Unit 1-Introduction to Medical Terminology Flashcards
Word Root
The core meaning of a term
Suffix
Added to end; procedures, condtions, or a disease
Prefix
Attached to beginning; time, position, direction, number, negation
Combining vowels
Usally “0” eases pronunciation
Combining forms
Word root + combining vowel = combining form
Intra-
Within or inside
Sub-
Below, Under
Arthr/o
Joint
Hepat/o
Liver
Oste/o
Bone
Ven/o
Vein
-Algia
Pain
-Centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-Cyte
Cell
-Dynia
Pain
-Ectomy
Surgical removal
-emia
Blood condition
-gram, -graph
Record, x-ray, picture
-graphy
Processing of recording picture or record
-Itis
Inflammation
-Malacia
Abnormal softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-meter
Instrument used to measure
-oid
Like, resembling
-ologist
speacialist
-ology
the study of
-Oma
Tumor
-Osis
Abnormal condition
-ostomy
Creating an artifical opening
-otomy
Surgical incision
-pathy
disease
-phobia
abnormal fear of specific things
-Pathy
disease
-ptosis
Drooping, sagging, prolapse
-rrhagia, –rrhage
abnormal flow or discharge (blood)
-rrhaphy
Suturing
-Rrhea
Abnormal flow or discharge (not blood)
-rrhexis
Rupture
-Sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-Scope
Instrument used for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-Stasis
Stop, control
-Stenosis
Abnormal narrowing
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before
C with a line
with