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A SHORT COURSE IN MEDI CAL TERMINOLOGY

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GASTR ITIS   GASTR = STOMACH= ROOT/. ITIS = INFLAMMATION = SUFFIX. INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH.  
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Mast ectomy   Greek: Mast = Root= Breast ectomy = Suffix = Removal of.  
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Phych o logy   Greek: Phych = Root = Mind. O = Vowel Greek: logy = Suffix = Study of Study of mental processes and Behavior.  
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Arth   Root = Joint  
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itis   Suffix = Inflammation of  
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Dermat   Root = Skin  
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Geront   Root = Elderly  
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algia   Suffix = Pain  
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oma   Suffix = Tumor  
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Mast itis   Mast = Root. itis = Suffix = Inflammation Inflammation of the Breast.  
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Close Fracture   Simple fracture with no open wound.  
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Prefixes   Always come at the Beginning.  
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Hyper   Prefix = Over, Above, Excessive.  
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Peri   Prefix = Around  
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Tachy   Prefix = Rapid, Fast.  
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Epi   Prefix = Upon, Over.  
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Tri   Prefix = Three  
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Hyper gastr ic   Prefix = Hyper. Root = gastr. ic Above the Stomach.  
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Peri arth r itis   Prefix = Peri. Root = arth r Suffix = itis. Around Joint Inflammation.  
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ic   Suffix = Pertaining to.  
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Gastr o enter itis   Root = Gastr = Stomach. o Vowel, Root = enter = intestines, Suffix = itis = inflammation. Inflammation of the Stomach and Intestines  
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Hyper gastr ic   Prefix = Hyper = Above. Root = gastr = Stomach. Suffix = ic = Pertaining to. Pertaining to above the Stomach.  
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Card   Root = Heart  
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Card i o logy   Root = Card = Heart. io = Vowels. Suffix = logy = Study of.  
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-logy   Suffix = Study of.  
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-ectomy   Suffix = Removal of.  
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-scope   Suffix = To Look.  
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Pre-   Prefix = Pre = Before.  
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nat   Root = Birth.  
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-al   Suffix = Pertaining to.  
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-tomy   Suffix = Removal of.  
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Amni o centesis   Root = Amni. Vowels = o. Suffix = centesis. Amnion (surrounds the Fetus) centesis = Surgical puncture.  
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Neur/o   A nerve cell. The Nervous system.  
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-stenosis   Suffix = Narrowing  
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-ism   Suffix = A Condition of. A a Process. A State of.  
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-porosis   Suffix = Porous condition of Bone.  
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Oste- Oste o-   Combining Form = Bone.  
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Append-   Root = Appendix  
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-iatrics -iatry   Suffix = Physician or Medical treatment  
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Phych-   Combining form = Mind: Mental processes and activities  
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-ician -ist   Suffix = Specialist Suffix = Specialist  
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-plasty   Suffix = Surgical repair  
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-desis   Suffix = Surgical binding  
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Arth o desis   Root = Arth = Joint. Vowel = o. Suffix = desis = Surgical binding.  
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-cyte   Suffix = A Cell.  
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-lith   Suffix = Stone, calculus, calcification.  
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Anter/o   Root = Front, anterior.  
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Cerv/o   Root = Neck  
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Chondr/o   Root = Cartilage  
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Cyt/o -cyte   Root = Cell  
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Dors/o   Root = Back  
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Inguin/o   Root = Groin  
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My/o   Root = Muscle  
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Myel/o   Root = Spinal cord  
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Neur/o   Root = Nerve, neuron  
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Poster/o   Root = Posterior, Back.  
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Proxim/o   Root = Near  
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Super/o   Root = Superior  
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Trans/o   Root = Across  
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Cephalad   Above; Towards the Head.  
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Colles   Break in the Distal End of the Radius.  
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Comminuted   Break in which the Bone is Crushed or Splintered.  
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Compression   Fracture or Break caused by a squeezing or opposing force; loss of height in a Vertebra due to disease or trauma.  
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Greenstick   Incomplete break: one side off the bone is broken and the other side is bent.  
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-scopy   Suffix = Examination with an Instrument.  
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Arhtr/o scopy   Arth/o = Joint. -scopy = Examination with an Instrument.  
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mylel/o   Marrow of the Bone.  
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Oste/o myel/o itis Osteomyelitis   Oste - Bone. - myel- marrow. itis - inflammation. Inflammation or infection of the Bone Marrow.  
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Reduction   Realignment.  
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-malacia   Suffix = Softening.  
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Pylorus Pyloric Sphinter   The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.  
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Chyme   Partially digested food passes to the duodenum from the stomach.  
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Hepatic Flexure Right Colic Flexure   The bend of the colon at the juncture of its ascending and transverse portions.  
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Duodenum   The beginning portion of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.  
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Pruritic, Pruritus   Any of various conditions characterized by intense itching, often of undamaged skin.  
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Impetigo   A contagious bacterial skin infection, usually of children, that is characterized by the eruption of superficial pustules and the formation of thick yellow crusts, commonly on the face.  
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Epithelial   Membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells separated by very little intercellular substance and forming the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs.  
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