Medical Terminology Simplified 3rd edition
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| peri/dent/al | around teeth
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| ab/norm/al | away normal, from usual
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| hepat/itis | liver inflammation
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| supra/ren/al | above kidney
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| trans/vagin/al | through, vagina across
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| gastr/o/intestine/al | stomach intestine
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| macro/cephal/ic | large head
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| ren/o/pathy | kidney disease
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| What is the root of dent/al | dent
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| -ac,-al,-ar,-iac,-ic,-ior | pertaining to, relating to:
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| post- | after, behind
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| nat | birth
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| Hypo, intra-, super, & homo- | examples of word elements called prefixes
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| therm/o/meter | heat instrument to measure
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| hepat/o/megaly | liver enlargment
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| sub/stern/al | under, sternum below
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| hypo/insulin/ism | under, insulin condition below deficient
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| gastr/o/enter/o/pathy | stomach intestine disease
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| arteri/o/scler/osis | artery hardening abnormal condition
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| hypo/derm/ic | under, skin, pertainit to
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| -ac (Cardi/ac) | pertaing to the heart
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| -al (umblilic/al) | pertaing to the navel
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| -ar (muscul/ar) | pertaing to the muscle
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| -ary (pulmon/ary) | pertaing to the lungs
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| -eal (esophag/eal) | pertaing to the esophagus
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| -ic (hepat/ic) | pertaing to the liver
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| -ical (neur/o/log/ical) | pertaing to the study of nerves (log study of)
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| -ile (pen/ile) | pertaing to the penis
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| -ior (anter/ior) | pertaing to the front
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| -ous (cutane/ous) | pertaining to the skin (cutane: skin)
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| -tic (acous/tic) | pertaining to hearing
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| -esis (di/ur/esis) | adnormal secretion of large amounts of urine (di-:double)
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| -ia (pneumon/ia) | infection of the lung usully caused by bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms
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| -ism (hyper/thyroid/ism) | conditon characterized by overactivity of the thyroid gland
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| hyper- | excessive, above normal
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| -iatry (pod/iatry) | spec. concerned with treatment and prevention of conditions of the human foot
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| -ist (dermat/o/log/ist) | physician who specializes in treating skin disorders
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| -y (neur/o/path/y) | any disease of the nerves
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| -icle (ventr/icl) | small cavity, as of the brain or heart
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| ventr | belly, belly side
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| -ole (arteri/ole) | minute artery; an arteriole is a termainl artery continous with the capillary network
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| -ule (ven/ule) | Tiny vein continuous with a capillary
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| chondr/o | (cartliage) chondr/oma: tumor composed of cartilage
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| cyt/o | (cell) cyt/o/meter: instrument for counting and measureing cells within a specified amount of fluid
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| anter/o | anterior,front
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| caud/o | tail
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| cervic/o | neck: cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| crani/o | cranium (skull)
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| cyt/o | cell
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| dist/o | far,farthest
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| dors/o | back (of body)
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| hist/o | tissue
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| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
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| infer/o | lower, below
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| inguin/o | groin
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| later/o | side, to one side
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| lumb/o | loins, (lower back)
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| medi/o | middle
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| pelv/c | pelvis
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| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior
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| proxim/o | near, nearest
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| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side
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| spin/o | spine
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| thorac/o | chest
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| unbilic/o | umbilicus, navel
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| ventr/o | belly, belly side
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| -ad | toward
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| -logist | specialist in study of
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening
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| -toxic | poison
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| -verse | turing
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| epi | above, on
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| hypo | under, below, deficient
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| medi- | middle
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| super- | upper, above
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| trans- | through, across
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| RUQ | Right upper quadrant
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| LUQ | Left Upper quadrant
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| RLQ | Right lower quadrant
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| LLQ | Left lower quadrant
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| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging
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| CT | Computed tomography scan
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| fluoroscopy | radiographic procedure that uses fluorescent screen instead of photographic plate.
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| PET | Positron emission tomography
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| radiography | prodution of captured shadow images on photograpic film. (ionizing radation)
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| radiopharmaceutical | drug that contains a radioactive substance that travels to an area or specific organ that will be scanned (inhaled, swolled, injected)
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| SPECT | single-photon emission computed tomograpy
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| US | Ultrasonography uses high frequency sound waves that bouce off body tissue and are recorded to produce an image.
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