the language of medicine-chapter 3

abdomin/o

abdomen

acr/o

extremities, top extrem point

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchial tubes (two tubes,one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug, chemical

chondr/o

cartilage

chron/o

time

col/o

colon (large intestine)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water, fuild

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lymph/o

lymph = a clear fluid that bathes tissue space, is contained in special lymph vessel and nodes throughout the body

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o

death (of cell or whole body)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

nucle/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

to eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation, developement

pleur/o

pleura ( menbrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall )

pneumon/o

lungs

pulmon/o

lungs

radi/o

x-rays

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen

staphyl/o

clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tinsils

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fuild

-conccus (singular)

berry-shape

-cocci

bacterium

(plural: bacteria)

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision

removal

resection

-emia

blood condition

ischemia

literally to hold back ( isch/o) blood (-emia ) from a part of the body or tissue. because of a decrease in blood supply ( blood clot in vessel or narrowing and closing off a vessel), tissue becomes ischemic and can even die because it becomes deprived od oxygen.

anemia

litteral means "no blood" it is actually a condition marked by reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in blood. Examples of types of anemias are:

• iron deficiency anemia (iron is needed to make hemoglobin)

• sickle cell anemia (erythrocytes assume an abnormal sickle shape and clog blood vessels)

• aplastic anemia (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes are not formed in bone marrow)

pleurodynia

Pain in the chest wall muscles that is aggravated by breathing

-genesis

condition of producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

-opsy

to view

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping, falling, prolape

-sclerosis

hardening

blepharoptosis

Ptosis of the upper eyelid .This condition may be congenital (appear at birth), can occur with aging, or may be associated with stroke (cerebrovascular accident), cranial nerve damage, and other neurologic disorders. The eyelid droops because of muscle weakness.

-scope

intrument for visual examination

-scopy

process of visual examination (with an endoscope)

-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)