mult 1110 chapt 1-9 flashcards

Foundation of most medical terms and gives essential meaning of the term. Frequently, not always, refers to a body structure, organ, or system.

Word Root

Found at the end of a medical term. Provides information including conditions, diseases, surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures involving the word root. ALL MEDICAL TERMS MUST CONTAIN A SUFFIX!!

Suffix

Found at the beginning of a medical term. It often indicates info such as abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, and times.

Prefix

Used for two reasons: to connect word parts and to make medical terms easier to spell and pronounce. Placed between a word root and a suffix or between two word roots. NOT USED BETWEEN A PREFIX AND A WORD ROOT!! Do NOT use between a word root and a suffix if the suffix begins with a vowel. Put a combining vowel between two word roots always.

Combining Vowel

pain

-algia

weakness

-asthenia

hernia, protrusion

-cele

pain

-dynia

abnormal cell condition (too many)

-cytosis

dilated, stretched out

ectasis

swelling

-edema

vomiting

-emesis

condition of the blood

-emia

state, condition

-ia

abnormal condition

-iasis

state of, condition

-ism

inflammation

-itis

stone

-lith

destruction

-lysis

destruction

-lytic

abnormal softening

-malacia

enlargement

-megaly

tumor, mass

-oma

abnormal condition

-osis

disease

-pathy

too few

-penia

fear

-phobia

paralysis

-plegia

drooping

-ptosis

bursting forth

-rrhage

bursting forth

-rrhagia

discharge, flow

-rrhea

rupture

-rrhexis

hardened condition

-sclerosis

involuntary muscle contraction

-spasm

stopping

-stasis

narrowing

-stenosis

poison

-toxic

condition of the urine

-uria

surgical breaking

-clasia

surgical fixation

-desis

surgical removal, excision

-ectomy

surgically create an opening

-ostomy

cutting into, incision

-otomy

surgical fixation

-pexy

surgical repair

-plasty

suture

-rrhaphy

instrument to cut

-tome

crushing

-tripsy

puncture to withdraw fluid

-centesis

record or picture

-gram

instrument for recording

-graph

process of recording

-graphy

instrument for measuring pressure

-manometer

instrument for measuring

-meter

process of measuring

-metry

instrument for viewing

-scope

process of visually examining

-scopy

small

-cle

pregnancy

-cyesis

cell

-cyte

skin condition

-derma

thirst

-dipsia

feeling, sensation

-esthesia

that which produces

-gen

produces, generates

-genesis

producing

-genic

protein

-globin

protein

-globulin

pregnancy

-gravida

movement

-kinesia

resembling

-oid

small

-ole

vision

-opia

view of

-opsy

sense of smell

-osmia

oxygen

-oxia

to bear (offspring)

-para

birth, labor

-partum

digestion

-pepsia

eating, swallowing

-phagia

speech

-phasia

attracted to

-phil

voice

-phonia

formation, development

-plasm

breathing

-pnea

formation

-poiesis

porous

-porosis

spitting up, coughing up

-ptysis

treatment

-therapy

chest

-thorax

development

-trophic

nourishment, development

-trophy

small

-ule

one who

-er

medical specialty

-iatric

physician

-iatrist

treatment, medicine

-iatry

specialist

-ician

specialist

-ist