med term chapter 1

-itis

Inflammation

-ectomy

Excision; surgical removal

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-pathy

Disease

-al

Pertaining to

-scope

Instrument for examining

-clasis

To break; surgical fracture

-densis

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

Fixation (of an organ)

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Suture

-stomy

Forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-gram

Record, writing

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-metry

Act of measuring

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition

-lith

Stone, calculus

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-phobia

Fear

-plegia

Paralysis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Bursting of

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-toxic

Poison

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-ac, al, ar, ic, us, tic

Pertaining to

-ia, ism

Condition

-iatry

Medicine, treatment

-ist

Specialist

-y

Condition, process

-grapht

Transplantation

-crine

Secretion

-plasia

Formation, growth

-gravida

Pregnant women

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

Suffix

Word element placed at the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word

Foundation of medical term and contains its primary meaning. Examples tonsillitis, tonsillectomy

Word root, tonsill

Combining vowel

Usually o, sometimes I or e

Gastr

Word root meaning stomach

Hyster/o

Uterus

Enter/o

Intestine

Neur/o

Nerve

Ot/o

Ear

Dermat/o

Skin

Nephritis

Inflammation of the kidneys

Arthrodesis

Fixation of a joint

Dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin

Arthrocentesis

Surgical puncture of a joint

Gastrectomy

Excision of the stomach

The 4 elements used to form medical words are

Prefixes, suffix, word root, combining vowel

append/ectomy

Excision of the appendix

gastr/itis

Inflammation of the stomach

Colon/o/scope

Instrument for examining the colon

gastr/o/enter/itis

Inflammation of stomach and intestine (usually small intestine)

gastr/o/col/itis

Inflammation of stomach and colon

oste/o/chondr/itis

Inflammation of bone and cartilage

oste/o/arthr/istis

Inflammation of bone and joint

Mast/ectomy

Excision of a breast

hepat/itis

Inflammation of liver

Pre, pro (prefixes)

Pr before, in front of

Retro (prefixes)

Backward behind

Primi (prefixes)

First

Hypo (prefixes)

Under, below, deficient

Homo

Same

endo, intra

In, within

Dys

Bad, painful, difficult

Dipl, diplo

Double

dia, trans

Through, across

circum, peri (prefixes)

Around

a,an

Without, not

Chrondromalacia

Softening of cartilage

Dysphonia

Difficulty in speaking

Refers to fear of blood

Hemophobia

Hypermesis

Means excessive or above normal vomiting

Mastopexy

Surgical fixation of the breast

Myopathy

Disease of the muscle

Neuroma

Tumor made up of nerve (cells)

Pelvimetry

Act of measuring the pelvis

Primigravida

A women who is pregnant for the first time

Rhinoplasty

Surgical repair of the nose

Hypodermic

Pertaining to under the skin

Amastia

Without a breast

Periodontal

Pertaining to around the teeth