Medical Terminology Chapters 1, 2, and 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Breast | Mast |
| removal of | -ectomy |
| study of disease | pathology |
| study of the skin | dermatology |
| study of the elderly | gerontology |
| disease | path- |
| skin | dermat- |
| elderly | geront- |
| study of | -logy |
| inflammation of | -itis |
| pain | -algia |
| tumor | -oma |
| over,above,excessive | hyper- |
| around | peri- |
| rapid, fast | tachy- |
| upon, over | epi- |
| three | tri- |
| disease of the mind | psychopath |
| joint | arthr/o |
| bronchus | bronch/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| skin | derm/o, dermat/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| aged | ger/o, geront/o |
| blood | hem/o, hemat/o |
| liver | hep/o, hepat/o |
| a nerve cell, the nervous system | neur/o |
| bone | oste/o |
| disease | path/o |
| mind | psych/o |
| pertaining to | -ac |
| pertaining to | -al |
| pertaining to | -ar |
| pain | -algia |
| surgical puncture | -centesis |
| pertaining to | -ia |
| cell | -cyte |
| to surgically excise, remove | -ectomy |
| pertaining to | -ic |
| to write, record | -graph |
| pertaining to | -ory |
| one who specializes, agent | -ist |
| specialty of | -logy |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| tumor | -oma |
| disease | -path/y |
| an instrument to view | -scope |
| no, not, without | a-, an- |
| against | anti-, contra- |
| slow | brady- |
| bluish | cyan- |
| painful, difficult | dys- |
| within, inner | en-, endo-, intra- |
| above, upon | epi- |
| out, away from | ex-, exo- |
| excessive, above | hyper-, supra- |
| between | inter- |
| after | post- |
| before, in front of | pre- |
| before | ante- |
| a condition of, a process, or a state of | -ism |
| protrusion, hernia | -cele |
| pain | -dynia |
| expansion or dilation | -ectasis, -ectasia |
| blood | -emia |
| presence or, formation of | -iasis |
| softening | -malacia |
| abnormal condition | -osis |
| reduction of size or quantity | -penia |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| breathing | -pnea |
| porous condition | -porosis |
| downward displacement | -ptosis |
| flowing forth | -rrhage |
| discharge | -rrhea |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| muscular contraction | -spasm |
| surgical binding | -desis |
| surgical removal | -ectomy |
| origin, producing | -gen, -genic, -genesis |
| written or pictorial record | -gram |
| device for graphic or pictorial recording | -graph |
| act of graphic or pictorial recording | -graphy |
| device for measuring | -meter |
| act of measuring | -metry |
| surgical fixation | -pexy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| suture | -rrhaphy |
| device for viewing | -scope |
| act of viewing | -scopy |
| incision | -tomy |
| crushing | -tripsy |
| specialist | -ian |
| medical specialty | -iatrics |
| medical specialty | -iatry |
| specialist in a field of study | -ist |
| medical specialty | -ics |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -ac |
| vomiting | -emesis |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -al |
| a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition | -iasis |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -an |
| disintegration or destruction of | -lysis |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -aneous |
| visual examination | -opsy |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -ar, -ary |
| a word meaning fear, often appearing as a suffix | -phobia |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -eous |
| producing or formation | -poiesis |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -iac, -iatric, -ic, ical |
| drooping | -ptosis |
| converts a root or noun to an adjective | -oid, -otic, -ous, -ular |
| hardness | -sclerosis |
| level, unchanging | -stasis |
| narrowed, blocked | -stenosis |
| permanent opening | -stomy |
| instrument for cutting | -tome |
| before | ante-, pre- |
| abnormally slow rate of speed | brady- |
| new | neo- |
| after | post- |
| abnormally high rate of speed | tachy- |
| away from, outside of, beyond | ab- |
| toward, near to | ad- |
| with | con-, sym-, syn- |
| against | contra- |
| across, through | dia- |
| outside | ec-, ecto-, ex-, exo- |
| inside | en- |
| within | endo- |
| upon, subsequent to | epi- |
