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Chapter 2
Quick And Easy Medical Terminology 6th Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ot/o | ear |
| cephal/0 | head |
| opthalm/0 | eye |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chir/0 | hand |
| angi/0 | vessel |
| vas/0 | vessel |
| append/0 | appendix |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -er | one who |
| -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -logic | pertaining to the study of |
| -logical | pertaining to the study of |
| -iatrics | medical profession |
| -iatry | medical profession |
| -logy | study or science of |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines |
| ger/a | elderly |
| ger/o | elderly |
| geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child or foot |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | radiation |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| Cellular Pathology | the study of cellular changes in disease |
| Clinical Pathology | the study of disease by use of laboratory tests and methods. |
| Surgery | derived from Greek word meaning "handwork" |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical cutting out |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blaphar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal chord |
| osteo/o | bone |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pneum/o | lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | vessel |
| biopsy | an excision of a small lump for microscopic examination, usually performed to establish a diagnosis. |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -extasia | dilation |
| -extasis | dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able | capable of |
| -ible | able to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum | membrane |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ism | theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -y | state or condition |
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