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medical terminology
CHAPTER 1. DAVI-ELLEN CHABNER 5TH EDITION
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Root | Gives the essential meaning of the term |
| Suffix | The word meaning |
| Prefix | Small part added to the beginning of the term |
| Combining Vowel | Connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots. |
| Combining form | the combination of the root and the combining vowel. |
| Cardiology | study of the heart |
| Dermatology | study of the skin |
| Endocrinology | study of endocrine glands |
| Gastroenterology | Study of the stomach and intestines |
| Gynecology | Study of women and women's diseases |
| Hematology | Study of blood |
| Neurology | Study of the nerves, brain, and spinal cord |
| Oncology | Study of tumors (cancerous and malignant diseases. |
| ophthalmology | Study of the eye |
| Pathology | Study of disease |
| Psychology | study of mind and mental disease |
| Rheumatology | Study of joints diseases (RHEUMAT/O = flow or watery discharge, which was once thought to cause aches and pains, especially in joints) |
| Below-knee leg resection (amputation) | Osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) |
| Bone marrow biopsy | Leukemia |
| Electrocardiogram | heart attack |
| Cystoscopy | Urinary bladder carcinoma |
| Nephrectomy | Renal cell carcinoma |
| Thyroid glad resection | Adenocarcinoma of an endocrine- gland in neck |
| Gastroscopy | stomach ulcer |
| Electroencephalogram | epilepsy |
| Sub | Below |
| Trans | across |
| Retro | behind |
| ADEN/O (combining form) | gland |
| ARTHR/O (combining form) | joint |
| BI/O (combining form) | Life |
| CARCIN/O (combining form) | cancer/cancerous |
| CARDI/O (combining form) | heart |
| CEPHAL/O (combining form) | head |
| -oma (suffix) | tumor or mass |
| -itis (suffix) | inflammation |
| -logy (suffix) | study of |
| -opsy (suffix) | to view. Living tissue is removed and viewed under a microscope |
| -ic (suffix) | pertaining to |
| -al (suffix) | pertaining to |
| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine. |
| cyt/o (combining form) | cell |
| derm/o (combining form) | skin |
| dermat/o (combining form) | skin |
| electr/o (combining form) | electricity |
| encephal/o (combining form) | brain |
| enter/o (combining form) | intestines (often the small intestines) |
| erythr/o (combining form) | red |
| gastr/o (combining form) | stomach |
| gnos/o (combining form) | knowledge |
| gynec/o (combining form) | woman/female |
| hem/o (combining form) hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o (combining form) | liver |
| lapar/o (combining form) | abdomen (area between the chest and hip) |
| leuk/o (combining form) | white |
| nephr/o (combining form) | kidney |
| neur/o (combining form) | nerve |
| onc/o (combining form) | tumor |
| ophthalm/o (combining form) | eye |
| oste/o (combining form) | bone |
| path/o (combining form) | disease |
| pysch/o (combining form) | mind |
| ren/o (combining form) | kidney |
| rhin/o (combining form) | nose |
| sarc/0 (combining form) | flesh |
| thromb/o (combining form) | clotting |
| -cyte (suffix) | cell |
| -algia (suffix) | pain |
| -ectomy (suffix) | cutting out; removal, excision |
| -emia (suffix) | Blood condition |
| -globin (suffix) | Protein |
| -gram (suffix) | Record |
| -ia (suffix) | condition |
| -ic (suffix) | pertaining to |
| -ism (suffix) | condition, process |
| -itis (suffix) | inflammation |
| -logist (suffix) | specialist in the study of |
| -logy (suffix) | study of |
| -oma (suffix) | tumor, mass |
| -opsy (suffix) | to view |
| -osis (suffix) | abnormal condition |
| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy (suffix) | process of visual examination |
| -sis (suffix) | state of |
| -tomy (suffix) | process of cutting/incision |
| -itis (suffix) | inflammation |
| -logist (suffix) | specialist in the study of |
| -logy (suffix) | study of |
| -oma (suffix) | tumor, mass |
| -opsy (suffix) | to view |
| -osis (suffix) | abnormal condition |
| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy (suffix) | process of visual examination |
| a-,an- (prefix) | no, not |
| aut- (prefix) | self |
| dia- (prefix) | complete, through |
| dys- (prefix) | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- (prefix) | within |
| exo- (prefix) | outside |
| hyper- (prefix) | excessive, more than normal, too much |
| hypo- (prefix) | below, less than normal, under |
| pro- (prefix) | before, forward |
| re- (prefix) | back |
| vertebra what is the plural? | vertebrae |
| bursa what is the plural? | bursae |
| diagnosis what is the plural? | diagnoses |
| psychosis what is the plural? | psychoses |
| apex what is the plural? | apices |
| cortex what is the plural? | cotices |
| varix what is the plural? | varices |
| ganglion what is the plural? | ganglia |
| bacterium what is the plural? | bacteria |
| ovum what is the plural? | ova |
| bronchus what is the plural? | bronchi |
| calculus what is the plural? | calculi |
| Cardiology | study of heart |
| dermatology | study of skin |
| endocrinology | study of endocrine glands |
| gastroenterology | study of stomach and small intestines |
| gynecology | study of women and women's diseases |
| hematology | study of blood |
| neurology | study of nerves, brain and spinal chord |
| oncology | study of tumors (cancerous and malignant diseases) |
| opthalmology | study of the eye |
| pathology | study of disease |
| psychology | study of the mind and mental dissorders |
| rheumatology | study of joint diseases |
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