Chapter 1 Flashcards
How do you analyze a medical term
-begin at the end of the word (suffix)
-then the beginning (root)
-then across
what is the ending of a word called
suffix
what is the beginning of the word called
root
what is the combing vowel
-usually O
-no meaning on its own
-connects the root and the suffix
-logy
study of
hemat-
blood
hematology
study of blood
electro-
-electricity
Cardi-
heart
gram-
record
electrocardiogram
record of the electricity in the heart
what is a combing form
-combing vowel plus the root words
Gastro/o
stomach
enter/o-
intestines
gastroenterology
study of stomach and intestines
-scope
instrument to visual examine
gastroscope
instrument to visually examine the stomach
-IC
-pertiaing to the stomach
-combing vowel is dropped when the suffix begins with a vowel
-IC means pertaining to
-AC
pertaining to the heart
gastric
pertianing to the stomach
cardaic
pertaining to the heart
-itis
inflammation
enteritis
inflammation of the intestines
gastroenteritis
-inflammation of the stomach and intestines
sub
below
trans
pertaining to across the stomach
retro
behind
subgastric
below stomach
transgastric
across the stomach
retro gastric
behind the stomach
aden/o
gland
-oma
tumor or mass
adenoma
tumor or mass in a gland
arthr/o
joint
arthritis
inflammation of the joints
adenitis
inflammation of the glands
bi/o
life
biology
study of life
-opsy
-process of viewing
-living tissue is removed and viewed under a microscope
biopsy
process of veiwing living tissue
carcin/o
cancer/ cancerous
carcinoma
cancerous mass or tumor
cardi/o
heart
cardiology
study of the heart
cephal/o
head
cephalic
pertaining to the head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
-largest part of the brain
Al
pertaining to
cerebral
pertaining to the cerebrum
cerebrovascular accident
accident of the blood vessels and cerebrum
-vascular
pertaining to blood vessels
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cystoscope
instrument used to examine the urinary bladder
cyt/o
cell
cytology
study of the cell
derm/o
skin
dermal
pertaining to the skin
dermat/o
skin
dermatitis
inflammation of the skin
encephal/o
brain
electroencephalogram
record of electricity of the brain
-help full in determining whether a pt has a seizure disorder such as epilepsy
erythr/o
red
erythrocyte
red blood cell
-scopy
process of visual examination with a instrument or scope
gastroscopy
process of visual examination of the stomach
gnos/o
knowledge
-sis
state of
dia-
complete
diagnosis
state of complete knowledge
prognosis
state before knowledge
pro-
before
gynec/o
women/ female
gynecology
study of females/ women
-globin
protein
hemoglobin
protein of blood
-protien in rd blood cells that helps carry o2 in the blood
hematoma
-mass or tumor containing blood
-mass of blood trapped in tissues of he skin or in an organ
-it often results from trauma and its often called a bruise
hepat/o
liver
hepatitis
inflammation of the liver
-caused by hepatitis A virus
-hepatitis B
-or hepatitis C virus
obstetrics
care of pregnant women and delivery of a fetus
lapar/o
abdomen (area between the chest and hip)
-tomy
-cutting into
exploratory laparotomy
surgeon makes a large incision in the abdominal wall to inspect organs for evidence of disease
laparscopy
visual examination of the abdomen using severl small incisions for parocsope
Abdomin/o
abdominal
leuk/o
white
leukocyte
white blood cell
nephr/o
kidney
-ectomy
cutting out
-excision or resection of an organ or other part of the body
nephrectomy
cutting out kidney
neur/o
nerve
neuroology
study of nerves
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
-ist
specialist
oncologist
specialist for cancerous tumors
opthalm/o
eye
ophthalmoscope
instrument used to visually examine the eye
oste/o
bone
osteoarthritis
inflammation of the bones
path/o and pathlogist
-disease
specialist of diseases
-osis, hallucinations and delusions
abnormal condition
-serious mental condition that pt loses touch with reality
-hallucinations: unreal sensory perception, like hearing voices when none are present
delusions: fixed, false beliefs that cant be changed by logical reasoning
psych/o
mind
psychosis
abnormal condition of the mind
ren/o and renal
kidney
-pertaining to the kidney
rhin/o and rhinitis
nore
-inflammation of the nose
sarc/o and sarcoma
flesh
mass or tumor in the skin
grow from the fleshy (connective) tissues of the body, such as muscle, fat, bone and cartilage whereas carcinoma arise from skin tissue and the linings of internal organs
thromb/o and thrombocyte
clotting
-platelet (cell that helps with blood clotting)
thrombosis and thrombus
state of clotting
-conditon of forming a clot
-blood clot
-algia and arthralgia
-condition of pain
-condition of pain in the bones
-ectomy
-cutting out; removal, excision
-emia
blood condition e.g. luekemia
-ia
condition
-sim
-condition, process
hyper- and hyperthyroidism
excessive
-condition of excessive thyroid
rheumatology
-study of joint diseases
rhuemat/o
-flow or watery discharge
a-, an-
no, not
anemia
-condition of no blood
-decrease in the number of red blood cells or in hemoglobin
aut- and autopsy
self
-viewing and examining a dead body with ones own self
-meter
measurement
diameter
dia- means through in this term
-complete measurnment
dys- and dysentery
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
-y means condition or process
endo-
within
-ism
condition/ process
