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ch 5
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acronyms | group of letters taken from the first letter of the phrase |
| combining forms | consists of word roots plus a vowel, usually the letter "o", separated from the word root with a slash mark |
| combining vowel | a vowel, typically "o", that links the word root to the next word part in the suffix |
| consonant | any letter except a,e, i, o, u |
| eponyms | use for the person who identified medical terms that identify disease, body structures, and procedures |
| medical terminology | studying medical terms, abbreviations, and symbols; used in conversations between health professionals |
| prefixes | word parts attached to the beginning of word roots and combining forms to add or change their meaning |
| suffixes | word parts attached to the end of word roots and combining forms to add to or change their meaning |
| word parts | medical terms composed of several parts |
| word roots | part of the medical term that gives the main meaning |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arhtr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| encephal/o | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | large intestine |
| cost/o | rib (cross section) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ocul/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| ren/o | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| ven/o | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| cyn/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| luok/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| -ar, -al, -ac, -ic, -tic, -ary, -eal, -ia, -iac, -ical, -ose, -ous | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain, painful condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide | to kill, destroy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -emia | blood; blood condition |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -lithiasis | presence of or formation of stones |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease; increase (used primarily in blood cells) |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical or plastic repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing, respiration |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow, drainage |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | action, process, state, condition |
| -stasis | stoppage, controlling, standing |
| -stomy | surgically create an artificial mouth or stoma (opening) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| appendic/o | vermiform appendix |
| rect/o | rectum |
| procto/o | rectum |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| lumb/o | loin |
| myc/o | mushroom, fungus |
| viv/o | life |
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