As101 Flashcards by F W

-algia

pain, suffering

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dys-

bad, difficult, or painful

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-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

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hyper

excessive, increase

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hypo

deficient, decreased

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-itis

inflammation

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ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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otomy

cutting, surgical incision

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plasty

surgical repair

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rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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rrhea

flow or discharge

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sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

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Primary Medical Terms

Primary terms enable you to give priority to the most important words in your study of medical terminology. These terms are shown in black boldface.

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Word Parts Are the Key

introduction to word parts and how they are used to create complex medical terms.

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Word roots

The word parts that usually, but not always, indicate the part of the body involved.

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Combining form

Rod weird that has a vowel”o”, put on the end before adding another word root or suffix

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Rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

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Suffixes

The word part attached at the end of a word that usually, but not always, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.

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Prefixes

The word part attached at the beginning of a word that usually, but not always, indicates location, time, number, or status.

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rrhexis

Rupture

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sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

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suffix indicates

the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.

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Prefix indicates

location, time, number, or status.

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Neur/o

Nerve

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Oste/o

Bone

Arthr/o

Joint

Cyan/o

Blue

Erythr/o

Red

- cyte

Cell

Leuk/o

White

Pathology

is the study of all aspects of diseases

-ac

Pertaining to

Pertaining to suffixes

-ac -al -an -ar -ary -ical -ial -ic -ine -eal -ior -ory -ous -tic

- dynia

Pain

Abnormal condition suffixes

-ago -esis -ia -iasis -ion -ism -osis

Megaly

Enlargement

Hepatomegaly

Abnormal enlargement of the liver

Hepat/o

Liver

Malacia

Abnormal softening

Hepatomegaly

Abnormal enlargement of the liver

arteri/o

Artery

arteriomalacia

abnormal softening of the walls of an artery or arteries.

sclerosis

abnormal hardening

Arteriosclerosis

Abnormal hardening of the walls of the arteries

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

Arteriostenosis

Abnormal narrowing of an artery

-centesis, suffix related to procedures

surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid

Abdominocentesis

surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

abdomin/o

Abdomen

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid).

-graphy

process of producing a picture or record

angi/o

blood vessel

-gram

Pic or record

angiogram

Film produced by angiography

Endoscopy

visual examination of the interior of a body cavity

Endo

Within

-scopy

Visual examination

endoscope

small, flexible tube with a light and a lens on the end

necrosis

Tissue death

arterionecrosis

Tissue death of the artery

Angiography

process of producing a radiographic (x-ray) study of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium

angi/o

Blood vessels

plasty

surgical repair

Arthroscopy

visual examination of the internal structure of a joint

-rrhage

abnormal excessive fluid discharge).

hem/o

Blood

hemorrhage

loss of a large amount of blood in a short time

myorrhaphy

surgical suturing of a muscle

Nat

Birth

Natal

Pertaining to birth

peri-

surrounding

Perinatal

time and events surrounding birth

Postnatal

After pertaining to birth

Melanosis

condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissues or organs

melan

Black

-osis

abnormal condition or disease

Neurorrhaphy

suturing together the ends of a severed nerve.

Suffixes as noun ending

-a -e -um -us -y

laryng

larynx or throat

Rhin/o

Nose

ot/o

Ear

eu-

Good, normal, well, easy

Eupnea

Easy or normal breathing

Interstitial

between, but not within, the parts of a tissue.

Intramuscular

Within a muscle

Sub-

Under, less, below

Subcostal

Below a rib

super-, supra

Above, excessive

Supracostal

Above or outside the rib

lithotomy

surgical incision for the removal of a stone

Lith

Stone

otomy

Surgical incision

lithotomy, also means

name of an examination position in which the patient is lying on her back with her feet and legs raised and supported in stirrups

edema

swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body.

appendicitis (ah-pen-dih-SIGH-tis)

Inflammation of the appendix

- oma

Tumor

Ather/o

Fatty substance

-a singular

-ae

-ix,-ex.. singular

- ices

-is

-es

-itis, singular

-ides

-nx, change x to...

-ges

-ion, singular

-a

-um, singular

-a

-us

-i

ostomy

surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.