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HW: CH 5 RV1-4
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| medical terminology | includes learning not only medical terms but also the associated abbreviations and symbols. |
| word parts | medical terms are composed of several parts |
| word root | part of the medical term that gives the main meaning. |
| combining forms | word roots plus a vowel |
| combining vowel | letter "o" |
| consonant | any letter except a, e, i , o or u |
| kardia (Greek) | heart or cardi/o |
| derm (Greek) | skin or derm/o |
| enteron (Greek) | small intestines or enter/o |
| bucca (Latin) | cheek or bucc/o |
| lumbus (Latin) | loin or lumb/o |
| mykes | mushroom, fungus or myc/o |
| vivere (Latin) | life or viv/o |
| adip/o; lip/o; steat/o | fat |
| laparo/o | abdominal wall |
| arteri/o | artery |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| arthr/o | joint |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| axill/o | armpit |
| my/o; muscul/o | muscle |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| nas/o; rhin/o | nose |
| cardi/o | heart |
| nuer/o | nerve |
| cephal/o | head |
| ophthalm/o; ocular/o | eye |
| cerebral/o; encephal/o | cerebrum, brain |
| or/o; stomat/o | mouth |
| cervic/o | neck |
| oste/o | bone |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| ot/o | ear |
| col/o | large intestine |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| cost/o | rib |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| crani/o | skull |
| pneum/o; pneumon/o | lung |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| ren/o; nephr/o | kidneys |
| cyt/o | cell |
| splen/o | spleen |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| thorac/o | chest |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ven/o; phleb/o | vein |
| hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| my/o; muscul/o | muscle |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| appendix/o | vermiform appendix |
| cyanosis | blueish discoloration of the skin |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| melanoma | tumor of the melanin-forming cells |
| poliomyelitis | infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cide | to kill/ destroy |
| lithiasis | presence of or formation of stones |
| oid | resembling |
| sis | action, process, state, condition |
| pseudo | false |
| supra | above, over |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| c/o | complains of |
| c | with |
| b.i.d | twice a day |
| a.c | before a meal |
| ad lib | freely, at will, as necessary |
| stat | immediately |
| s | without |
| r | respiration |
| QID | four times a day |
| qh | every hour |
| p.r.n | as needed |
| PO | by mouth |
| p.c | after meals |
| P | pulse |
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