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Lesson 1 Reading
Reading Assignment terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aden | a gland; a body part that sparates certain elements and secretes them is a form for the body to use or for elimination (such as sweat, urine) |
| Examples of Glands: | Kidney secretes urine mammary (mamm= breast) secretes milk salivary secretes saliva |
| adenic | aden/ic pertaining to a gland or the glands |
| adenopathy | aden/o/pathy any disease of a gland |
| adenectomy | aden/ectomy surgical removal (excision) of all or part of a gland. |
| adenosis | aden/osis any condition of a gland |
| adenotomy | aden/otomy cutting into (incision of) a gland |
| adenoma | aden/oma a tumor with a glandlike structure (a glandular tumor) of any body part |
| blepharadenoma blephar/aden/oma | a glandular tumor of the eyelid (an adenoma of the eyelid)ep |
| nephradenoma nephr/aden/oma | a glandular tumor of the kidney (an adenoma of the kidney) |
| angi- | This element means vessel used to designate any of the tubes, ducts or canals that convey the fluids of the body. however, its principal reference is to a blood vessel or the blood vessels. |
| angiitis (angi/itis | inflmmation of a vessel or vessels-usually a blood vessel. |
| angiectomy (angi/ectomy) | surgical removal of a vessel or vessels |
| angiomegaly (angi/o/megal/y) | enlargement of a vessel or vessels |
| angiopathy (angi/o/path/y | any disease of a vessel or vessels |
| angiomalacia (angi/o/malacia) | softening of a vessel or vessels |
| angiosis (angi/osis) | any condition of a vessel or vessels (osis) is often used to denote a disease. angiosis could also mean any disease of the vessels |
| arthr- | ia joint; a joint of the body; the point where two bones come together. |
| arthral (arthr/al | pertaining to a joint |
| arthritis (arthr/itis/ | inflammation of a joint |
| arthrotomy (arthr/otomy | cutting into or incision of a joint |
| arthrosis (arthr/osis) | any condition or disease of a joint |
| arthropathy (arthr/o/path/y | any disease of a joint |
| blephar- | the eyelid |
| bepharal (blephar/al | pertaining to the eyelid |
| blepharo-lasty (blephar/o/plast/y | plastic repair or surgery of an eyelid |
| blepharospasm (blephar/o/spasm) | involuntary contractions of the eyelid |
| blepharadenomad (blephar/aden/oma) | a glandular tumor of the eyelid |
| blepharitis (blephar/itis) | inflammation of an eyelid. |
| blepharectomy (blephar/ectomy) | surgical removal (excision) of all or part of the eyelid |
| cardiac (cardi/ac) | pertaining to the heart j |
| cardiopathy (cardi/o/path/y) | any disease of the heart. |
| carditis (card/itis) | inflammation of the heart |
| cardiology (cardi/ology) | the study of the heart |
| cardiologist (cardi/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the heart |
| cardiomegaly (cardi/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the heart |
| cardiomalacia (cardi/o/malacia) | softening of the heart |
| cardiotomoy (cardi/otomy) | cutting into (incision) of the heart |
| cerebr- | the brain |
| crebral (cerebr/al | pertaining to the brain |
| cerebrum (cerebr/um | the main part of the brain |
| cerebritis (cerebr/itis) | inflammation of the brain |
| crebrospinal (cerebr/o/spin/al | pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord |
| cerebrosis (cerebr/osis) | any condition or disease of the brain |
| cerebrfomalacia (cerebr/o/malacia) | sofatening of the brain |
| cerbrology (cerebr/ology) | the study of the brain |
| cerebropathy (cerebr/o/path/y | any disease of the brain |
| dermal (derm/al) | pertaining to the skin |
| dermatic (dermat/ic | pertaining to the skin |
| dermic (derm/ic | pertaining to the skin |
| derma (derm/a) | the skin |
| dermis (derm/is) | the skin |
| dermatitis (dermat/itis) | inflammation of the skin |
| dermatomegaly (dermat/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the skin; a condition in which the skin is larger than is necessary to cover the body so that it hangs in folds. |
| dermatosis (dermat/osis) | any condition or disease of the skin |
| dermatopathy (swemR/O/Prh/y) | any disease of the sking |
| dermatoplasty (dermat/o/plast/y | plastic repair or surgery on the skin such as skin grafting |
| dermatology (dermat/ology) | the study of the sking |
| dermatologist (dermat/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the skin |
