Medical Terminology

Definition of gastr/itis

Inflammation of the stomach.

Definition of oste/o/arthr/itis

Inflammation of the bone and joint.

Definition of poly/neur/itis

Inflammation of many nerves.

excision, removal

-ectomy

surgical puncture

-centesis

crushing

-tripsy

separation; destruction; loosening

-lysis

to break; surgical fracture

-clasis

fixation (of an organ)

-pexy

suture

-rrhaphy

surgical repair

-plasty

forming an opening (mouth)

-stomy

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-desis

instrument to cut

-tome

incision

-tomy

instrument for examining

-scope

visual examination

-scopy

instrument for recording

-graph

process of recording

-graphy

instrument for measuring

-meter

act of measuring

-metry

record, writing

-gram

pain

-algia, -dynia

formation, growth

-plasia, -plasm

forming, producing, origin

-gen, -genesis

bursting forth (of)

-rrhage, -rrhagia

swelling

-edema

hernia, swelling

-cele

stone, calculus

-lith

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-osis

involuntary contraction, twitching

-spasm

narrowing, stricture

-stenosis

discharge, flow

-rrhea

disease

-pathy

inflammation

-itis

tumor

-oma

rupture

-rrhexis

paralysis

-plegia

dilation, expansion

-ectasis

vomiting

-emesis

blood condition

-emia

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-iasis

medicine; treatment

-iatry

small, minute

-icle, -ole, and -ule

thrombus

thrombi

ovum

ova

fungus

fungi

diagnosis

diagnoses

crushing of a stone

lith/o/tripsy

forming a new opening (mouth) in the colon

colon/o/stomy

excision, removal of the appendix

append/ectomy

disease of the joint(s)

arthr/o/pathy

instrument to examine a joint

arthr/o/scope

inflammation of the stomach

gastr/itis

surgical puncture of a joint

arthr/o/centesis

suture of muscle(s)

my/o/rrhaphy

binding, fixation (of a joint)

arthr/o/desis

forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea

trache/o/stomy

instrument for recording the heart

cardi/o/graph

record of electrical activity of the heart

electr/o/cardi/o/gram

pain of a nerve

neur/algia

forming, producing, origin of cancer

carcin/o/gen or carcin/o/genesis

softening of bone

oste/o/malacia

abnormal condition of stones

lith/iasis

hernia, swelling of the liver

hepat/o/cele

swelling of a lymph gland

lymphedema

tumor composed of lymph tissue

lymph/oma

bursting forth (of) blood

hem/o/rrhage

paralysis of four (limbs)

/plegia

three heads

/ceps

pertaining to one nucleus

/nucle/

pertaining to between the ribs

/cost/

pertaining to (the period) after birth

/nat/

double vision

/opia

pertaining to under the skin

/derm/

flow through

dia/

pertaining to around the kidney

/ren/

pertaining to outside the skull

/crani/

slow heart rate

/cardia

without feeling

/esthesia

childbirth that is bad, painful, or difficult

/tocia

pregnancy that is false

/cyesis

breathing that is rapid

/pnea

instrument for examining small (objects)

micro/scope

cell that is large

macro/cyte

fear of many things

poly/phobia

pertaining to around the kidney(s)

circum/ren/al

secrete within

endo/crine

pertaining to near, beside, or beyond the nose

para/nas/al

paralysis of one-half (of the body)

hemi/plegia

pertaining to under the nose

sub/nas/al

pertaining to two sides

bi/later/al

pertaining to the period (before birth)

pre/nat/al

turning backward or behind

retro/version

dorsal

posterior

ventral

anterior

Name the 2 dorsal cavities

• cranial

• spinal

Name the ventral cavities

• thoracic

• abdominopelvic

  • abdominal

  • pelvic

RUQ

right upper quadrant

LUQ

left upper quadrant