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Crystals 3rd stack
Language of Medicine...Chapter 3...7th ed.
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little,small |
| -ule | little,small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue, thing |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea(windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -cocci | plural of coccus |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing,forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visually examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| hiatal hernia | When the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm. |
| inguinal hernia | When part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male. |
| rectocele | A protrusion of part of the rectum toward the vagina through a weak portion of the vaginal wall muscles. |
| omphacele | A herniation of the intestines through the navel in infants occuring at birth. |
| cystocele | When part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall due to weakened pelvic muscles. |
| diplococci | Berry-shaped bacteria organized in pairs. |
| streptococcus | Berry-shaped bacterium, grows in twisted chains. |
| staphylococcus | Berry-shaped bacterium grows in small clusters. |
| pneumococci | Causes bacterial pneumonia; type of diplococci. |
| gonococci | Invades the reproductive organs causing gonorrhea; type of diplococci. |
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jonescd
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