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Unit 1
Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ultima | – the last syllable. |
| •Penult | The almost last syllable |
| •Antepenult | The one that is just before the penult |
| cardiac | car/di/ac |
| cardiology | Car/di/o/lo/gy |
| Root | Foundation or subject of 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 |
| Common roots | Function like nouns in the language of medicine. Are often followed by a combining vowel Arthr/o. •Cardi/o. •Enter/o |
| Some meanings have more than one root | Hem/o and hemat/o both mean blood |
| Root words with same meaning can be spelled quite differently: | Angi/o, vas/o, and vascul/o all mean vessel |
| gen/o JIN-oh | Creation, cause Definition: pathogenic |
| hydr/o HAI-droh | Water Hydrophobia, dehydration |
| Morph/o Mor-foh | Change Morphology |
| Myc/o Mai-koh | Fungus Dermatomycosis |
| Near/o Neh-kroh | Death Necrosis |
| Orth/o OR-thoh | Straight Orthodontist |
| Path/o PAH-thoh | Suffering, disease Pathology |
| Phag/o FAY-goh | Eat Aphagia |
| Plas/o PLAH-soh | Formation Hyperplasia |
| Pay/o PAI-oh | Pus Pyorrhea, pyemia |
| Scler/o SKLEH-roh | Hard Scleroderma |
| Stern/o STIH-noh | Narrowing Stenosis |
| Troph/o TROH-foh | Nourishment,development Trophology, hypertrophy |
| Xen/o ZEE-noh | Foreign Xenograft |
| Adjective | Often pertaining to |
| Noun | Turn the root into a noun |
| Diminutive | Transform a terms meaning into a smaller version |
| -ac Ak | Pertaining to Cardiac |
| -al Al | Pertaining to Skeletal |
| -ar ar | Pertaining to Muscular |
| -ary Ar-ee | Pertaining to Pulmonary |
| -eal Ee-al | Pertaining to Esophageal |
| -ic Ik | Pertaining to Medic |
| -tic Tik | Pertaining to Neurotic |
| -ous Us | Pertaining to Subcutaneous |
| *noun* -ia ee-ah | Condition Pneumonia |
| -ism If-zum | Condition Autism |
| -ium Ee-um | Tissue, structure Pericardium |
| -y - ee | Condition, procedure Hypertrophy |
| *diminutive* -icle - ik-el | Small Ventricle |
| -ole Ohl | Small Arteriole |
| -ule Yool | Small Pustule |
| -ula Yoo-lah | Small Uvula |
| Complex suffixes are formed with other suffixes, roots, and prefixes | Suffix -tomy is formed by the combination of 2 word parts: -y is a suffix meaning condition or procedure Tom/o is a root meaning to cut -tomy is a suffix meaning a cutting procedure |
| -iatrics Ee-AH-triks | Medical science Pediatrics |
| -iatry AI-ah-tree | Medical science Psychiatry |
| -iatrist EE-ah-trist | Specialist in medicine of Psychiatrist |
| -ist Ist | Specialist Dentist |
| -logist Loh-jist | Specialist in the study of Psychologist |
| -logy Loh-jee | Study of Psychology |
| -algia AL-jah | Pain Myalgia |
| -dynia DIN-ee-ah or DAI-nee-ah | Pain Gastrodynia |
| -cele SEEL | Hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) Hydrocele |
| -emia EEM-ee-ah | Blood condition Leukemia |
| -iasis AI-ah-sis | Presence of Lithiasis |
| -itis AIT-is | Inflammation Arthritis |
| -lysis | Loosen, break down Hemolysis |
| -malacia Mah-LAY-shee-ah | Abnormal softening Osteomalacia |
| -megaly MEG-ah-lee | Enlargement Hepatomegaly |
| -oid OYD | Resembling Keloid |
| -oma OH-mah | Tumor Melanoma |
| -osis OH-sis | Condition Thrombosis |
