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Med Term - CH 2

115 Terms

Terms

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append/o
appendix
hepat/o
liver
-ia
condition or theory
blephar/o
eyelid
-rrhapy
suture
pulm/o
lung
lith/o
stone
faci/o
face
-logist
specialist
A physician studyin occurance of disease in a population
Epidemiologist
anesthesia
agent that produces loss of feeling
-pathy
disease
--ar
pertaining to
cutane/o
skin
-ous
pertaining to or characterized by
-er
one who
amyl/o
starch
micro-
small
hemat/o
blood
-iatrics
Medical profession or treatment
-pexy
surgical fixation fastening in a fixed position
trache/o
trachea
-al
pertaining to
-oid
resembling
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-oma
tumor
chir/o
hand
mamm/o
breast
-phobia
abnormal fear
-ism
condition or theory
-iatrician
practioner
-rrhexis
rupture
-mania
excessive preoccupation
Neonatologist
Specializes in Newborns
my/o
muscle
dermal
pertaining to the skin
-iasis
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-able
capable of, able to
-algia
pain
vas/o
vessel
-ectasis
dilation, enlargement, stretching of a structure
-scopy
visual exam with a lighted instrument
-ac, -al, -ic
Pertaining to
Epidemiologist
A physician studying occurance of disease in a population
muc/o
mucus
tonsill/o
tonsil
-iatry
treatment or profession
-stasis
stopping, controlling
Oto
ear
One who specializes in geriatrics
Geriatrician
-ium
membrane
oste/o
bone
-opia
vision
-stomy
formation of an opening
Specializes in Newborns
Neonatologist
-ectasia
dilation, enlargement, stretching of a structure
-tic
pertaining to
-iatry
Medical profession or treatment
A physician specializing in intensive care
Intensivists
pneum/o
lung
-y
state or condition
-emesis
vomiting
lact/o
milk
-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
-centesis
surgical puncture
-ptosis
prolapse, sagging
-ive
pertaining to
-emia
condition of the blood
masto/o
breast
angi/o
vessel
-osis
condition (often abnormal condition)
-ia
condition
-lysis
Process of freeing, destroying or loosening
-iac
one who suffers
-logic, -logical
Pertaining to
-megaly
enlargement
-eal
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-plasty
surgical repair
-tome
an instrument used for cutting
prote/o
protein
-an
pertaining to
-dynia
pain
-itis
inflammation
-ist
one who
Geriatrician
One who specializes in geriatrics
-lith
stone or calculus
-ible
capable of, able to
-malacia
soft, softening
aden/o
gland
encephal/o
brain
muscul/o
muscle
lip/o
fat
-ac
pertaining to
pyr/o
fire
-cele
hernia (protrusion of all or part of organ through cavity wall)
Intensivists
A physician specializing in intensive care
-rrhea
flow or discharge
--ose
sugar
-eum
membrane
cerebr/o
brain
dermat/o
skin
glyc/o
sugar
derm/a
skin
-edema
swelling
-logist
one who studies, specialist
col/o
colon, large intestine
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out
-ase
enzyme
bi/o
life or living
gastroenterology
study of diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract
-spasm
twitching, cramp
-iatrics
treatment or profession
-logy
Study or science of
neoplasm
spontaneous new growth of tissue
-rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
-rrhage
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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