Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 1 Basic Word Structure
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| Gastrectomy | Gastric resection (-tomy = to resect, remove) (gastr/o = stomach)
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| Osteitis | Inflammation of a bone (-itis = inflammation, oste/o = bone)
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| Cystoscopy | visual examination of the urinary bladder (-scopy = visually examine, -cyst/o = urinary bladder)
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| Hepatoma | Tumor of the liver (-oma = tumor, hepat/o = liver)
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| iatrogenic | pertaining to produced by treatment (-ic = pertaining to, gen = produce or create, iatr/o = treatment, physican
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| electroencephalogram | record of electricity in the brain (-gram = record, electro- = electricity, -en = inside, cephal/o = brain)
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| diagnosis | is made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient's condition (-is = condition, dia- = through and complete, gnos/o = knowledge)
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| cancerous tumor | carcinoma (-oma = tumor, carcin/o = cancer)
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| microscopic examination of living tissue | biopsy (-opsy = process of viewing, bi/o = life
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| pertaining to the brain | cerebral (-al = pertaining to, cerebr/o = brain)
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| removal of a gland | adenectomy (-ectomy = resection, remove) (aden/o = gland)
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| decrease in numbers of red blood cells | anemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, an- = no, none) "no blood" (less than normal levels of RBC
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| Pathologist | One who performs autopsies and reads biopsies (-logist = specialized study, path/o = disease)
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| arthralgia | pain in a joint (-algia = pain, arthr/o = joint)
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| increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells | Leukemia (-emia = abnormal blood condition, leuk/o = white)
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| Instrument - to view the eye | ophthalmoscope (note spelling opHth) -scope = instrument to visually examine, ophthalm/o = eye
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| a platelet is a ... ? | thrombocyte (-cyte = cell, thromb/o = clotting)
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| abnormal condition of the mind | psychosis (-osis = abnormal condition, psych/o = mind)
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| inflammation of the nose | rhinitis (-itis = inflammation, rhin/o = nose)
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| cytology | study of cells (-logy = study, cyt/o = cells)
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| pertaining to - through the liver | transhepatic (-ic = pertaining to, trans- = through, hepat/o = liver)
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| nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney (-osis = abnormal condition, nephr/o = kidney)
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| osteotomy | incision of a bone (-tomy = incision, oste/o = bone)
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| hyperglycemia | high level of sugar in the blood (-emia = abnormal blood condition, hyper- = more than normal or excessive, glyc/o = sugar)
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| psych/o | mind (example: psychosis)
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| ophthalm/o | eye (example: opthalmoscope)
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| path/o | disease (example: pathology)
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| ren/o | kidney (example: renal)
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| rhin/o | nose (example: rhinitis)
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| radi/o | x-ray (example: radiology)
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| onc/o | tumor (example: oncologist )
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| sarc/o | flesh (example: sarcoma) - sarcomas are malignant.
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| thromb/o | clot, clotting (example: thrombocyte)
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| ur/o | urinary tract, urine (example: urology)
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| oste/o | bone (example: osteitis)
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| sect/o | to cut (example: resection)
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