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Ch. 01: Basic Words Structure
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
02/09/2012
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Term
A virus or a bacterium which produces disease
 Definition
pathogenic
Term
Study of the skin
 Definition
dermatology
Term
The medical term for the treatment for the study of the stomach and intestines
 Definition
gastrology
Term
When Elizabeth hit David in the head, his skin was bruised and tender. What did he have?
 Definition
hematoma
Term
A medical term for a red blood cell
 Definition
erythrocyte
Term
A liver specialist
 Definition
hepatologist
Term
medical term means "caused by treatment
 Definition
iatrogenic
Term
medical term means the study of the mind
 Definition
psychology
Term
medical term means "pertaining to around the heart
 Definition
pericardium
Term
What does prognosis mean
 Definition
before knowledge
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heart
 Definition
cardi/o
Term
skin
 Definition
derm/o
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sugar
 Definition
glyc/o
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woman, female
 Definition
gynec/o
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x-rays
 Definition
radi/o
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mind
 Definition
psych/o
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nose
 Definition
rhin/o
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flesh
 Definition
sarc/o
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hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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dia-
 Definition
through, complete
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examine with an endoscope
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-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-globin
 Definition
protein
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through
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sub-
 Definition
below, under
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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end-, endo-
 Definition
within
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Gastrectomy
 Definition
incision of the stomach
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Osteitis
 Definition
inflammation of a bone
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Cystoscopy
 Definition
visual examination of the urinary bladder
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Hepatoma
 Definition
tumor of the liver
Term
not an endocrine gland
 Definition
mammary gland
Term
Electroencephalogram
 Definition
record of electricity in the brain
Term
Diagnosis
 Definition
 is made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient’s condition
Term
Cancerous tumor
 Definition
carcinoma
Term
Microscopic examination of living tissue
 Definition
biopsy
Term
Pertaining to the largest part of the brain
 Definition
cerebral
Term
Removal of a gland
 Definition
adenectomy
Term
Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells
 Definition
erythrocytosis
Term
Pathologist
 Definition
one who treats diseases with chemicals
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Pain in a joint
 Definition
arthralgia
Term
Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells
 Definition
leukemia
Term
Instrument to view the eye
 Definition
opthalmoscope
Term
A platelet
 Definition
thrombocyte
Term
Abnormal condition of the mind
 Definition
psychosis
Term
Inflammation of the nose
 Definition
rhinitis
Term
Study of cells
 Definition
cytology
Term
Pertaining to through the liver
 Definition
hepatoma
Term
Abnormal condition of the kidney
 Definition
nephrosis
Term
Incision of a bone
 Definition
osteotomy
Term
High level of sugar in the blood
 Definition
hyperglycemia
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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crin/o
 Definition
to secrete (to form and give off
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder; a sac
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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derm/o

dermat/o

 Definition
skin
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines (usually small intestines)
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
Term
gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
Term

hemat/o

hem/o

 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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iatr/o
 Definition
treatment, physician
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
log/o
 Definition
study of
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nephr/o
 Definition

kidney

(abnormal conditions)
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
onc/o
 Definition
tumor
Term
ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
path/o
 Definition
diease
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ped/o
 Definition
child
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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radi/o
 Definition
x-rays
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ren/o
 Definition

kidneys

(describe)
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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sect/o
 Definition
to cut
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot, clotting
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ur/o
 Definition
urinary tract, urine
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-genic
 Definition

pertaining to

producing

produced by

produced in
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-globin
 Definition
protein
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
Term

-ic

-ical

 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logy
 Definition
process of study
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
Term
-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining with an endoscope
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of; condition
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting incision
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-y
 Definition
process, condition
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a-
 Definition
no, not, without
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aut-

auto-

 Definition
self, own
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dia-
 Definition
through, complete
Term

end-

endo-

 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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ex-

exo-

 Definition
out, outside of, outward
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under. less than normal
Term
in-
 Definition
into, in
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
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pro-
 Definition
before, forward
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re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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sub-
 Definition
below, under
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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root
 Definition
foundation of the term
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suffix
 Definition
word ending
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prefix
 Definition
word beginning
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combining vowel
 Definition
vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
Term
combing form
 Definition
combination of the root and the combining vowel
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