Question | Answer |
peri/dent/al | around teeth |
ab/norm/al | away normal, from usual |
hepat/itis | liver inflammation |
supra/ren/al | above kidney |
trans/vagin/al | through, vagina across |
gastr/o/intestine/al | stomach intestine |
macro/cephal/ic | large head |
ren/o/pathy | kidney disease |
What is the root of dent/al | dent |
-ac,-al,-ar,-iac,-ic,-ior | pertaining to, relating to: |
post- | after, behind |
nat | birth |
Hypo, intra-, super, & homo- | examples of word elements called prefixes |
therm/o/meter | heat instrument to measure |
hepat/o/megaly | liver enlargment |
sub/stern/al | under, sternum below |
hypo/insulin/ism | under, insulin condition below deficient |
gastr/o/enter/o/pathy | stomach intestine disease |
arteri/o/scler/osis | artery hardening abnormal condition |
hypo/derm/ic | under, skin, pertainit to |
-ac (Cardi/ac) | pertaing to the heart |
-al (umblilic/al) | pertaing to the navel |
-ar (muscul/ar) | pertaing to the muscle |
-ary (pulmon/ary) | pertaing to the lungs |
-eal (esophag/eal) | pertaing to the esophagus |
-ic (hepat/ic) | pertaing to the liver |
-ical (neur/o/log/ical) | pertaing to the study of nerves (log study of) |
-ile (pen/ile) | pertaing to the penis |
-ior (anter/ior) | pertaing to the front |
-ous (cutane/ous) | pertaining to the skin (cutane: skin) |
-tic (acous/tic) | pertaining to hearing |
-esis (di/ur/esis) | adnormal secretion of large amounts of urine (di-:double) |
-ia (pneumon/ia) | infection of the lung usully caused by bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms |
-ism (hyper/thyroid/ism) | conditon characterized by overactivity of the thyroid gland |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
-iatry (pod/iatry) | spec. concerned with treatment and prevention of conditions of the human foot |
-ist (dermat/o/log/ist) | physician who specializes in treating skin disorders |
-y (neur/o/path/y) | any disease of the nerves |
-icle (ventr/icl) | small cavity, as of the brain or heart |
ventr | belly, belly side |
-ole (arteri/ole) | minute artery; an arteriole is a termainl artery continous with the capillary network |
-ule (ven/ule) | Tiny vein continuous with a capillary |
chondr/o | (cartliage) chondr/oma: tumor composed of cartilage |
cyt/o | (cell) cyt/o/meter: instrument for counting and measureing cells within a specified amount of fluid |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
anter/o | anterior,front |
caud/o | tail |
cervic/o | neck: cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | far,farthest |
dors/o | back (of body) |
gastr/o | stomach |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
infer/o | lower, below |
inguin/o | groin |
later/o | side, to one side |
lumb/o | loins, (lower back) |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/c | pelvis |
poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
unbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
-ad | toward |
-logist | specialist in study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-toxic | poison |
-verse | turing |
epi | above, on |
hypo | under, below, deficient |
medi- | middle |
super- | upper, above |
trans- | through, across |
RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
LUQ | Left Upper quadrant |
RLQ | Right lower quadrant |
LLQ | Left lower quadrant |
MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
CT | Computed tomography scan |
fluoroscopy | radiographic procedure that uses fluorescent screen instead of photographic plate. |
PET | Positron emission tomography |
radiography | prodution of captured shadow images on photograpic film. (ionizing radation) |
radiopharmaceutical | drug that contains a radioactive substance that travels to an area or specific organ that will be scanned (inhaled, swolled, injected) |
SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomograpy |
US | Ultrasonography uses high frequency sound waves that bouce off body tissue and are recorded to produce an image. |