Medical terminology (chapter 1)

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-itis

Suffix meaning inflammation

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Hyper-

prefix, means excessive or increased

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gastr/o

Stomach

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enter

Small intestines

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nuer/o

nerve

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-plasty

suffix, means surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

suffix, surgical suturing

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tonsill

tonsils

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-ectomy

suffix, surgical removal

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crani/o

Skull

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cardi/o

heart

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suffix as noun endings

-a -um -y
-e -us

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suffixs meaning "pertaining to"

-ac -eal -ior -al -ical. -iory
-an. -ial. -ous -ar -ic -tic
-ary -ine

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-osis

Abnormal condition or disease

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path

Disease

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-ology

Study of

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-algia

Pain or suffering

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-dynia

Suffix meaning pain

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-megaly

means enlargement

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suffix meaning "abnormal condition or disease

-ago -iasis -osis
-esis -ion -pathy
-ia -ism

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cyan/o

Blue

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erythr/o

red

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Leuk/o

White

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poli/o

Gray

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hepat/o

Liver

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-megaly

enlargement

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-malacia

Abnormal softening

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arteri/o

Artery

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-necrosis

Tissue death

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-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

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fun fact

-sclerosis is the opposite of -malacia

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-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

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-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid, remove excess fluid

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abdomin/o

abdomen

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-graphy

Process of recording the

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Angi/o

Blood vessel

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-gram

picture or record

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-plasty

surgical repair

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my/o

Muscle

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arthr/o

Joint

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-scopy

visual examination

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-rrhage and -rrhagia

sudden, severe Bleeding

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hem/o

Blood

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-rrhaphy

surgical suturing to close a wound

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ten/o

Tendon,

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-rrhea

Flow or discharge and refers to the flow of most body fluids

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dia-

Means through

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nat

Birth

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Pre-

Before

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Peri-

Surrounding

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ab-

Away from, negative absent

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dextro-

Right side

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Ex

out of, outside, away from

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macro-

large, abnormal size, or long

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mega-, megalo

Large, great

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pre- before

ad- toward, to in the direction of

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sinistro-

Left side

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in-

in,into,not, without

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micro-

Small

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Oligo

Scanty, few

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Post-

after, behind

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post-

Means after

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dys-

Bad, difficult or painful

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Inter-

Means between or among

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Sub-

Under, less or below

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eu-

Good,normal, well, or easy

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hypo-

Means deficient or decreased

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intra-

Means within or inside

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super-, supra-

Means above or excessive

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ot/o

Ear

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rhin/o

nose

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Laryng

Throat

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lith

Stone

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-otomy

surgical incision

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appendic

Appendix

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arteri/o

artery

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end-

Within

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ather/o

Plaque or fatty substance

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-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artifical opening

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pyel/o

Renal pelvis

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sign

objective evidence of disease, such as fever

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Diagnosis

is the identification of a disease

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acute

a condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration

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disease

Is a condition in which one or mote body parts are not functioning normally.

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symptom

subjective evidence of disease, such as pain or headache

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differential diagnosis

(Rule out) Attempt to determine which one of several possible diseases is causing the signs and symptoms

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chronic

condition is of long duration. Although diseases are controlled, rarely cured

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eponym

Is a disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first

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syndrome

Set of signs and symptoms that occur together as a part of specific disease process

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Prognosis

Prediction of the probable course and outcome of disease

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Remission

is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure

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acronym

A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term

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fissure

groove or crack- like sore of the skin. describes normal folds in the contours of the brain

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fistula

abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs or leading from organ to the surface of the body

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ileum (small intestine)

is the last and longest portion of the small intestine

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ilium

is part of the hipbone

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mening

Meninging

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tendin

Tendon

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infection

invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

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malaise

french origin referring to a feeling of general discomfort( first indication of infection)

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