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Unit 1
study guide on chapters 1 & 2
Term | Definition |
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Common roots | are the functions like nouns in the language of medicine |
Hem/o and Hemat/o | these both mean blood |
Pathogenic (gen/o) | creation, cause |
hyrophobia, dehydration (hyrdo/o) | means water |
morphology (morph/o) | change |
dermatomycosis (myc/o) | fungus |
necrosis (necr/o) | death |
orthodontist (ortho/o) | straight |
pathology (path/o) | suffering, disease |
aphagia (phag/o) | eat |
hyperplasia (plas/o) | formation |
pyorrhea, pyemia (py/o) | pus |
scleroderma (scler/o) | hard |
stenosis (sten/o) | narrowing |
trophology, hypertrophy (troph/o) | nourishment, development |
xenograft (xen/o) | foreign |
xerosis, xerasia (xen/o) | dry |
Adjective | often mean pertaining to |
Noun | turning the root into a noun |
Diminutive | transforming a term's meaning to a smaller version |
Cardiac (ac) | relating to the heart |
Skeletal (al) | relating to or the functioning of the skeleton |
Muscular (ar) | relating to the muscles |
Plumonary (ary) | Lungs |
Esophageal (eal) | is the esophagus |
Medic (ic) | medical practitioner or student |
Neurotic (tic) | affected with a neurosis, emotionally unstable person |
Subcutaneous (ous) | Beneath the skin |
Pneumonia (ia) | condition, is a lung inflammation |
Autism (ism) | condition, is a disability caused by the differences in brain |
pericardium (ium) | tissue. structure, is the membrane enclosing the heart |
hypertrophy (y) | condition, procedure, increase and growth of muscle cells |
tom/o | is a root meaning to cut |
tomy | is a suffix meaning a cutting procedure |
pediatrics (iatrics) | medical science |
psychiatry (iatry) | medical science |