Medical Terminology Ch 5
Terms
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- Anesthesiology
- Administration of agents capable of bringing about a loss of sensation
- Dermatology
- Diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders
- Emergency medicine
- Care of patients that requires sudden and immediate action
- Family practice
- Primary care of all members of the family on a continuing basis
- Internal medicine
- Diagnosis of disorders and treatment with drugs
- Opthamology
- Diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders
- Pathology
- Diagnosis of the cause and nature of disease
- Pediatrics
- Diagnosis and treatment of children's disorders
- Psychiatry
- Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mind
- Radiology
- Diagnosis using x-rays and other procedures (ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging)
- Surgery
- Treatment by manual or operative methods
- cardi/o
- heart
- col/o
- colon
- dermat/o
- skin
- endicrin/o
- endocrine glands
- enter/o
- intertines
- esthesi/o
- sensation
- gastr/o
- stomach
- ger/o
- old age
- gynec/o
-
woman
female - hemat/o
- blood
- iatr/o
- treatment
- laryng/o
- voice box
- lymph/o
- lymph
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- nos/o
- disease
- obstetr/o
- midwife
- onc/o
- tumor
- opt/o
- eye
- optic/o
- eye
- orth/o
- straight
- ot/o
- ear
- path/o
- disease
- ped/o
- child
- psych/o
- mind
- pulmon/o
- lung
- radi/o
- x-ray
- rect/o
- rectum
- rheumat/o
-
flow
fluid - rhin/o
- nose
- thorac/o
- chest
- ur/o
- urinary tract
- vascul/o
- blood vessels