LOM 1-3
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- a-, an-
- no, not, without
- abdomen
- region below the chest containing internal organs (liver, intestines, stomach, gallbaldder, etc)
- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- abdominal
- pertaining to the abdomen
- Abdominal cavity
- space below the chest containing the stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas, liver and gallbladder; also called the abdomen
- abdominocentesis
- remove fluid from the abdomen
- abdominopelvic cavity
- abdominal and pelvic cavities
- -ac
- pertaining to
- achondroplasia
- bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size; most common type of dwarfism
- acr/o
- extremities, top, extreme point
- acromegaly
- enlargement of the extremities
- acrophobia
- fear of heights
- acu/o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- acute
- diseas of rapid onset, sever symptoms and brief duration
- aden/o
- gland
- adenitis
- inflammation of a gland
- adenoids
- resembling glands
- adenoma
- tumor of a gland
- adenopathy
- disease of the glands
- adip/o
- fat
- adipose
- full of fat
- adipose tissue
- collection of fat cells
- agor/a
- marketplace
- -al
- pertaining to
- -algia
- pain
- amni/o
- amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
- amniocentesis
- removal of fluid from the amnion
- ana-
- up
- anabolic
- relating to anabolism
- anabolism
- process of building up complex materials from simple materials
- anemia
- blood condition of low numbers
- angi/o
- vessel
- angiogenesis
- development of new blood vessels
- angiography
- process of recording vessels
- angioplasty
- surgical repair of the blood vessel
- anter/o
- front
- anterior (ventral)
- front side of the body
- -ar
- pertaining to
- arteri/o
- artery
- arteriole
- small artery
- arteriosclerosis
- hardening of the arteries
- arthr/o
- joint
- arthralgia
- pain in the joint
- arthritis
- inflammation of a joint
- -ary
- pertaining to
- atrophy
- shrinkage of cells
- auto-
- self
- autopsy
- viewing by one's self
- axill/o
- armpit
- axillary
- pertaining to the armpit
- basophil
- granules stain blue with basic stain; play a role in inflammation
- bio/o
- life
- biology
- study of life
- biopsy
- viewing life
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- blepharoptosis
- drooping eyelid
- bol-
- to cast
- bol/o
- to cast (throw)
- bronch/o
- bronchial tubes
- bronchitis
- inflammation of the bronchial tubes
- carcin/o
- cancerous, cancer
- carcinogenesis
- condition of producing cancer
- carcinogenic
- pertaining to cancer
- carcinoma
- cancerous tumor
- cardi/o
- heart
- cardiac
- pertaining to the heart
- cardiology
- study of the heart
- cardiomyopathy
- disease condition of the heart muscle
- cartilage
- flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints
- cata-
- down
- catabolism
- process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy
- -cele
- hernia
- cell membrane
- surrounds & protects the cell; determines what enters and leaves the cell
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- cephal/o
- head
- cephalic
- pertaining to the head
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum - largest part of the brain
- cerebral
- pertaining to the cerebrum
- cervic/o
- neck (of the body or of the uterus)
- cervical
- pertaining to the neck
- cervical vertebra
- neck region, 7 cervical vertebra C1-C7
- chem/o
- drug, chemical
- chemotherapy
- treatment with chemicals
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- chondroma
- tumor of the cartilage
- chondromalacia
- softening of the cartilage
- chondrosarcoma
- malignant tumor of the cartilage
- chrom/o
- color
- chromosomes
- rod-like structures within the nucleus that contain regions of DNA; bodies of color
- chron/o
- time
- chronic
- pertaining to time
- circulatory system
- heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland
- cis/o
- to cut
- -coccus (-cocci)
- berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
- coccyg/o
- coccyx (tailbone)
- coccygeal vertebra
- coccyx (tailbone) is a small bone composed of four fused pieces
- col/o
- colon (large intestine)
- colostomy
- making an opening from the colon to the outside of the body
- combining form
- combination of the root and the combining vowel
- combining vowel
- links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
- crani/o
- skull
- cranial
- pertaining to the skull
- cranial cavity
- brain, pituitary gland
- craniotomy
- process of cutting the skull
- crin/o
- secrete (to from and give out)
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
- cystitis
- inflammation of the bladder
- cystocele
- occurs when part of the urinary bladder herinates through the vaginal wall due to weakened pelvic muscles - hernia in the bladder
- cystoscopy
- visual examination of the urinary bladder
- cyt/o
- cell
- -cyte
- cell
- cytology
- study of cells
- cytoplasm
- includes all material outside the nucleus and enclosed in the cell membrane
- deep
- away from the surface
- dermat/o
- skin
- dermatitis
- inflammation of skin
- dermatology
- study of the skin
- dermo/o
- skin
- dia-
- complete
- diagnosis
- state of complete knowledge
- diaphragm
- muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
- digestive system
- mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestines (small & large), liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- disk
