Medical Terminology - Chapter 1
Terms
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- Aden/oma
- Tumor of a gland
- Aden/itis
- Inflammation of a gland
- Aden/o/pathy
- Disease condition of a gland
- Arthr/itis
- Inflammation of a joint
- Arthr/algia
- Pain of a joint
- Bi/o/logy
- Study of life
- Bi/opsy
- Process of viewing life; removal of living tissue for microscopic examination
- Carcin/oma
- A cancerous mass or tumor
- Cardi/ac
- Pertaining to the heart
- Cardi/o/logy
- Study of the heart
- Cephal/ic
- Pertaining to the head
- Cerebr/al
- Pertaining to the cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
- cis/o In/cis/ion
- Process of cutting into or making an incision
- cis/o Ex/cis/ion
- Process of cutting out; removal; resection
- Endo/crine Glands
- Glands that secrete hormones within the body
- Endo/crin/o/log/ist
- Specialist in the study of the endocrine glands
- Endo/crin/o/logy
- Study of the endocrine glands
- Cyst/o/scopy
- Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder
- Cyt/o/logy
- Study of cells
- Dermat/itis
- Inflammation of the skin
- Dermat/o/logy
- Study of the skin
- Dermat/o/sis
- Abnormal condition of the skin
- Hypo/derm/ic
- Pertaining to under the skin
- Electr/o/cardi/o/gram
- Record of electricity in the heart
- Electr/o/encephal/o/gram
- Record of electricity of the brain
- Enter/itis
- Inflammation of the intestines
- Enter/o/pathy
- Disease condition of the intestine
- Erythr/ocyte
- Red blood cell
- Gastr/ectomy
- Removal of all or part of the stomach
- Gastr/ic
- Pertaining to the stomach
- Gastr/o/enter/o/logy
- Study of the stomach and intestines
- Gastr/o/tomy
- Incision of the stomach
- Dia/gnos/is
- State of complete knowledge; information gathered about a patient’s illness
- Pro/gnos/is
- State of before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of an illness
- Gynec/o/logy
- Study of females and female diseases
- Gynec/o/log/ist
- Specialist in the study female diseases
- Hemat/o/logy
- Study of the blood
- Hemat/oma
- Collection or mass of blood
- Hem/o/globin
- Blood protein found in red blood cells
- Hepat/itis
- Inflammation of the liver
- Hepat/oma
- Tumor (cancerous) of the liver
- Iatr/o/genic
- Pertaining to being produced by treatment
- Leuk/o/cyte
- A white blood cell
- Leuk/o/cyt/osis
- Abnormal condition (slight increase) of normal white blood cells
- Nephr/ectomy
- Removal of a kidney
- Nephr/itis
- Inflammation of the kidney
- Nephr/o/logy
- Study of the kidney
- Nephr/osis
- Abnormal condition of the kidney
- Neur/al
- Pertaining to nerves
- Neur/algia
- Pain of nerves
- Neur/o/logy
- Study of nerves
- Onc/o/logy
- Study of tumors
- Onc/o/log/ist
- Specialist in the study of tumors
- Ophthalm/o/log/ist
- Specialist in the study of the eyes
- Ophthalm/o/scope
- Instrument for visual examination of the eye
- Oste/itis
- Inflammation of bone
- Oste/o/arthr/itis
- Inflammation of bones and joints
- Oste/o/tomy
- Incision of a bone
- Path/o/genic
- Pertaining to producing disease
- Path/o/logy
- Study of disease
- Path/o/log/ist
- Specialist in the study of disease
- Ped/iatr/ic
- Pertaining to treatment of children
- Psych/o/logy
- Study of the mind
- Psychiatry
- Treatment of the mind
- Psychiatrist
- Specialist in the treatment of the mind
- Radi/o/logy
- Study of x-rays
- Ren/al
- Pertaining to the kidney
- Rhin/itis
- Inflammation of the nose
- Sarc/oma
- Tumor of the flesh tissue
- Re/sect/ion
- Process to cut back; excision
- Thromb/o/cyte
- A clotting cell
- Ur/o/logy
- Study of the urinary tract
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