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explor med lang 1
teacher notes chaps 1 2 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word root with combining vowel attached | combining form |
| combining vowel | usually an 'o' |
| word root | core of the medical term |
| prefix | beginning of word root |
| suffix | end of word root |
| cyt/o | cell |
| leuk/o | white |
| my/o | muscle |
| demat/o | skin |
| itis | inflammation |
| oid | resembling |
| disease of muscle | myopathy |
| resembling a cell | cyt/oid |
| inflammation of the skin | dermat/itis |
| cancerous tumor | carcinoma |
| study of disease | pathology |
| originating in the body | somatogenic |
| beyond control | metastasis |
| cause (of disease) | eti/o |
| physician, medicine, treatment | iatr/o |
| green | chlor/o |
| nucleus | kary/o |
| knowledge | gno/o |
| color | chrom/o |
| gland | aden/o |
| fiber | fibr/o |
| rod-shaped, striated | rhabd/o |
| lei/o | smooth |
| before | pro- |
| through, complete | dia- |
| difficult, labored, painful, abnormal | dys- |
| state of | -sis |
| abnormal condition | -osis |
| condition of formation, development or growth | -plasia |
| origin, cause | -genesis |
| substance or agent that produces or causes | -gen |
| growth, substance, or a formation | -plasm |
| control, stop, standing | -stasis |
| tumor composed of epithelium | epithelioma |
| malignant black tumor | melano carcinoma |
| something producing cancer | carcinogenic |
| red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| study of tissue | histology |
| incomplete development | hypoplasia |
| resembling fat | lipoid |
| white blood cell | leukocyte |
| new growth | neoplasm |
| body system | systemic |
| originating in the body | somatogenic |
| resembling a nerve | neuroid |
| pertaining to the internal organs | visceral |
| tumor of connective tissue | sarcoma |
| cell substance | cytoplasm |
| likely outcome of disease/disorder | prognosis |
| increase in number of RBC's | erythrocytosis |
| blue skin color | cyanosis |
| producing disease | carcinogenic |
| abnormal condition of yellow discoloration | xanthosis |
| like skin | epithelioid |
| pertaining to nerves | neural |
| like muscle | myoid |
| pertaining to doctor, medicine, treatment | iatric |
| suffix meaning toward | -ad |
| combining form meaning front | anter/o |
| right and left of the umbilical region | lumbar region |
| right and left of the epigastic region | hypochondriac regions |
| around the navel (umbilicus) | umbilical region |
| vertical field passing thru the body from side dividing the body into anterior and posterior positions | frontal coronal |
| right and left of the hypogastric region | iliac regions |
| directly above the umbilical region | epigastric region |
| vertical field running thru the body from front back, dividing the body into right and left sides | sagittal |
| directly below the umbilical region | hypogastric region |
| to the right and left of the umbilical region | lumbar regions |
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