MMSC 200 Vocab

osteoarthritis --> oste/o/arthr/itis

inflammation of the bone and joint

hepatitis --> hepat/itis

inflammation of the liver

subhepatic --> sub/hepat/ic

pertaining to under the liver

osteopathy --> oste/o/pathy

disease of the bone

arthritis --> arthr/itis

inflammation of a joint

osteitis --> oste/itis

inflammation of the bone

intravenous --> intra/ven/ous

pertaining to within a vein

arthropathy --> arthr/o/pathy

disease of the joint

Hepatectomy

removal of liver

Ilium

part of the hip bone

Nephrosis

abnormal condition of the kidney

Neuralgia, neur/o, -algia

nerve pain

Gastrectomy, gastr/o, -ectomy

removal of the stomach

cardiology

study of the heart

Erythrocyte

red blood cell

Osteotomy

Incision into bone

Thrombosis

abnormal condition of having a blood clot

urology

study of diseases of the urinary system

hypodermic

below the skin

electrocardiogram --> electr/o/cardi/o/gram

record of the electrical conduction

Gastroenteritis

inflammation of the stomach and intestines

Pathology

study of disease

leukemia

abnormal White blood cells

Incision

process of cutting into

-tomy

suffix that means cutting into

Ur

word root for urine

Hepatoma

tumor of the liver

renal

pertaining to the kidneys

subgastric

pertaining to below the stomach

Gastritis --> Gastr/itis

inflammation of the stomach

Hepatitis

inflammation of the liver

Enteritis

inflammation of the intestine

nephritis

inflammation of the kidney

adenitis

inflammation of a gland

carcin

root word for cancer

Cyst/o

combining form for bladder

gastrectomy

Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

gastroenterology --> gastr/o/enter/o/logy

study of the stomach and intestines and their diseases

nephrectomy

surgical removal of all or part of a kidney

thrombosis

abnormal condition of a clot in a blood vessel is called

cephalgia

a type of headache is

arthralgia

pain in a joint

combining form is made up...

a root and a combining vowel

combining vowel

letter linking a suffix and a root, or linking two roots, in a term is the

root

foundation of a word

combining vowel connects the root to ...

the suffix or another root

ilium

part of the hip bone

ileum

third part of the small intestine

hypogastric --> hypo/gastr/ic

pertaining to below the stomach

epigastric --> epi/gastr/ic

pertaining to above the stomach

aden/o (combining form)

gland

arthr/o (combining form)

joint

carcin/o (combing form)

cancerous

cephal/o (combining form)

head

cerebr/o (combining form)

cerebrum

cis/o (combining form)

to cut

crin/o (combining form)

to secrete

cyt/o (combining form)

cell

derm/o or dermat/o( combining form)

skin

electr/o ( combining form)

electricity

encephal/o ( combining form)

brain

enter/o ( combining form)

intestine

erythr/o ( combining form)

red

gastr/o ( combining form)

stomach

glyc/o ( combining form)

sugar

gnos/o ( combining form)

knowledge

gynec/o ( combining form)

woman

hemat/o or hem/o ( combining form)

blood

hepat/o ( combining form)

liver

iatr/o ( combining form)

treatment, physician

leuk/o ( combining form)

white

olg/o ( combining form)

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o ( combining form)

nerve

onc/o ( combining form)

tumor (cancerous)

ophthalm/o ( combining form)

eye

oste/o ( combining form)

bone

path/o ( combining form)

disease

ped/o ( combining form)

child

psych/o ( combining form)

mind

radi/o ( combining form)

x-rays

ren/o ( combining form)

kidney

rhin/o ( combining form)

nose

sarc/o ( combining form)

flesh

sect/o ( combining form)

to cut

thromb/o

clot, clotting

ur/o

urinary tract

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

-globin

protein

-gram

to record

-ic or -ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation