Medical Terminology Review
Prefixes
- Hypo: Below
- Hypothermic: Low temperature.
- Hypodermis/Hypodermic: Under the skin.
- Hyper: Elevated
- Hypertension: Elevated blood pressure.
- Retro: Behind
- Sub: Below
- Subcutaneous: Below the skin.
- Subungual: Under the fingernail.
Combining Words
- Arthralgia: Joint pain
- Arthr- : Joint
- -algia: Pain
- Myalgia: Muscle pain
- Enteritis: Inflammation of the intestines, causing diarrhea
- Enter- : Intestines
- -itis: Inflammation
- Gastro-: Pertains to the stomach system
- Onco- / Onycho-: Nail
- Glyco-: Sugar or glucose
- Hepato- / Hepat-: Liver
- Hepatitis: Inflammation of the liver.
- Hema- / Hemato-: Blood
- Nephro-: Kidney
- Renal-: Kidney
- Both Nephro and Renal refer to the kidneys.
- Cephalo-: Head
- Encephalo-: Brain
Review
- Hypotensive: Low blood pressure.
- Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar.
- Hypertension: High blood pressure.
- Enteritis: Inflammation of the intestines, causing diarrhea.
- Arthralgia: Pain in the joint.
- Myalgia: Pain in the muscle.
Exam Weight
- Exam is 25% of the final grade if all homework is submitted.