters of berry shaped bacterium |
| streptococcus | twisted chains of berry shaped bacterium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood conditio |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| carcinogenesis | condition of producing cancer, formation of cancer |
| pathogenesis | condition of forming a disease |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| angiography | process of recording the vessels, examining the vessels |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| hemolysis | breakdown of red blood cells |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -opsy | to view |
| necropsy | to view death, autopsy |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| acrophobia | extreme fear |
| agoraphobia | fear of outside |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| achondroplasia | no cartilage formation, short-limbed dwarfism |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| angioplasty | surgical repair of the vessels, open blocked coronary arteries |
| -ptosis | drooping, failing, prolapse |
| blepharoptosis | drooping eyelid |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rhinorrhea | nose discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| hemostasis | stopping flow of blood |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | on who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| pericardium | membrane that surrounds the heart |
| -y | condition, process |
| nephropathy | disease process in the kidney |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| laryngeal | pertaining to the larynx |
| -oid | resembling, derived from |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| iron deficiency anemia | iron is needed to make hemoglobin |
| sickle cell anemia | erythrocytes assume an abnormal sickle shape and clog blood vessels |
| aplastic anemia | erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes are not formed in bone marrow |
| splenomegaly | swelling of the spleen; |
| lytic | destruction |
| splenectomy | removal of the spleen |
| abdominoplasty | tummy tuck |
| leukemia | malignancy of white blood cells |
| granulocytes | white blood cell with secretory granules |
| lymphoma | malignancy of white blood cells (lymphocytes) that derive from lymphoid tissue |
| axillary nodes | lymph nodes in the axilla common in breast cancer metastasis |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ or muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it |
| hiatal hernia | when stomach protrudes upward into mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm |
| inguinal hernia | part of intestine protrudes downward into groin region |
| omphalocele | herniation of intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth |
| strep throat, tonsillitis, rheumatic fever, and kidney ailments are all types of? | streptococcus |
| lesions, abscesses, MRSA are types of what? | staphylococci |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant staphylococcus auerus: staph condition difficult to treat with antibiotics |
| diplococci | berry shaped bacteria in pairs |
| pneumococci | bacterial pneumonia |
| gonococci | invade reproductive organs, cause gonorrhea |
| what are the three types of granulocytes? | eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils |
| what increase in number in allergic reactions? | eosinophils |
| what granulocyte stains red with acidic stain? | eosinophils |
| what increase with the healing phase of inflammation and stain blue? | basophils |
| what granulocyte is most numerous and most important in fighting disease? | neutrophils |
| what stain purple? | neutrophils |
| phagocytes | engulf and digest bacteria |
| what type of cells fight disease by producing antibodies to destroy foreign cells and can also attach directly and destroy? | lymphocytes |
| what are the two main types of lymphocytes? | B cells and T cells |
| what cells engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked foreign cells? | monocytes |
| what are large phagocytes called? | macrophages |
| acromegaly | excessive amount of growth hormone after completion of puberty |
| what is the endocrine disorder that occurs in the pituitary gland? | acromegaly |
| gigantism | overproduction of pituitary growth hormone in childhood |
| laparoscopy | visual examination of abdominal cavity using a laparoscope |
| laparoscope | instrument used for visual examination of abdominal cavity removes appendix, adrenal gland, spleen, ovary, colon, repairs hernias, tubal ligation |
| tracheotomy | incision into the trachea done to open it below a blockage remove a foreign body or obtain biopsy specimen |
| tracheostomy | opening into the trachea through which an indwelling tube is inserted allows air to flow into lungs or help remove secretions from bronchial tubes |
| adenoids | small masses of lymphatic tissue in the part of the pharynx near the nose and nasal passages |
| tonsils are what type of tissue? | lymphatic |
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