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Unit 1

study guide on chapters 1 & 2

TermDefinition
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
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