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Study Guide Ch 3
Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 3 Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amniocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo |
| inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat | tonsillitis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sag, droop |
| ischemia | blood is held back from an area |
| necr/o | death |
| acromegaly | abnormal enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland problem (think of MEG Ryan's giant collagen enhanced lips) |
| pain in the ear | otalgia (-algia = pain, ot/o = ear) |
| chronic | continuing over a long period of time |
| small artery is a(an)...? | arteriole |
| instrument to visually examine | -scope |
| hernia of the urinary bladder | cystocele (-cele = hernia, cyst/o = urinary bladder) |
| tumor of bone marrow (cancerous) | malignant myeloma (-oma = tumor, myel/o = bone marrow, spinal cord) - context indicates which usage of root |
| x-ray record of spinal cord | myelogram (-gram = record, myel/o = spinal cord, bone marrow) - context indicates which usage of root |
| berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria | -cocci |
| neutrophil | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| instrument to record | -graph |
| resembling | -oid (a jeep is a hummeroid) |
| an eosinophil is a(an) | leukocyte (eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil are all leukocytes) |
| removal of the voice box | laryngectomy (-ectomy = removal, excision, resection) (laryng/o = voice box) |
| angioplasty means | surgical repair of a blood vessel (-plasty = surgical repair, angi/o = vessel) |
| a blood cell that produces antibodies | lymphocyte (-cyte = cell, lymph/o = lymph) |
| opposite of -malacia is? (malacia = softening) | -sclerosis (hardening) |
| excessive development | hypertrophy (-trophy = development, hyper- = excessive, more than normal) |
| treatment | -therapy |
| surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body | -stomy |
| erythrocyte | a RED blood cell |
| thrombocyte | a CLOTTING cell |
| monocyte | a mononuclear leukocyte that IS A phagocyte (engulfs, digests) soldiers. |
| eosinophil | a leukocyte whose granules TURN RED with STAIN and whose NUMBERS ARE ELEVATED in allergic reactions |
| neutrophil | POLYmorphonuclear, a granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulfing and digesting them. |
| lymphocyte | a MONOnuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by MAKING ANTIBODIES (T&B cells, attach directly to the foreign cells) |
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