| beyond | extra- |
| above, beyond normal | hyper- |
| below, below normal | hypo- |
| inside or below | infra- |
| between | inter- |
| inside, within | intra- |
| middle | meso- |
| beyond | meta- |
| all or everywhere | pan- |
| alongside, like | para- |
| backward, behind | retro- |
| two | bi- |
| two, twice | di-, dipl- |
| half | hemi-, semi- |
| big | macro- |
| small | micro- |
| one | mono- |
| a few | olig-, oligo- |
| many | poly- |
| four | quadri- |
| half, partial | semi- |
| four | tetra- |
| three | tri- |
| one | uni- |
| excessive fluid in intracellular tissues | -edema |
| stone, calculus, calcification | -lith |
| softening | -malacia |
| front, anterior | anter/o |
| neck | cerv/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cell | cyt/o, -cyte |
| back | dors/o |
| groin | inguin/o |
| muscle | my/o |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| nerve, neuron | neur/o |
| posterior, back | poster/o |
| near | proxim/o |
| superior | super/o |
| across | trans/o |
| toward the front; away from the back of the body | anterior or ventral |
| near the back; toward the back of the body | posterior or dorsal |
| above; toward the head | superior or cephalad |
| below; toward the soles of the feet | inferior or caudal |
| near the point of attachment to the trunk | proximal |
| farther from the point of attachment to the trunk | distal |
| pertaining to the side;away from the middle | lateral |
| toward the middle of the body | medial |
| lying horizontal and face UP | prone |
| lying horizontal and face DOWN | supine |
| left lateral region just below the ribs | left hypochondriac region |
| left lateral region in the middle row | left lumbar region |
| left lower region of the lower row by the groin | left inguinal region |
| middle region in the upper row | epigastric region |
| middle region in the middle row | umbilicus |
| middle section in the lower row | hypogastric region |
| right lateral region just below the ribs | right hypochondriac region |
| right lateral region in the middle row | right lumbar region |
| right lower region of the lower row by the groin | right inguinal region |
| left upper quadrant | LUQ |
| right upper quadrant | RUQ |
| left lower quadrant | LLQ |
| right lower quadrant | RLQ |
| left lobe of liver, spleen, stomach, portions of the pancreas, small intestines, and colon | left upper quadrant (LUQ) |
| right lobe of liver, gallbladder, portions of the pancreas small intestines, and colon | right upper quadrant (RUQ) |
| contains portions of small intestines and colon, right ovary and fallopian tube, appendix, and right ureter | right lower quadrant (RLQ) |
| contains portions of small intestines and colon, left ovary and fallopian tube, and left ureter | left lower quadrant (LLQ) |
| adjective meaining abdomen and pelvis; used to describe one of the body subcavities contained in the ventral cavity | abdominopelvic |
| standing erect with palms facing foward | anatomical position |
| toward the front of the body; can be a noun or an adjective | anterior |
| pertaining to the neck | cervical |
| component of the cell nucleus that contains the genes | chromosome |
| tailbone | coccyx |
| muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities | diaphragm |
| away fro the attachment point to the body; can be a noun or an adjective | distal |
| adjective meaning the back | distal |
| above the stomach | epigastric |
| lower back | sacral |
| chest | thoracic |
| below the ribs, also used as a noun to refer to a person who has imaginary illnesses | hypochondriac |
| below the stomach | hypogastric |
| below or in the direction away fro the cranium; can be a noun or an adjective | inferior |
| groin | inguinal |
| adjective meaning away from the middle of an toward the side of the body | lateral |
| toward the midline of the body | medial |
| muscle pain | myalgia |
| toward the back of the body | posterior |
| toward the point of fixation to the body | proximal |
| 5 fused bones of the lower back | sacrum |
| adjective for the chest area | thoracic |
| chest | thorax |
| naval, belly button | umbilicus |
| adjective meaning toward the front of the body and away from the back of the body | ventral |
| internal organs | viscera |
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