- a pad of cartilage between vertebrae
- dist/o
- far, distant
- distal
- far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure; pertaining to the distant
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid - regulates the activities of the cell by its sequence on each chromosome
- dors/o
- back portion of the body
- dorsal (posterior)
- pertaining to the back
- -dynia
- pain
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ectomy
- excision or removal
- electro/o
- electricity
- electrocardiogram
- record of electricity in the heart
- electroencephalogram
- record of electricity in the brain
- electroencephalograph
- instrument for recording electricity in the brain
- electroencephalography
- process of recording electricity in the brain
- -emia
- blood condition
- encephal/o
- brain
- endo-
- within
- endocrine gland
- secrete within
- endocrine system
- thyroid gland, pituitary gland, sex glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, parathryoid glands
- endocrinologist
- one who specializes in internal secretions
- endocrinology
- study of internal secretions
- endoplasmic reticulum
- a network of canals within the cell
- endoscope
- instrument for visual examination within the body
- endoscopy
- visually examining within
- enter/o
- intestines (usually the small intestines)
- enteritis
- inflammation of the intestines
- enteropathy
- disease of the intestines
- eosinophil
- granules stain red with acidic stain; active & elevated in allergic conditions such as asthma
- epi-
- above, upon
- epidermis
- above the dermis
- epigastric
- above the stomach
- epigastric region
- region above the stomach
- epithelial cell
- skin cells that cover the external body surface and line the internal surfaces of organs
- -er
- one who
- erythr/o
- red
- erythrocyte
- red cell
- erythropenia
- deficiency in the number of red blood cells
- ex-
- out
- excision
- process of cutting out
- exo-
- out
- exocrine glands
- secrete out
- frontal (coronal) plane
- vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gastrectomy
- removal of the stomach
- gastric
- pertaining to the stomach
- gastroenterology
- study of the condition of the stomach
- gastrotomy
- process of cutting into the stomach
- genes
- regions of DNA within each chromosomes
- -genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
- -globin
- family of proteins
- glyc/o
- sugar
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- -gram
- record
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -graphy
- process of recording
- gynec/o
- woman, female
- gynecologist
- one who specializes in women
- gynecology
- study of woman
- hem/o
- blood
- hemat/o
- blood
- hematology
- study of blood
- hematoma
- mass of blood
- hemoglobin
- blood protein
- hemolysis
- breakdown of red blood cells
- hemostasis
- stopping blood flow
- hepat/o
- liver
- hepatitis
- inflammation of the liver
- hepatoma
- tumor of the liver
- hernia
- protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it
- hiatal hernia
- occurs when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm
- hist/o
- tissue
- histologist
- scientist who specializes in the study of tissues
- hydr/o
- water, fluid
- hydronephrosis
- dilation of the pelvis and calices of one or both kidneys
- hydrotheraphy
- treatment with water
- hyper-
- excessive, above, more than normal
- hyperglycemia
- above normal sugar
- hypertrophy
- over development
- hypo-
- deficient, below, under, less than normal
- hypochondriac regions
- two upper right and left regions below the cartilage of the ribs that extend over the abdomen
- hypodermic
- under the skin
- hypogastric
- below the stomach
- hypogastric region
- lower middle region below the umbilical region
- hypoglycemia
- below normal sugar
- -ia
- condition
- -iac
- pertaining to
- iatr/o
- treatment
- iatrogenic
- produced by the treatment
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- ili/o
- ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
- iliac
- pertaining to the ilium
- in-
- into, in
- incision
- process of cutting into
- inferior
- below another surface
- inguin/o
- groin
- inguinal
- pertaining to the groin
- inguinal hernia
- occurs when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male
- inguinal regions
- two lower right and left regions near the groin, which is the area where the legs join the trunk of the body
- inter-
- between
- intervertebral
- pertaining to between the vertebrae
- -ion
- process
- -ior
- pertaining to
- isch/o
- to hold back
- ischemia
- hold back blood
- -ism
- process
- -ist
- one who specializes in a field of medicine
- -itis
- inflammation
- kary/o
- nucleus
- karyotype
- picture of the nucleus
- lapar/o
- abdomen, abdominal wall
- laparoscope
- instrument for visual examination of the abdomen
- laparoscopy
- process of visual examination of the abdomen
- laparotomy
- to cut into the abdominal wall
- laryng/o
- larynx (voice box)
- laryngeal
- pertaining to the larynx
- laryngectomy
- removal of the larynx
- larynx
- voice box; located at the upper part of the trachea
- later/o
- side
- lateral
- pertaining to the side
- left upper quadrant (LUQ)
- contains teh liver (left lobe), sotomach, spleen, part of the pancreas, parts of the small and large intestines
- leuk/o
- white
- leukemia
- condition of the white blood cells
- leukocyte
- white cell
- leukocytosid
- increase in white blood cells
- -logy
- study of