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Medical Terminology
Chapter 7
Question | Answer |
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- Al | Pertaining to e.g. abdominAL- PERTAINING TO the abdomen |
- cele | hernia, swelling e.g. think CELE- SWELLing |
- centesis | surgical puncture e.g. thoracentesis: SURGICAL PUNCTURE of the thoracic cavity |
- ectasis | dilation, expansion e.g. think ECTAsis- EXPANsion |
- emesis | vomiting - in medicine we cannot just say vomiting, we gotta be extra and say EMESIS like EMESImtiredofthisgrandpa |
- graphY | - the PROCESS of recording videoGRAPHY- the PROCESS OF capturing a video by RECORDING or electrocardioGRAPHY/EKG- electrical recording of the heart |
- ia | condition E.G. think, AnemIA- a condition of low iron lvls |
-ism | process or condition e.g. priaprISM is the condition of prolonged erection of a penis |
-malacia | softening e.g. osteomalacia- softening of the bone |
- oid | resembling e.g. nucleOID: RESEMBLING a nucleus |
- pexy | fixation, OR to put in place e.g. pneumoPEXY- fixation of the lungs |
-ptosis | droop, prolapse, displacement e.g. ptosis of the eyes- eye drooping |
-rraphy | the way of suturing e.g. herniorraphy - surgical repair of a hernia USING SUTURES |
-sclerosis | hardening e.g. arteriosclerosis - hardening of the arteries going away from the heart usually due to high cholesterol |
diaphor/o | sweat |
erythem/o | flushed, redness e.g. if an erythrocyte is a RBC, erythem/o is to be showing redness or appearing flushed |
kerat/o | cornea, horny hard tissue e.g. Kerato- Kornea, HArd Horny tissue |
onych/o | nails, fingers or toe onychomycosis- fungal infection of the nail |
pil/o | half |
pyl/o | pus |
squam/o | scale e.g. think SQUA-SCALE |
steat/o | fat or sebum |
trich/o | hair e.g. think - TRICHOtillomania - the abnormal process of pulling out your hair |
-ectomy | excision for removal e.g. hysterectomy- removal of a guys testes |
-graph | an instrument FOR recording e.g. to obtain a photoGRAPH, we must have the instrument needed(camera) |
-ist | specialize e.g. podiatrist a doctor who specializes in feet |
-logist | specialist e.g. psychologist a doctor who is a specialist in psychiatric care |
-lysis | to destroy, breakdown, or separate e.g. Cell lysis |
-megaly | enlargement e.g. think MEGA-enLARGEment |
-plasty | surgical repair e.g. a rhinoplasty is a surgical repair of the nose |
-scopY | TO visualize, visual exam e.g. microscopY |
hidr/o | sweat |
lip/o | fat e.g. LIPOsuction is literally a procedure which sucks up fat |
seb/o | sebum |
ungu/o | under the nails e.g. think UNGU is UNDER the nails |
-algia | pain |
mye/o | fundus |
xer/o | dry; dryness |