Medical terminology (chapter 1)

-itis

Suffix meaning inflammation

Hyper-

prefix, means excessive or increased

gastr/o

Stomach

enter

Small intestines

nuer/o

nerve

-plasty

suffix, means surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suffix, surgical suturing

tonsill

tonsils

-ectomy

suffix, surgical removal

crani/o

Skull

cardi/o

heart

suffix as noun endings

-a -um -y
-e -us

suffixs meaning "pertaining to"

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

-osis

Abnormal condition or disease

path

Disease

-ology

Study of

-algia

Pain or suffering

-dynia

Suffix meaning pain

-megaly

means enlargement

suffix meaning "abnormal condition or disease

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

cyan/o

Blue

erythr/o

red

Leuk/o

White

poli/o

Gray

hepat/o

Liver

-megaly

enlargement

-malacia

Abnormal softening

arteri/o

Artery

-necrosis

Tissue death

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

fun fact

-sclerosis is the opposite of -malacia

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid, remove excess fluid

abdomin/o

abdomen

-graphy

Process of recording the

Angi/o

Blood vessel

-gram

picture or record

-plasty

surgical repair

my/o

Muscle

arthr/o

Joint

-scopy

visual examination

-rrhage and -rrhagia

sudden, severe Bleeding

hem/o

Blood

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing to close a wound

ten/o

Tendon,

-rrhea

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

dia-

Means through

nat

Birth

Pre-

Before

Peri-

Surrounding

ab-

Away from, negative absent

dextro-

Right side

Ex

out of, outside, away from

macro-

large, abnormal size, or long

mega-, megalo

Large, great

pre- before

ad- toward, to in the direction of

sinistro-

Left side

in-

in,into,not, without

micro-

Small

Oligo

Scanty, few

Post-

after, behind

post-

Means after

dys-

Bad, difficult or painful

Inter-

Means between or among

Sub-

Under, less or below

eu-

Good,normal, well, or easy

hypo-

Means deficient or decreased

intra-

Means within or inside

super-, supra-

Means above or excessive

ot/o

Ear

rhin/o

nose

Laryng

Throat

lith

Stone

-otomy

surgical incision

appendic

Appendix

arteri/o

artery

end-

Within

ather/o

Plaque or fatty substance

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artifical opening

pyel/o

Renal pelvis

sign

objective evidence of disease, such as fever

Diagnosis

is the identification of a disease

acute

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

disease

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

symptom

subjective evidence of disease, such as pain or headache

differential diagnosis

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

chronic

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

eponym

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

syndrome

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

Prognosis

Prediction of the probable course and outcome of disease

Remission

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

acronym

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

fissure

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

fistula

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

ileum (small intestine)

is the last and longest portion of the small intestine

ilium

is part of the hipbone

mening

Meninging

tendin

Tendon

infection

invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

malaise

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