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CH 5A
Principles of Healthcare
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | Abbreviations in which groups of letters are formed by taking the first letter of each word of a phrase |
| Combining forms | Root words plus vowels, in medical terms |
| Combining vowel | The letters a, e, i, o, or u when used to link the root word to the next element in a medical term |
| Consonant | Any letter except a, e, i, o, or u |
| Eponyms | Terms identifying diseases, body structures, and procedures that are named for the person who identified or discovered them |
| Medical terminology | A language used by health care professionals that includes specialized terms and abbreviations |
| Prefixes | Word elements that are attached to the beginning of roots and combining forms to add to or change their meaning |
| Suffixes | Word elements that are attached to the end of roots and combining forms to add to or change their meaning; any word ending |
| Word parts | The components of medical terms; each word part has its own meaning and location in the term, and like building blocks, they can be combined to create thousands of different words. |
| Word root | The part of the medical term that gives the main meaning to the word |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cranium, brain |
| encephal/o | cranium, brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | large intestine |
| cost/o | rib |
| 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 |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthlm/o | eye |
| ocul/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat/o | prancreas |
| 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 |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| cyte | cell |
| oma | tumor |
| itis | inflammation |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| appendic/o | vermiform appendix |
| proct/o | rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
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