Med Term Brookdale midterm

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-pathy

disease

name the 4 word elements that make up medical words

word root, combining form, suffix, prefix

word root derived from what 2 languages

Latin and Greek

when a word root is derived from Latin it usually means

anatomical structure

when a word root is derived from Greek it usually means

disease

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

immune/o

immune/immunity safe

nephr/o

kidney

oste/o

bone

-itis

inflammation

-pathy

disease or abnormality

pancrat/o

pancreas

gastr/itis

inflammation of the stomach

gastr/o/megaly

enlargement of the stomach

hepat/oma

tumor of the liver

hepat/o/cytes

cells in the liver

append/ectomy

surgical removal of the appendex

arthr/o/centesis

surgical puncture of the joint

lith/o/tripsy

crushing of the stone

-ectomy

excision,removal

-centesis

surgical puncture

-tripsy

crushing

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosing

-clasis

to break, surgical fracture

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-rraphy

suture

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-desist

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

electr/o/cardio/gram

a recording of the electrical activity of the heart

gastr/o/scopy

visual examination of the stomach

encephala/o/graphy

the process of recording the brain

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument of measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-gram

record, writing

neur/algia

pain of the nerve

gastr/itis

inflammation of the stomach

hem/o/rrhage

bursting forth of blood

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasm

formation,growth

-genesis

forming , producing, origin

-rrhage

bursting forth (of)

-rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

-edema

swelling

-cele

hernia, swelling

-lith

stone, calculus

-osis

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-oma

tumor

-rrhexis

rupture

-plegia

paraysis

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-asis

abnormal condition

anesthesia

condition of no feeling

hyperthermia

condition of excessive heat

intramuscular

pertaining to within the muscle

paranasal

pertaining to with in the muscle

polyuria

condition of much urine

prenatal

pertaining to before birth

gastroenteritis

inflammation of the stomach and intestine

hepatisis

inflammation of the liver

hepatocyte

liver cell

osterochondritis

inflammation of the bone and cartilage

osteoarthitis

inflammation of the bone and joint

gastr

stomach

-megaly

enlargement

gastromegaly

enlargement of the stomach

hepatitis

inflammation of the liver

cholecyst

gallbladder

cholecystitis

inflammation of the gallbladder

pancreat

pancreas

pancreatitis

inflammation of the pancreas

sple.o

spleen

splenomegaly

enlargement of the spleen

lithotripsy

crushing of stone

colonostomy

forming a new opening (mouth)in the colon

appendectomy

excision, removal of the appendix

arthropathy

disease of the joints

arthroscope

instrument to examine a joint

gastitis

inflammation of the stomach

arthrocentesis

surgical puncture of a joint

myorrhaphy

suture of muscle

arthodesis

binding fixation of a joint

tracheostomy

forming an opening into the trachea

cardiograph

instrument for recording the heart

electrocardiogram

record of electrical activity of the heart