| -pathy Pah-thee | Disease Myopathy |
| -penia PEE-née-ah | Deficiency Leukopenia |
| -ptosis puh -TOH-sis | Drooping Nephroptosis |
| -rrhage RIJ | Excessive flow Hemorrhage |
| -rrhagia RAY-jee-ah | Excessive flow Menorrhagia |
| -rrhea REE-ah | Flow Diarrhea |
| -rrhexis REK-sis | Rupture Metrorrhexis |
| -spasm Spazm | Involuntary contraction Myospasm |
| -centesis sin-TEE-sis | Puncture Amniocentesis |
| -gram Gram | Written record Cardiogram |
| -graph Graf | Instrument used to produce a record Cardiograph |
| -graphy Grah-fee | Process of recording Cardiography |
| -meter Meet-er | Instrument used to measure Cephalometer |
| -metry Meh-tree | process of measuring cephalometry |
| scope skohp | instrument used to look arthroscope |
| -scopy skoh-pee | process of looking arthroscopy |
| -desis DEE-sis | binding, fixation arthrodesis |
| -ectomy EK-toh-mee | removal vasectomy |
| -pexy PEK-see | surgical fixation retinopexy |
| -plasty PLAS-tee | reconstruction rhinoplasty |
| -rrhaphy rah-fee | suture herniorrhaphy |
| -stomy stoh-mee | creation of an opening colostomy |
| -tomy toh-mee | incision dermotomy |
| -a -ae | vertebra larva vertebrae larvae |
| -ax -aces | thorax thoraces |
| -ex -ices | cortex cortices |
| -ix -ices | appendix appendices |
| -is -es | neurosis, diagnosis neuroses, diagnoses |
| -ma -mata | sarcoma, carcinoma sarcomata, carcinomata |
| -on -a | spermatozoon, ganglion spermatozoa, ganglia |
| -um -a | dotum, bacterium, ovum data, bacteria, ova |
| -us -I | nucleus, alveolus, thrombus nuclei, alveoli, thrombi |
| -y -ies | biopsy, myopathy biopsies, myopathies |
| ante- AN-tee | before antepartum |
| pre- pree- | before precondition |
| -pro proh | before, on behalf of probiotic |
| brady- BRAH-dih or BRAY-dih | slow bradycardia |
| tachy- TAH-kih | fast tachycardia |
| post- pohst | after postpartum |
| re- ree | again rehabilitation |
| ab- ab | away abduct |
| ad- ad | toward adrenaline |
| circum- SIR-kum | around circumcision |
| peri- PER-ee | around pericardium |
| dia- DAI-ah | through diagnostic |
| trans- tranz- | through translate |
| e- Eh | out evoke |
| ec- ek- | out ectopic |
| ex- eks | out exhale |
| ecto EK-toh | outside ectoderm |
| exo- EK-soh | outside exoskeleton |
| extra- EKS-trah | |
| en- en | in, inside enema |
| endo- EN-doh | in, inside endocrine |
| intra- IN-trah | in, inside intravenous |
| epi- EH-pee | upon epididymus |
| sub Sub | beneath subcutaneous |
| inter IN-ter | between intercostal |
| bi- bai | two bilateral |
| hemi- HEH-mee | half hemiplegia |
| semi- SEH-mee | half semilunar |
| hyper- HAI-per | over hyperthermia |
| hypo- HAI-poh | under hypothermia |
| macro- MAH-kroh | large macrotia |
| micro- MAI-kroh | small microdontia |
| mono- MAW-noh | one monocyte |
| uni- YOO-nih | one unisex |
| oligo- AW-lih-goh | few oligomenorrhea |
| pan- pan | all pancytopenia |
| poly- PAW-lee | many polygraph |
| multi- MUL-tee | many multicellular |
| con- kon | with, together congestion |
| syn- sin | with, together syndrome |
| sym- sim | with, together symmetry |
| dys- dis | bad dysentery |
| eu- yoo | good euphoria |
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