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Terminology Lesson 2
Medical Terminology Lesson 2 - Integumentary and Digestive
| Term | Definition | Word Association |
|---|---|---|
| cutis (cue + tis) | skin | cutis, skin, cute-looking, cutis |
| cutitis | skin inflammation | |
| dent | teeth | dent, teeth, indent, dent |
| dentiform | toothlike | |
| derma (dur + muh) | skin | derma, skin, hide, deer, deer ma, derma |
| dermatology | skin, study of | |
| hapsia (hap + see + uh) | touch | hapsia, touch, feels good, happy, hapsia |
| parapsia | touch disorder | |
| odont (oh + don + t) | teeth | odont, teeth, lie, Don't lie!, Oh don't!, odont |
| odontoprisis | teeth grinding | |
| onco (on + caw) | tumor | onco, tumor, cellular, genetic, relation, uncle, onco |
| oncology | tumors, study of | |
| Oma | tumor | |
| melana | black | |
| onychia (oh + nick + ee + uh) | nail beds | onychia, nail beds, flower bed, flower, orchid, onychia |
| onychitis | nail bed, inflammation | |
| pedicular (puh + dick + you + ler) | lice | pedicular, lice, strange, bug, odd, peculiar, pedicular |
| pediculosis | lice, condition of | |
| prurigo (pru + rig + oh) | itching | prurigo, itching, buggy, bug, beetle, pro beetle, pro Ringo, prurigo |
| pruritis | itching inflammation | |
| psora (sore + uh) | itch | psora, itch, sore, psora |
| psoriasis | itch, condition of | |
| sarco (s + ark + oh) | flesh | sarco, flesh, The plumber's flesh was flushed, sarcasm, sarco |
| sarcolysis | flesh decomposing | |
| sclero (s + clear +oh) | hard | sclero, hard, decided, clear, clear + o, sclero |
| sclerogenous | hardening tissue | |
| squama (skwah + ma) | scaly | squama, scaly, fish, worm, squirm, squirm + a, squama |
| squamous | scalelike | |
| tricho (trick + oh) | hair | tricho, hair, wig, fake, trick, tricho |
| trichoid | hairlike | |
| chole (coal + lee) | bil, gallbladder | chole, bile, bi, co, cola, chole |
| cholecystectomy | gallbladder excision | |
| colon (coal + on) | large intestine | colon, large intestine, body part, body of people, colony, colon |
| colitis | large intestine inflammation | |
| emesis (emmy + sis) | vomiting | emesis, vomiting, throw up, emit, emission, emesis |
| emetic | produces vomit | |
| entero (en + tear + oh) | intestine | entero, intestine, inside, enter, entero |
| enteritis | intestinal inflammation | |
| gastro (gas + tr + oh) | stomach | gastro, stomach, stomachache, gas, gastro |
| gastritis | stomach inflammation | |
| glosso (gloss + oh) | tongue | glosso, tongue, silver-tongued, glossy, glosso |
| glossopathy | tongue disease | |
| Anorexia | by starvation and subsequent vitamin deficiencies | |
| Bulimia | by a gorging on food followed by self-induced vomiting | |
| hepat (he + pat) | liver | hepat, liver, dinner, yucky, he spits, he spat, hepat |
| hepatitis | liver inflammation | |
| ile (ill + lee ) | ileum | ile, ileum, helium, elevation, hill, hilly, ile) |
| ileitis | ileum inflammation | |
| Ileum | the last of the three sections of the small intestines | |
| Duodenum | twelve fingers wide, referring to its length | |
| Jejunum | fasting intestine because this portion was always found empty during an autopsy | |
| laparo (lap + uh + row ) | abdomen | laparo, abdomen, lower abdomen, lap, laparo |
| laparotomy | abdomen incision | |
| Bowels | refers to the digestive tract below the stomach, which consists of the large and small intestines, rectum, and anus | |
| myxo (mix + oh) | mucus | myxo, mucus, gooey, mixed in, mix, myxo |
| myxoma | mucus tumor | |
| procto (prock + toe) | anus, rectum | procto, anus, onus, charge, head, supervisor, proctor, procto |
| proctology | study of diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus | |
| pyloro (pie + lore + oh) | pylorus, gatekeeper | pyloro, gatekeeper, gateway, pillar, pylon, pyloro |
| pylorostenosis | pyloric narrowing | |
| stoma (stow + muh) | opening, mouth | stoma, mouth, rant, storm, stoma |
| stomatitis | mouth inflammation | |
| viscero (v + is + ur + oh) | body organs | viscero, body, organs, organmusic, verse, viscero |
| visceromegaly | enlarged abdominal organs |
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