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CHAPTER 1
Terminology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
aden/o | GLAND |
arthr/o | JOINT |
bi/o | LIFE |
carcin/o | CANCEROUS |
cardi/o | HEART |
cephal/o | HEAD |
cerebr/o | BRAIN (largest part) |
cyst/o | URINARY BLADDER |
cyt/o | CELL |
dermat/o | SKIN |
eletr/o | ELECTRICITY |
encephal/o | BRAIN |
enter/o | SMALL INTESTINES |
erythr/o | RED |
gastr/o | STOMACH |
gnos/o | KNOWLEDGE |
gynec/o | WOMAN/FEMALE |
hemat/o | BLOOD |
hepat/o | LIVER |
lapar/o | ABDOMEN |
leuk/o | WHITE |
nephr/o | KIDNEY |
neur/o | NERVE |
onc/o | TUMOR |
ophthalm/o | EYE |
oste/o | BONE |
path/o | DISEASE |
psych/o | MIND |
rhin/o | NOSE |
sarc/o | FLESH |
thromb/o | clot |
sclerosis | HARDENING |
suffix | END OF TERM |
gram | A RECORD |
root | GIVES THE ESSENTIAL MEANING OF THE TERM |
logy | STUDY OF |
combining vowel | CONNECTS ROOTS TO SUFFIXES AND ROOTS TO OTHER ROOTS |
gastr/o/scope | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE THE STOMACH |
gastr/ic | PERTAINING TO THE STOMACH |
cardi/ac | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
enter/itis | INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES |
gastr/o/enter/itis | INFLAMMATION OF THE STOAMACH AND SMALL INTESTINES |
prefix | A SMALL PART ADDED TO THE BEGINNING OF A TERM |
sub/gastr/ic | PERTAINING TO "BELOW" THE STOMACH |
trans/gastr/ic | PERTAINING TO "ACROSS" THE STOMACH |
retro/gastr/ic | PERTAINING TO "BEHIND" THE STOMACH |
combining form | COMBINATION OF THE ROOT AND THE COMBINING VOWEL |
read | THE MEANING OF MEDICAL WORDS FROM THE SUFFIX TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD AND THEN ACROSS |
adenoma | BENIGN TUMOR OF GLANDS |
adenitis | INFLAMMATION OF GLANDS |
artheritis | INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS |
biology | STUDY OF LIFE |
biopsy | REMOVAL OF LIVING TISSUE |
carcinoma | CANCEROUS TUMOR |
cardiology | STUDY OF THE HEART |
cephalic | PERTAINING TO THE HEAD |
cerebral | PERTAINING TO THE BRAIN |
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | KNOWN AS A STROKE |
vascular | PERTAINING TO BLOOD VESSELS |
cystoscope | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE URINARY BLADDER AND URINARY TRACT OF A MALE |
electroencephalogram | A RECORD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PATIENT HS A SEIZURE DISORDER, SUCH AS EPILEPSY |
dermatitis | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
enteritis | INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE |
erythrocyte | RED CELLS |
dia | COMPLETE |
sis | MEANS "STATE OF" |
diagnosis | THE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE GAINED AFTER TESTING & EXAMINING THE PATIENT |
prognosis | A PREDICTION THAT IS MADE AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS. FORECASTS THE OUTCOME OF THE PATIENT |
pro | BEFORE |
gynecologist | specializes in diseases of the female reproductive organs |