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HLHS101 Ch. 1

Medical Terminology Chapter 1.

TermDefinition
-algia Pain, sufferring
Dys- Bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
-ectomy Surgical Removal
-megaly Enlargment
Hyper- Excessive, increased, more than normal
Hypo- Deficient, decreased, less than normal
-itis Inflamation
-malacia Abnormal softening
-necrosis Tissue death
-osis Abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy Artificial opening
-otomy Incision
-plasty Surgical repair
-rrhage Burst forth of blood
-rrhea Flow or discharge
-rrhaphy To suture
-rrhexis To rupture
-centiesis Surgical puncture
-sclerosis Abnormal hardening
arthr/o Joint
carcin/o Cancer
cardi Heart
cephal Head
electr Electricity
gastr Stomach
hepat Liver
my Muscle
oste Bone
rhin Nose
-pathy Disease
-ology Study of
-ologist One who studies
a- Without
bi- Two
inter- between
Intra- Within
post- After
pre- Before
peri- Around
sub- Below
encephal- Brain
fibr/o Fibrous
dermat/o Combine form meaning skin
-oma Tumor
cutane Skin
-ous Pertaining to
-ar Pertaining to
-ic Pertaining to
laryng Voice box
neur Nerve
opthalm Eye
oto Ear
-scope Look, observe
scapul Scapula
angi- vessel
ventricul Ventricular, small cavity
pan- All
man- Menstruation
enter Small intestine
cyan Blue
erythr/o Red
melan Black
luek/o White
poli/o Gray
symptom Subjective evidence of disease
syndrome Collection of symptoms
signs Objective changes
diagnosis Identification of a disease
prognosis Prediction of the course of a disease
differential diagnosis Conditions patient may have based on symptoms shown as results of the exam
acronym Word made from the first letter of each word in a series
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