Midterm Medical Terminology

Acr/o

Extremities

Exremities

Arms, legs, and head.

Megal/o

Enlarged or oversized

-y

Denotes a condition, usually abnormal.

Acromegaly

Abnormally large hands, feet, nose, and/or chin.

-ologist

One who studies, a specialist.

-itis

Inflammation

dermat/o

Refers to the skin.

Dermatologist

Specialist in the field of medicine who specializes in treating disease of the skin.

Dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin.

Acrodermatits

Inflammation of the skin of the extremities.

Cyan/o

Blue or blueness.

-osis

Abnormal condition

Acrocyanosis

Blueness of the extremities.

Cyanosis

Abnormal condition of blueness.

Dermatosis

Abnormal skin condition.

Tomos

A piece cut off

Dermatome:

Surgical instrument.

Cyanoderma

Abnormal condition of bluish discoloration of the skin.

Leuk/o

White or abnormally white.

Leukoderma

A condition of white skin

Cyto/o

A cell or cells.

-ology

The study of

Leukocye

White blood cell

Leukemia

When a person's blood contains far too many white blood cells.

-emia

Blood.

Cardi/o

Heart

Megalocardia

Enlarged condition of the heart.

Esophag/o

Esophagus

Gastr/o

Stomach

Duoden/o

Duidenum

Megalagastria

Enlarged stomach.

Carditis

Inflammation of the heart

Gastritis

Inflammation of the stomach

Disease

Sickness, illness

Manifestation

Exhibition, Display, Evidence

Pathology

Changes

Etiology

Causes

Pathologist

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

Cardiologist

One that studies the heart.

Electrocardiography

Records electrical currents traversing the heart muscle just prior to each heartbeat.

-algia

Pain

Cardialgia

Heart pain.

Gastralgia

Stomach pain

-ectomy

To cut out, excise, or remove surgically

Gastrectomy

To remove part of the stomach

Duodenum

First section of the stomach.

-ostomy

A procedure to form a new opening.

Gastroduodendostomy

Surgical procedure to form a new opening between the stomach and duodenum.

-otomy

Incision into.

Duodenotomy

Incision into the wall of the duodenum.

Duodenitis

Inflammation of the duodenum.

-al

Of or pertaining to

Duodenal

Of or pertaining to the duodenum

Duodenostomy

Making a new opening in the duodenum

Aden/o

Gland

Arthr/o

Joint

Carcin/o

Malignancy

Cele/o

Hernia

o/cele

Hernia

Cephal/o

Head

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Cost/o

Ribs

Dent/o

Tooth

Emes/is

Vomiting

Hist/o

Tissue

Laryng/o

Larynx

Lip/o

Fat

Malac/o

Soft

Morph/o

Structure of

Muc/o

Mucus

Onc/o

Tumor

Ost/o

Bone

Oste/o

Bone

Plast/o

Repair

Trach/e

Trachea

Troph/o

Development

En-

In, inside, within

Endo-

In, inside, within

Ex-

Outside, out

Ex/o

Outside, out

Hyper-

Excessive

Hypo-

Under

Inter-

Between

-al

Of, or pertaining to

-ar

Of or pertaining to

-ic

Of or pertaining to

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor

-ism

Medical condition, disease

Hypertrophy

Overdeveloped muscles

Adenoma

Tumor of a gland

Lipoid

Looks and dissolves like a fat but is not a fat

Mucoid

Resembles mucus

Laryngitis

Inflammation of the larynx

Laryngostomy

Permanent opening in the larynx

Cephalalgia

Headache

Encephalitis

Inflammation of the brain

Endogenous

Something that is produces or originates from within a cell or organism

Osteomalacia

Softening and bending of the bones