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Medical Term- IPC
Medical Terminology-IPC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/an | without, none |
| dys- | difficult,painful, abnormal |
| -ectomy | to cut out/remove |
| -gram | the image |
| -graphy/-graph | recording an image |
| -itis | inflammation |
| macro- | large |
| mega-/-megaly | enlarged |
| micro- | small |
| -ology/-ologist | study, specialize in |
| -ostomy | to make a “mouth” |
| -otomy | to cut into |
| -scopy/-scopic | to look, observe |
| cardio | heart |
| cephal | head |
| colo | large intestine |
| cysto | bladder |
| dento | teeth |
| dermo | skin |
| encephalo | brain |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| gingivo | gums |
| glosso | tongue |
| hemo/emia | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hyster/metro | uterus |
| masto/mammo | breast |
| myel | spinal cord |
| nephro | kidney |
| oophoro | ovary |
| osteo | bones |
| phlebo/veno | veins |
| pneumo/pulmo | lung |
| procto | anus/rectum |
| rhino | nose |
| salpingo | uterine tubes |
| Color: cyan- | blue |
| Color:erythro- | red |
| Color:leuk- | white |
| Color:melan- | black |
| Color:xanth- | yellow |
| Tumor aden(-oma) | gland |
| Tumor carcin(-oma) | malignant |
| Tumor lip(-oma) | fat |
| Tumor lymph(-oma) | lymph tissue |
| Tumor my(-oma) | muscle |
| Location: circum- | around |
| Location: endo-/intra- | within,inside of |
| Location: epi- | upon,on top |
| Location:peri- | around |
| Location:retro- | behind |
| Location:sub- | below |
| Location:trans- | through |
| Circulatory system: angi- | vessel |
| Circulatory system: brady- | slow |
| Circulatory system:-cyte | cell |
| Circulatory system:-stasis | to stop |
| Circulatory system:tachy- | fast |
| Nervous system:-cele | hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position |
| Nervous system:mening- | membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| Nervous system:neur- | nerve |
| Nervous system:-pathy | disease, abnormality |
| Nervous system:-plasia | development, formation, growth |
| Nervous system:-plegia | paralysis |
| Digestive system: -centesis | to puncture |
| Digestive system:chol- | gallbladder,bile |
| Digestive system:emes- | vomit |
| Digestive system:-iasis | abnormal condition |
| Digestive system:lapar- | abdominal wall |
| Digestive system:lith- | stone |
| Digestive system:-rrhea | flow, discharge |
| Digestive system:-tripsy | to crush |
| bronch- | lung airway |
| laryng- | larynx,voice box |
| plasty- | reconstruction |
| pne-,pnu-,-pnea | breath, air, lung |
| -ptysis | spitting, coughing |
| trache- | trachea,windpipe |
| hydr- | water |
| olig- | scant,less than normal |
| pyel- | renal collecting ducts |
| ur-,-uria | urine |
| ur-,-uria | urine |
| Muscoloskeletal: -algia,-algesia | pain |
| Muscoloskeletal: arthr- | joint |
| Muscoloskeletal:-asthenia | weakness, loss of strength |
| Muscoloskeletal:-malacia | softening |
| Muscoloskeletal: myel- | bonemarrow |
| Muscoloskeletal: -porosis | porous |
| Muscoloskeletal:-trophy | development, stimulation, maintenance |