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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Root | Usually, but not always, indicate the body part involved |
| Combining Form | A root word with a vowel (o) at the end so that the suffix beginning with a consonant can be added |
| Suffix | Usually, but not always, indicates procedure, condition, disorder, disease |
| Prefix | Usually, but not always, indicates location of body part, number or status. Always come at the beginning of the word |
| cyan/o | means blue (skin discoloration caused by lack of oxygen) |
| erythr/o | means red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | means black (unusual dark pigment in body tissue or organs) |
| poli/o | means gray (viral infection of grey matter) |
| Path | means disease |
| -algia | means pain or suffering |
| -ology | means study of |
| Gastr | means stomach |
| -dynia | means pain |
| -malacia | means abnormal softening |
| -megaly | means abnormal enlargement |
| -necrosis | means tissue death |
| -sclerosis | means abnormal hardening |
| -stenosis | means abnormal narrowing |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of producing a picture or record |
| -gram | means picture or record |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | means visual examination |
| -rrhage | sudden, severe bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing (to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples or surgical glue) |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | means rupture |
| ab- | means away from |
| ad- | means towards or in the direction of |
| dys- | means bad, difficult, or painful |
| eu- | means good, normal, well, or easy |
| hyper- | means excessive or increased |
| hypo- | means deficient or decreased |
| inter- | means between |
| intra- | means within or inside |
| sub- | means under, less or below |
| super-, supra- | means above or excessive |
| ot/o | means ear |
| laryng/o | means larynx (throat) |
| arteri/o | means artery |
| -al | means pertaining to |
| -a (singular) ex: vertebra | -ae (plural) ex: vertebrae |
| -ex or -ix (singular) ex: appendix | -ices (plural) ex: appendices |
| -is (singular) ex: diagnosis | -es (plural) ex: diagnoses |
| -itits (singular) ex: arthritis | -ides (plural) ex: arthritides |
| -nx (singular) ex: phalanx | -ges (plural) ex: phalanges |
| -on (singular) ex: ganglion | -a (plural) ex: ganglia |
| -um (singular) ex: ovum | -a (plural) ex: ova |
| -us (singular) ex: alveolus | -i (plural) ex: alveoli |
| arther/o | means plaque or fatty substance |
| -oma | means tumor |
| -ectomy | means surgical removal |
| append | means appendix |
| -ostomy | means surgical creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | means cutting or surgical incision |
| Sign | objective evidence |
| Symptom | subjective evidence |
| prognosis | prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder |
| diagnosis | identification of the disease |
| acute | condition has a rapid onset, severe |
| chronic | long duration |
| remission | temporary disappearance of the symptoms without a cure |
| fissure | groove or crack-like sore of the skin |
| fistula | abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs |
| ileum | last and longest part of the small intestine |
| illium | hip bone (spelled with an i as in hip) |
| laceration | is a torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound |
| lesion | pathologic change of tissues due to injury of disease |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| myel/o | bone marrow, also means spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| -ologist | specialist |
| palpation | examination technique uses hands to feel texture, size, consistency of the body |
| palpitation | pounding or racing heart |
| prostate | male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds urethra |
| prostrate | to collapse and to be lying down flat or to be overcome with exhaustion |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, part of the kidney |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever or fire (pyrosis/heartburn) |
| supination | act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward |
| suppuration | formation or discharge of pus |
| triage | medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
| trauma | wound or injury |
| vir | virus or poison |
| virile | having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male |
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