CH.1 Intro To Med Terminology Flashcards
-algia
Pain, suffering
Dys-
Bad, difficult, or painful
-ectomy
Surgical removal, cutting out
Hyper-
Excessive, increased
Hypo-
Deficient, decreased
-itis
Inflammation
-osis
Abnormal condition, disease
-ostomy
The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-otomy
Cutting, surgical incision
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhage
Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
-rrhea
Flow or discharge
-rrhexis
Rupture
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
Cyan/o means blue
Cyanosis is…
Blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood (cyan means blue, and -osis means abnormal condition or disease)
Erythr/o means red
An erythrocyte is…
A mature red blood cell (erythr/o means red, -cyte means cell)
Leuk/o means white
Leukocyte means..
A white blood cell (leuk/o means white, -cyte means cell).
Melan/o means black
Melanosis is..
Any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissues or organs (melan means black, -osis means abnormal condition or disease)
Poli/o means gray
Poliomyelitis is..
A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord (poli/o means gray, myel means spinal cord, -itis means inflammation).
Gastroenteritis
Is an inflammation of he stomach and small intestine
Gastr(stomach) enter(small intestine) itis(inflammation)
Neuroplasty
Surgical repair of a nerve
Neur/o(nerve) -plasty (surgical repair)
Neurorrhaphy
Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve
Neur/o(nerve) -rrhaphy(surgical suturing)
Tonsillitis
Inflammation of the tonsils
Tonsillectomy
Surgical removal of the tonsils
Suffixes meaning “pertaining to”
-ac
-al
-an
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ical
-ial
-ic
-ine
-ior
-ory
-ous
-tic
Suffixes meaning abnormal condition
-ago
-esis
-ia
-iasis
-ion
-ism
-osis
