CH.1 Roots Flashcards
Eponym
to put your own name on something
Acronyms
to make a name with the ends
Modern languages appear in health care vocabulary
German, French, and English
Why are Greek and Latin the foundation of the language of medicine?
- first to study human body was ancient Greeks (Hippocrates) & traveled to Rome (Galen) where drugs and disease work
- Latin was the global language of the 2nd revolution & Catholic church
- dead languages do not change
ultima
last (syllable)
penult
almost the last (syllable) ; pen- =almost
antepenult
third to last syllable ; ante- = before
-usually where syllable emphasis is placed
arthr/o
arthroscope, arthritis
joint
cardi/o
cardiology, pericardium
heart
enter/o
enteropathy, dysentery
small intestine
gastr/o
gastrointestinal, gastritis
stomach
hepat/o
hepatology, hepatitis
liver
neur/o
neurology, neuralgia
nerve
hem/o (hemorrhage)
blood
my/o (myocardial, myalgia)
muscle
angi/o (angioplasty)
vessel
hemat/o (hematoma)
blood
muscul/o (musculoskeletal, muscular)
muscle
vas/o
vasospasm, vasectomy
vessel
vascul/o
vasculopathy, vasculitis
vessel
derm/o
dermoscopy, dermis
skin
dermat/o
dermatology, dermatitis
skin
cutane/o
subcutaneous
skin
pneum/o
pneumotomy
lung
pneumon/o
pneumonia, pneumonitis
lung
pulmon/o
pulmonologist, cardiopulmonary
lung
gen/o
pathogenic
creation, cause
hydr/o
hydrophobia, dehydration
water
morph/o
morphology
change
myc/o
dermatomycosis
fungus
necr/o
necrosis
death
orth/o
orthodontist
straight
path/o
pathology
suffering
phag/o
aphagia
eat
plas/o
hyperplasia
formation
py/o
pyorrhea, pyemia
pus
scler/o
scleroderma
hard
sten/o
stenosis
narrowing
troph/o
trophology, hypertrophy
nourishment, development
xen/o
xenograft
foreign
