MEDterm Ch. 1-3

Arms, legs, head; referring to extremities

Acr/o

Heart

Cardi/o

Blue

Cyan/o

Cell

Cyt/o

Skin

Dermat/o or Derm/o

Duodenum

Dueoden/o

Electric

Electr/o

Pain

-algia

To cut out, excise, or remove surgically

-ectomy

Inflammation of

-itis

One who studies; specialist

-ologist

Study of

-ology

Cause

Eti/o

Stomach

Gastr/o

Record

Gram/o

White

Leuk/o

Enlarged

Megal/o

Disease

Path/o

Condition of, usually abnormal

-osis, -a, -y

Abnormal enlargement of the extremities

Acromegaly

Inflammation of the skin of the extremities

Acrodermatitis

Abnormal condition of blueness of the extremities

Acrocyanosis

Abnormal condition of blueness

Cyanosis

Abnormal skin condition

Dermatosis

An instrument that cuts

-tome

A piece cut off

Tomos

Incision into

-otomy

Abnormal condition of blueness of the skin

Cyanoderma

A procedure to form a new opening

-ostomy

Condition of white skin, or abnormally white skin

leukoderma

The study of cells

Cytology

White blood cell

Leukocyte

Blood

-emia

Enlargement of the heart

Megalocardia or cardiomegaly

Abnormal enlargement of the stomach

Megalogastria or gastromegaly

Inflammation of the heart

Carditis

Inflammation of the stomach

Gastritis

A condition in which bodily health is impaired.

disease

Evidence, exhibition

Manifestation

scientific study of cause of disease

Pathology

If a disease is of unknown etiology, it means the cause of the disease is not yet known

Etiology

One who studies structural and functional changes in the body produced by disease

Pathologist

Someone who specializes in heart disease

Cardiologist

Record of the electrical activity of the heart

electrocardiogram

Heart pain

Cardialgia

Stomach pain

Gastralgia

Excision (removal) of all or part of the stomach

Gastrectomy

Forming a new opening between the stomach and duodenum

Gastroduodenostomy

Incision into the duodenum

Duodenotomy

Inflammation of the duodenum

Duodenitis

Of, or pertaining to, the duodenum

Duodenal

Of or pertaining to

-al

To form a new opening into the duodenum

Duodenostomy

Pertaining to the study of causes of disease

Etiological

Esophag/o

Esophagus combining form

electrocardiography

recordings of electrical waves of the heart

megalocardia, cardiomegaly

enlargement of the heart

Cardiology

The study of disease of the heart

Pathologist

one who specializes in the study of structural and functional changes in the body

gastroduedenostomy

A surgical operation to make a new opening between the stomach and the duodenum

Etiology

Study of, or pertaining to, causes (of disease)

Manifestion

Display, evidence of disease

Duodenostomy

A surgical procedure forming a new opening in the duodenum

Leukemia

An abnormal condition of too many white blood cells

Gastralgia

Pain in the stomach

disease

impaired bodily health

cyanoderma

bluish discoloration of the skin

white cell

leukocyte

megalogastria

Oversized or enlarged stomach

manifestion

evidence of disease

etiology

The study of causes if an illness

gastroectomy

excision (removal) of the stomach

duodenal

pertaining to the duodenum

cynaosis

generalized condition of blueness

cardialgia

heart pain

carditis

inflammation of the heart

leukoderma

an abnormal condition of white skin

acrodermatitis

inflammation of the skin of the extremities

cytology

the study of cells

dermatosis

an abnormal condition of the skin

A condition of softened bone tissue

Osteomalacia

A condition of

-ia

A toothache or pain in the tooth.

Dentalgia

A tumor inside of the bone canal

Endosteoma

Adenitis

Inflammation of glandular tissue

Adenoma

Tumor of glandular tissue

An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface

Electroencephalogram

Arthroplasty

surgical repair of a joint

Between the teeth

Interdental

Between

Inter-

Biological science dealing with the structure of an organ or body parts

Morphology

Bone tumor

Osteoma

Bone

Ost/o, oste/o

Brain tumor

Encephaloma

Branch of medicine that studies tumors

Oncology

By, produced by or in

-genous

Cancerous tumor

Carcinoma

Carcinogenic

pertaining to producing cancer

Carcinoma

Malignant tumor

Cartilage

Chondr/o