Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
medical terms 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| greek and latin | medical language is made up of two languages: |
| eponym | a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented what's being described. sometimes a disease is named after the first victim |
| acronym | means "to make a name with the ends", making a word out of the first letters of each word describing the thing. like MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) |
| greece, rome | the foundations of western medicine were in ancient _______ and ______. |
| Hippocrates | the father of western medicine |
| latin | the global language of the scientific revolution |
| health care | each medical word is a description of some aspect of ________ _______. |
| ultima | the last syllable of a word, meaning "last" |
| penult | "almost the last", second to last syllable of a word |
| antepenult | third to last syllable of a word |
| root | foundation or subject of the term |
| suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| prefix | added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root |
| arthr/o | root that means "joint" |
| cardi/o | root that means "heart" |
| enter/o | root that means "small intestine" |
| gastr/o | root that means "stomach" |
| hepat/o | root that means "liver" |
| neur/o | root that means "nerve" |
| hem/o | root that means "blood" |
| hemat/o | root that means "blood" (not hemo) |
| my/o | root that means "muscle" |
| muscul/o | root that means "muscle" (not myo) |
| angi/o | root that means "vessel" |
| vas/o | root that means "vessel" (not angio nor vasculo) |
| vascul/o | root that means "vessel" (not angio nor vaso) |
| derm/o | root that means "skin" |
| dermat/o | root that means skin |
| cutane/o | root that means skin" |
| pneum/o or pneumon/o | roots that mean "lung" |
| pulmon/o | alt root for "lung |
| gen/o | root that means "creation/cause" |
| hydr/o | root that means "water" |
| morph/o | root that means "change" |
| myc/o | root that means fungus |
| necr/o | root that means death |
| orth/o | root that means straight |
| path//o | root that means suffering/disease |
| phag/o | root that means eat |
| plas/o | root that means formation |
| py/o | root that means pus |
| scler/o | root that means hard |
| sten/o | root that means narrowing |
| troph/o | root that means nourishment/development |
| xen/o | root that means foreign |
| -ac | suffix: pertaining to |
| -al | suffix: pertaining to |
| -ar | suffix: pertaining to |
| -ary | suffix: pertaining to |
| -eal | suffix: pertaining to |
| -ic | suffix: pertaining to |
| -tic | suffix: pertaining to |
| -ous | suffix: pertaining to |
| -ia | suffix: condition |
| -ism | suffix: condition |
| -ium | suffix: tissue/structure |
| -y | suffix: condition/procedure |
| dimunitive | when added to a root, suffixes that transform a term's meaning to a smaller version of the root |
| -icle | suffix: small |
| -ole | suffix: small |
| -ule | suffix: small |
| -ula | suffix: small |
| complex suffix | suffixes with more parts, can be referred to as compound or combination suffixes because they can be formed from other suffixes |
| -iatrics or -iatry | suffix: pediatrics |
| -iatrist | suffix meaning specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | suffix meaning specialist |
| -logist | suffix meaning specialist in the study of |
| -logy | suffix meaning study of |
| -algia/-dynia | suffix meaning pain |
| -cele | suffix meaning hernia |
| -emia | suffix meaning blood condition |
| -iasis | suffix meaning presence of |
| -itis | suffix meaning inflammation |
| -lysis | suffix meaning loosen/break down |
| -malacia | suffix meaning abnormal softening |
| -megaly | suffix meaning enlargement |
| -oid | suffix meaning resembling |
| -oma | suffix meaning tumor |
| -osis | suffix meaning condition |
| -pathy | suffix meaning disease |
| -penia | suffix meaning deficiency |
| -ptosis | suffix meaning drooping |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | suffix meaning excessive flow |
| -rrhea | suffix meaning flow |
| -rrhexis | suffix meaning rupture |
| -spasm | suffix meaning involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | suffix meaning puncture |
| -gram | suffix meaning written record |
| -graph | suffix meaning instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | suffix meaning writing procedure |
| -meter | suffix meaning instrument used to measure |
| -metry | suffix meaning process of measuring |
| -scope | suffix meaning instrument used to look |
| -scopy | suffix meaning process of looking |
| -desis | suffix meaning binding/fixation |
| -ectomy | suffix meaning removal |
| -pexy | suffix meaning surgical fixation |
| -plasty | suffix meaning reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suffix meaning suture |
| -stomy | suffix meaning creation of an opening |
| -tomy | suffix meaning incision |
| -ae | plural for -a |
| -aces | plural for -ax |
| -ices | plural for -ex and -ix |
| -es | plural for -is |
| -mata | plural for -ma |
| -a | plural for -on and -um |
| -i | plural for -us |
| -ies | plural for -y |
| a- or an- | prefix for not |
| anti- or contra- | prefix for against |
| de- | prefix for down, away from |
| ante- or pre- | prefix meaning before |
| pro- | prefix for before/on behalf of |
| brady- | prefix for slow |
| tachy- | prefix for fast |
| post- | prefix for after |
| re- | prefix for again |
| ab- | prefix for away |
| ad- | prefix for toward |
| circum- and peri- | prefix for around |
| dia- and trans- | prefix for through |
| e-/ec-/ex- | prefixes for out |
| ecto-/exo-/extra- | prefixes for outside |
| en-/endo-/intra- | prefixes for in/inside |
| epi- | prefix for upon |
| sub- | prefix for beneath |
| inter- | prefix for between |
| bi- | prefix for two |
| hemi- and semi- | prefixes for half |
| hyper- | prefix for over |
| hypo- | prefix for under |
| macro- | prefix for large |
| micro- | prefix for small |
| mono- or uni- | prefix for one |
| oligo- | prefix for few |
| pan- | prefix for all |
| poly- or multi- | prefix for many |
| con-/syn-/sym | prefixes for with/together |
| dys- | prefix for bad |
| eu- | prefix for good |
| combining vowel | vowel that makes it easier to combine a root with other word parts when needed |
| combining form | a combination of a root with a combining vowel |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| hepatosplenomegaly | enlargement of the liver and spleen |
| suffix, prefix, root | order in which to interpret a term |
| read the word | first step to interpret |
| say the word | second step to interpret |
| break the word into parts | third step to interpret |
| translate the parts | fourth step to interpret |
| reassemble the pieces into a statement | fifth step to interpret |
Created by:
banditbandit
Popular Medical sets