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healthcare 5A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acronyms | groups of letters taken from the first letter of the phrase |
| combining forms | word root plus a vowel |
| combining vowel | links word root to the next wor part in the term |
| consonant | any letter that isn't a vowel |
| eponyms | identify body structures, diseases, and procedures, named after the person who identified or discovered them |
| medical termniology | adds necessary preciseness to professional communications |
| prefixes | attached to the beginning of the word |
| suffixes | word parts that are attached to the end of word roots and compiling forms to add or change their meaning |
| word parts | each part has its own meaning |
| word root | main meaning |
| kardia (Greek) | Heart |
| derm | skin |
| enteron | small intestines |
| bucca (Latin) | cheek |
| lumbus (Latin) | loin (lower part of the body) |
| mykes | mushroom, fungus |
| vivere (Latin) | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| derm/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| lumb/o | loin (lower body region) |
| Myc/o | mushroom, fungus |
| viv/p | life |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| arteria/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill | armpit |
| blephar | eyelid |
| caphal | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| encephal | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic | neck |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| col | large intestine |
| cost | ribs |
| crani | skull |
| cysto | urinary bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| dermat | skin |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hem | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| lapar | abdominal wall |
| laryng | voice box, larynx |
| myel | spinal cord |
| mye, muscul | muscle |
| nas | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| neur | nerve |
| ophthalm | eye |
| ocul | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat | mouth |
| oste | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| pharyng | throat |
| pneum, pneumon | lung |
| ren/o | kidneys |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| splen | spleen |
| thorac | chest |
| thyroid | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| ven/o | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| cyan | blue |
| erythr | red |
| leuk | white |
| melan | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| appendic/o | vermiform appendix |
| proct/o | rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| cyanosis | blueish discoloration of the skin |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| melanoma | tumor of melanin-forming cells |
| poliomyelitis | infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord |
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