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Medical Terminology

Multiple uses suffix, prefix, and more

TermDefinition
prefix "kardia" "logia" heart study ; study of the heart
cardiology focus medicine branch on the heart and blood vessels disorder
eponyms named after someone : putting the name on something
CT computer turmogrophy
gen/o creation , cause
mycho fungus
orth/o straight ex: orthodontist
aphagia condition where people are not able to eat
algia and dynia pain
itis inflamation
hemo-lysis blood breakdown
lysis loosen , breakdown
malacia soft
myo , muscula , muscular muscle
rrhage excessive flow
rrhagia excessive flow
occulo eye
logist stufy of the entire field
hydrocele fluid of water hernia
graph instrument doing the recording
graphy person performing the procedure
gram record writing
cephalo the head
artho joints
ectomy COMPLETE removal
tomy incision/ cut
ostomy opening
pexy surgical fixation ; fix something
plasty reconstruction
aph- asia not able to speak
malignant dangerous
path/o suffering: diseases
Chief complaint The main reason for the patient’s visit
History of present illness The story of the patient’s problem
Review of systems Description of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem
Past medical history Other significant past illnesses, like high blood pressure, asthma, or diabetes
Past surgical history Any of the patient’s past surgeries
Family history Any significant illnesses that run in the patient’s family
Social history A record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and sexual practices that can impact health
subaceo oil
trich/o ; pil/o hair
cutane/o ; derm/o ; dermat/o skin
epidrmis outermost layer of skin
dermis deeper layer of skin gives strength and flexibility
onych/o ; ungu/o nails
pruritus itchy rash
urticaria hives
dermatalgia; dermattodynia painful rash
macerate very wet
hyperhidrosis too much sweat
seborrhea oily secreting rash
rrhea flow
cryo cryotherapy freeze cold procdure
xenograft foreign skin transplate procedue
rhyti wrinkles
rrhexis rupture
centesis puncture ; pricking
py/o pus
spondyl/o vertical column
lumbodynia lower back pain
brachi/o ; arm cephali; head b
burs/o golden liquid / fluid filled sack in the bone
kinesi/o movement
tax/o brain / nerve signals
paresis partial paralysis
plegia complete paralysis
ankkyl/o stiff or bent joint/bones
tenalgia pain in the tendons
costal rib
tasis stretching
cele hernia
oteo-chondr-itis bone; cartilage; inflammation
penia osteo-penia deficiency easily broken bones
steno narrowing
spondylo- listhesis slip disc
plasia arthodysplasia replacement
tic agent
clasia breaking
lysis break down
c1-c7 t1-t12 li-l5 s1-s5 cervical vertebrae thoracic lumbar sacral
crebo/encephl/o brain
crani/o skull
physc/o; phren/o mind
nuer/o nerve
gangli/o bundle of nerves
myel/o spinal cord / bone marrow
mening/o ; meningi/o mininges
dur/o dura (tough outer membrane)
phas/o speech
dysphasia bad speech condition; difficulty sleeping
somn/ohyph/o; somni sleep
gnosi/o know
plegia-paralysis paresis-paralyis complete half
esthenia/o weakness
catatonia impairment of muscle tone
somnambulism somn - sleep ambul - walking ism - condition sleep walking
lithotripsy crushing of stones
Adreno-cortico-hyper-plasia excessive growth of outer layer of adrenal gland
Adrenarche beginning = formation of the beginning gland
Glucosuria - sugar in urine
Hormonopoesis stimulation of hormone production
Emia means blood.
Calcemia presence of calcium in the blood
Trophin (root word) stimulating
Amenorrhea no menstrual flow
Hypergonadism . excessice secretion of sex glands
Exophthalmos condition of outward eye(ophthalm/o) "bulging eye"
Thyrocele swollen thyroid gland ("cele swell , fuid filled)"
Gonado-gen-esis creation/development of gonads
Hemoglobic A1C HgA1C
ERCP Endpcopic Retrograde
Thrombocytosis increase in the number of platelets
phlebo-tomy incision/cut into a vein
penia deficiency
Petechia freckle or spots
Elliptocyte red blood cell shaped like an ellipse (oval)
spherocyte circular-shaped red blood cell
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