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Medical Terminology
Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - 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 |
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