AHP Ch 1- 1.5 Review

Communication Skills

reading, hearing others speak, thinking/ analyzing/ understanding, writing/ typing/ spelling, and speaking/ pronouncing

pelvis word origin

latin

sinus word origin

latin

thorax word origin

greek

artery word origin

latin

muscle word origin

latin

patient word origin

latin

sperm word origin

greek

urine word origin

latin

vein word origin

latin

bladder word origin

old english

drug word origin

old dutch

heart word origin

old english

physician word origin

old french

forming greek nouns

-is to -ides, -nx to -nges, -oma to -omata, -on to -a

forming latin nouns

-a to -ae, -us to -i, -um to -a, -is to -es, -ex to -ices

-able

able to be

-acusis

abnormal condition of hearing

-ad

in the direction of; toward

-ade

action, process

-age

collection; group

-amnios

amniotic fluid

-ance, -ancy, -ence

state

-arche

beginning

-ase

enzyme

-ate

composed of; pertaining to

-ated

composed of; pertaining to a condition

-ating

pertaining to having

-ation, -tion

being; having; process

-ator, -er, -or, -tor

person or thing that produces or does

-ature

system composed of

-blast

immature cell

-body

structure; thing

-cele

hernia

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-cephalus

head

-ception

having a receptor

-cere

waxy substance

-clast

cell that breaks down

-cle, -il, -ole, -ula, -ule

small thing

-clonus

rapid contracting and relaxing

-cnemius

leg

-coccus

spherical bacterium

-collis

condition of the neck

-crine

pertaining to secreting

-crit

separation of

-dactyly

condition of fingers or toes

-derma

skin

-desis

procedure to fuse together

-didymis

testis

-dose

measuring quantity

-drome

a running

-duct

duct, tube

-ectasis

condition of dilation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-edema

swelling

-ee

person or thing who is the object of an action

-ema

condition

-emesis

abnormal condition of vomiting

-emia

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

-emic

pertaining to a condition of the blood, pertaining to a substance in the blood

-encephaly

condition of the brain

-ency

condition of being; condition of having

-eon

person who performs

-ery

process

-esis, -osis, -sis

abnormal condition; process

-ety, -ity

condition; state

-flux

flow

-form

having the form of

-frice

cleaning agent

-geminy

action of pairing

-gen

that which produces

-gene

gene

-glia

group of cells that support

-grade

pertaining to going

-graft

tissue for implant or transplant

-gram

picture; record

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-gravida

pregnancy

-hypophysis

pituitary gland

-iatry

medical treatment

-ice, -ty

quality, state

-ician

skilled expert; skilled professional

-ics

knowledge; practice

-id

origin; resembling; source

-ide

chemically modified structure

-immune

immune response

-in

substance

-ing

doing

-ion

action; condition

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

-ist

person or thing that specializes in

-istry

process related to a specialty

-ite

thing that pertains to

-itian

skilled expert; skilled professional

-ition

process of making

-itis

infection of, inflammation of

-ium

chemical element, structure

-ix

thing