Exam 1 - Cont.

lith-

lithos = stone

caud-

cauda = tail

\-ac

\-al

\-ous

\-ical

\-ic

pertaining to

erythr/o

red

\-cyte

cell

trich/o

pil/o

hair

ocul/o

opthalm/o

eye

nas/o

rhin/o

nose

or/o

stomat/o

mouth

thorac/o

chest

-rrhea

discharge

ex: diarrhea

append/o

appendix

spondyl/o

vertebr/o

spine

\-iatrician

practitioner

\-logist

one who studies; specialist

\-logic

\-logical

pertaining to the study of

\-iatrics

\-iatry

medical profession of tx

\-logy

study of; science of

\-ist

\-er

one who

esthesi/o

feeling or sensation

ex: anesthesiology

ger/a

ger/o

elderly

ex: geriatrics

ne/o

nat/o

new; birth

obstetr/o

midwife

onc/o

tumor

orth/o

ped/o

straight, child

ot/o

laryng/o

ear, larynx

ur/o

tract/urine

dermat/o

skin

crin/o

to secrete

gynec/o

female

gastr/o

enter/o

stomach, intestines

neoplasm

spontaneous new growth of tissue

\-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

ex: amniocentesis (puncture of amnion to remove fluid to study/administer treatment to fetus)

\-ectomy

surgical removal = excision

ex: appendectomy (excision of appendix)

\-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, destroying

ex:hemolysis

\-pexy

surgical fixation

ex: mastopexy (plastic surgery that fastens breasts in a fixed position to correct sagging)

colopexy

\-plasty

surgical repair

ex: mammoplasty (plastic surgery of the breast)

\-rrhaphy

suture

\

\-scopy

visual exam with a lighted instrument

ex: colonoscopy

\-stomy

formation of an opening

e: tracheostomy (surgical procedure that forms a new opening into trachea)

\-tome

used for cutting

ex: microtome (an instrument used for cutting thin sections of tissue for microscopic study)

\-tomy

incision

ex: tracheotomy (incision of the trachea through the skin and muscles in the neck that overlie the trachea)

\-tripsy

surgical crushing

ex: lithotripsy (surgical crushing of a calculus - stone)

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

append/o

appendic/o

appendix

bi/o

life; living

blephar/o

eyelid

cerebr/o

encephal/o

brain

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon; large intestine

cutane/o

derm/a

dermat/o

skin

faci/o

face

hepat/o

liver

mamm/o

mast/o

breast

muscul/o

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

oste/o

bone

pulm/o

pulmon/o

pneum/o

pneumon/o

lungs

tonsill/o

tonsil

trache/o

trachea

vas/o

vessel, ductus deferens

colopexy

surgical fixation of the colon to the abdominal wall

adenectomy

excision of a gland

colostomy

opening of some portion of the large intestine onto the abdominal surface

coloscopy

visual exam of the colon with a lighted instrument

neurectomy

partial or total excision of a nerve

neurolysis

destruction of nerve tissue or loosening of adhesions surrounding a nerve

neuroplasty

surgical repair of a nerve(s)

dermatome

instrument used to incise the skin

encephalotome

instrument for incising brain tissue

cerebrotomy = encephalotomy

incision of the brain

opthalmoplasty

surgical repair of the ye

angioplasty

surgical repair of vessels

\-algia

\-dynia

pain

ex: neuralgia = pain along the course of a nerve

\-cele

hernia = protruding through the wall…

ex: encephalocele = hernia of the brain through an opening in the skull

\-ectasia

\-ectasis

dilation, enlargement

ex: angiectasis = dilation of a blood or lymph vessel

\-emesis

\

vomiting

\-emia

condition of the blood

ex: bacteremia = presence of bacteria in blood

\-ia

\-iasis

condition

ex: psoriasis = skin with itchy lesion

\-itis

inflammation

ex: mastitis = inflammation of the breast

appendicitis = inflammation of the appendix

\-malacia

soft, softening

ex: osteomalacia = softening of the bones

\-mania

excessive preoccupation

\-megaly

enlargement

\-oid

resembling

ex: paranoid = resembling paranoia

\-oma

tumor

ex: carcinoma

\-osis

condition (often abnormal)

ex: neurosis = nervous disorder

\-penia

deficiency

ex: calcipenia = deficiency of calcium

\-ptosis

prolapse; sagging; drooping

\-rrhage

\-rrhagia

excessive bleeding

ex: hemorrhage

\-rrhea

flow; discharge

ex: gonorrhea = vaginal discharge

\-rrhexis

rupture

ex: cardiorrhexis = ruptured heart

\-stasis

stopping, controlling

phlebitis

inflammation of the vein

phlebostasis

controlling the flow of blood in a vein by compression

\-ase

enzyme

\-eum

\-ium

membrane

\-ia

\-ism

condition; theory

\-iac

one who suffers

ex: hemophiliac = one who suffers from hemophilia

\-opia

vision