[RMT0 12] MIDTERM: Lesson 1

Disease

• It is an abnormal condition that affects the body's structure or function.

• It can cause pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death.

Etiology

• The cause of a disease

  • Acute

  • Chronic

Acute

Sudden and severe and of short duration

Chronic

Long duration and progresses slowly

Types of Diseases

• Infectious Disease

• Degenerative Disease

• Neoplasia

• Immune Disorders

• Metabolic Disorders

• Hormonal Disorders

• Mental and Emotional Disorders

Infectious Disease

• Types of Diseases

• Caused by certain harmful micro-organisms and other parasites

Degenerative Disease

• Types of Diseases

• Resulting from wear and tear, aging or trauma (injury) that can result in a lesion (wound) and perhaps necrosis (death of tissue)

Neoplasia

• Types of Diseases

• Abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue

Immune Disorders

• Types of Diseases

• Includes failure of the immune system, allergies, and autoimmune disease, in which the body makes antibodies to its own tissues

Metabolic Disorders

• Types of Diseases

• Resulting from lack of enzymes or other factors needed for cellular functions.

• Malnutrition caused by inadequate intake of nutrients or inability of the body to absorb and use nutrients also upsets metabolism.

Hormonal Disorders

• Types of Diseases

• Caused by underproduction or overproduction of hormones or by inability of the hormones to function properly.

• One example is diabetes melitus.

Mental and Emotional Disorders

• Types of Diseases

• Disorders that affect the mind and adaptation of an individual to his or her environment

Pain

• Root for Diseases

• alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

Cancer, carcinoma

• Root for Diseases

• carcin/o

Filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

• Root for Diseases

• cyst/o

Calculus, stone

• Root for Diseases

• lith

Tumor

• Root for Diseases

• onc/o

Disease

• Root for Diseases

• path/o

Pus

• Root for Diseases

• py/o

Fever, fire

• Root for Diseases

• pyr/o, pyret/o

Hard

• Root for Diseases

• scler/o

Poison

• Root for Diseases

• tox/o, toxic/o

Slow

• Prefixes for Disease

• brady-

breathing

-pnea

Abnormal, painful, difficult

• Prefixes for Disease

• dys-

development

-plasia

Bad, poor

• Prefixes for Disease

• mal-

Thick

• Prefixes for Disease

• pachy-

Rapid

• Prefixes for Disease

• tachy-

Dry

• Prefixes for Disease

• xero-

Pain

• Suffixes for Disease

• -algia, -algesia

Hernia, localized dilation

• Suffixes for Disease

• -cele

Breaking

• Suffixes for Disease

• -clasis, -clasia

Inflammation

• Suffixes for Disease

• -itis

Enlargement

• Suffixes for Disease

• -megaly

Pain

• Suffixes for Disease

• -odynia

Tumor

• Suffixes for Disease

• -oma

Any disease of

• Suffixes for Disease

• -pathy

Bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

• Suffixes for Disease

• -rhage, -rhagia

Flow, discharge

• Suffixes for Disease

• -rhea

Rupture

• Suffixes for Disease

• -rhexis

bag of water

sac

Fissure, splitting

• Suffixes for Disease

• -schisis

Expansion, widening

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -dilation, -dilatation

Dilation, dilatation, distension

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -ectasia, -ectasis

Accumulation of fluid, swelling

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -edema

Separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -lysis

Softening

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -malacia

Death of tissue

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -necrosis

Dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -ptosis

Hardening

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -sclerosis

veins

phleb/o

Sudden contraction, cramp

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -spasm

Suppression, stoppage

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -stasis

menstrual

men/o

Narrowing, constriction

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -stenosis

air passageway

bronchus

Poison

• Words for Disease Used as a Suffixes

• -toxin

Grape-like cluster

• Prefixes for Infectious Disease

• staphyl/o

Twisted chain

• Prefixes and Roots for Infectious Disease

• strept/o

Bacillus

• Roots for Infectious Disease

• bacill/i, bacill/o

urine

-uria

Bacterium

• Roots for Infectious Disease

• bacteri/o

Fungus, mold

• Roots for Infectious Disease

• myc/o

Virus

• Roots for Infectious Disease

• vir/o

blood

-emia