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Chabner12-Ch03all
Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter 03 - All
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium (singular) |
| -cocci | berry-shaped bacterium (plural) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing; forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study (process of) |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | falling; drooping; prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -statis | stopping; controlling; placing |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -oid | resembling; originating from |
| -ole | little; small |
| -ule | little; small |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| -ium | structure; tissue |
| -us | structure; thing |
| -y | condition; process |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremeties; top; extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp; severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid (99% urinary) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | hold back; back |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neither; neutral; neutrophil |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opi/o | opium |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane that lines abdominal cavity) |
| phag/o | eat; swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | development; formation; growth |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
| pulmon/o | lung; air; gas |
| radi/o | x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters; uvula |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it |
| hiatal hernia | stomach protrudes upward into mediastinum |
| inguinal hernia | part of intestine protrudes into groin region |
| cystocele | hernia of the urinary bladder |
| rectocele | hernia of the rectum |
| omphalocele | hernia umbilicus (of intestines or other internal organs through the umbilicus, can happen in newborns) |
| streptoccocci | berry shaped twisted chain. Berry shaped bacterium, grows in twisted chains. Causes strep throat, tonsillitis, etc. |
| staphylococci | berry-shaped bacteria, grows in small clusters like grapes. Causes int. and ext. lesions |
| diplococci | berry-shaped bacteria organized in pairs (ie: pneumococci, gonococci) |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells, made in bone marrow, carry oxygen |
| leukocytes | white blood cells, 5 kinds in 2 categories: granulocytes and mononuclear leukocytes |
| thrombocytes | clotting cells, a.k.a. platelets, formed in bone marrow |
| eosinophils | white blood cell type, granulocyte, increased in allergic conditions |
| basophils | white blood cell type, granulocyte, increased in healing phase of inflammation |
| neutrophils | white blood cell type, granulocyte, disease fighting cells, most numerous, are phagocytes |
| lymphocytes | white blood cell type, mononuclear, produce antibodies |
| monocytes | white blood cell type, mononuclear, engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils done |
| laparoscopy | visual examination of the abdominal cavity |
| tracheotomy | incision into the trachea |
| adenoids | small masses of lymphatic tissue in pharynx (throat) (literal: resembling glands) |
| polymorphonuclear | pertaining to many shape nucleus |
| phagocyte | cell that swallows |
| acromegaly | enlargement of extremities. Caused by pituitary gland overproducing after puberty |
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