MedTerms 9th Edition - Chap. 1
Terms
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- gastr
- stomach
- Varicella
- Chickenpox
- micr/o/scope
- Instrument used to see small things
- micr/o/surgery
- surgery using a microscope
- micr/o/meter
- device used to measure small things
- hydr/o/phobia
- fear of water
- hydr/o/cele
- herniation or sac containing fluid
- hydr/o/therapy
- treatment using water
- -ic
- suffix - adjective
- -itis
- inflammation
- practitioner
- one who practices
- -osis
- suffix - noun
- -otic
- suffix - adjective
- -ia
- suffix - noun
- -us
- suffix - noun
- -ous
- suffix - adjective
- -um
- suffix - noun
- -ac
- suffix - adjective
- -e
- suffix - noun
- -ar
- suffix - adjective
- -al
- suffix - adjective
- contrac/tion
- shortening of muscles
- relaxa/tion
- condition of diminished tension
- One who practices psychiatry
- Psychiatrist
- -ity
- (suffix) indicates a quality
- Mucus
- noun - secreted by mucous membrane
- Ser/ous
- mucous material lining closed body cavities
- Nerv/ous
- having or possessing too much stress or having a type of tissue made of NERVE cells
-
-ible
-able - indicate ability
- ex-
- squeeze or push on
- The foundation of a word is a
- word root
- derma
- skin
- abdomin/o
- pertaining to the abdomen
- hyster/o
- pertaining to the uterus
- salping
- fallopian tubes
- oophor
- ovaries
- acr/o
- pertaining to the extremities
- megaly
- enlargement
- acromegaly
- enlargement of the extremities
- -logy
- noun, study of
- -logist
- noun - one who studies
- acroparalysis
- loss of movement of the extremities
- dermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- acrodermatitis
- inflammation of skin on extremities
- If two or more word roots are combined to build a word, this is a
- compound word
- When joining two word roots together you may need to us a
- combining form
- anemic
- pertaining to lack of blood
- One who makes x-ray images
- radiographer
- Instrument used to measure heat
- thermometer
- gastroduodenoscopy
- looking into the stomach and duodenum with a scope
- Instrument used to measure cells
- Cytometer
- Hydrocele
- fluid/water in a cell
- hyperthyroidism
- Overactive thyroid gland
- appendix/appendices
- glandular tissue below the cecum, singular/plural
- bacillus/bacilli
- microorganism group (singular/plural)
- brainstem
- midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
- carcinoma/carcinomata
- cancer (epithelial origin) (singular/plural)
- carpus, carpal
- wrist bone (singular/plural)
- combining form
- word root plus a vowel
- condyle/condylar
- rounded bony process (noun/adjective)
- crisis/crises
- acute (severe) situation (singular/plural)
- Disease
- abnormal function or condition
- gastrectomy
- excision of the stomach
- gastric
- (adjectival form) stomach
- Ilium / Iliac
- upper pelvic bone, noun/adjective
- larynx/larynges
- voice box (sinular/plural)
- lymphadenopathy
- disease of a lymph gland
- microbe
- very small organism
- micrometer
- one millionth of a meter