| dermabrasion (swem/VEaion) | a scraping of the skin in order to repair acne scars, blemishes, etc. |
| -ectomy | surgical removal (excision) of all or part of a body part. This suffix is used frequently in medical terminology and can be applied to almost any body part. |
| adenectomy (adn/ectomy) | surgical removal of a gland |
| angiectomyu (angi/ectomy | surgical removal of a vessel |
| arthrectomy (arthr/ectomy) | surgical removal of a joint |
| bepharectomy (blephar/ectomy) | surgical removal of an eyelid |
| enterectomy (enter/ectomy) | surgical removal of the intestines |
| gastrectomy (gastr/ectomy) | surgical removal of the stomach |
| neprectomy (nephr/ecgtomy) | surgical removal of the kidney |
| enter- | the intestines; the approximate 6 meter 20 foot long tube in the abdomen that completes the digestion of food begun in the stomach |
| enteral (enter/al) | pertaining to the intestines |
| enteric (enter/ic) | pertaining to the intestines |
| gastroenter- (gastr/o/enter- | - the stomach and intestines |
| enteritis (enter/itis) | inflammation of the intestines |
| enterectomy (enter/ectomy) | excision of a part of the intestines |
| enteropathy (enter/o/path/y) | any disease of the intestines |
| enteroplasty (enter/o/plast/y | plastic repair or surgery of the intestines |
| enteraden- (enter/adn-) | any gland of the intestines |
| enteradenitis (enter/aden/itis) | inflammation of the glands of the intestines |
| gastr- | the stomach; the balloon-like organ in the abdomen that begins the digestion of food. |
| gastric (gastr/ic) | pertaining to the stomach |
| gastrointestinal (gastr/o/intestin/al | system the digestive system; the combination of the stomach and intestines responsible for the digestion of food |
| gastroenteric (hsdyt/o/rnyrt/iv) | pertaining to the stomach and intestines; pertaining to the digestive system. |
| gastrectomy (gastr/ectomy) | surgical removal of the whole or part of the stomach |
| Partial gastrectomy | excision of a large portion but not all of the stomach |
| gingiv- | gum; the gums of the mouth/; the tissue that forms the collar around each tooth |
| gingival (gingiv/al | pertaining to the gums |
| gingiva (gingiv/a) | gum of the mouth |
| gingivae (gingiv/ae) | gums of the mouth |
| gingivitis (gingiv/itis) | inflammation of the gums of the mouth |
| gingivectomy (gingiv/ectomy) | excision of the gums of the mouth |
| gingivoplasty (gingiv/o/plast/y) | plastic repair or surgery of the gums of the mouth |
| hepat- | the liver; the largest gland in the body, weighing about 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds); secretes bile into the intestine for digestion of fats |
| hepatic (hepat/ic) | pertaining to the liver |
| hepatitis (hepat/itis) | inflammation of the liver |
| hepatology (hepat/ology) | the study of the liver |
| hepatologist (hepat/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the liver |
| hepatonephritis (hepat/o/nephr/itis | inflammation of the liver and kidney |
| hepatonephromegaly (hepat/o/nephr/omegal/y) | enlargement of the liver and kidney |
| hepatectomy (hepat/ectomy) | excision of part of the liver |
| hepatomalacia (hepat/o/malacia) | softening of the liver |
| -itis | inflammation; "inflammation of-" a suffix indication a condition, the symptoms of which are pain or discomfort, redness, heat, and swelling. This suggix can be added to practically all body parts. |
| gastritis (gastr/itis) | inflammation of the stomach |
| carditis (card/itis) | inflammation of the heart |
| dermatitis (dermadentis (aden/itis)at/itis) | inflammation of the skin |
| cerebritis (cerebr/itis)angiitis (angi/itis) | inflammation of the brain (cerebrum) |
| enteritis (enter/itis) | inflammation of the intestines |
| adenitis (aden/itis) | inflammation of a gland or glands |
| angiitis (angi/itis) | inflammation of the bessels |
| angitis (ang/itis) | inflammation of the vessels |
| nephritis (nephr/itis) | inflammation of the kidney |
| hepatitis (hepat/itis) | inflammation of the liver |
| arthritis (arthr/itis) | inflammation of a joint |
| blepharritis (blephar/itis) | inflammation of the eyelid |
| rhinitis (rhin/itis) | inflammation of the nose |
| gingivitis (gingiv/itis) | inflammation of the gums of the mouth |
| angiocarditis (angi/o/card/itis) | inflammation of the heart and blood vessels |
| blepharadenitis (blephar/aden/itis | inflammation of the glands of the eyelid |
| enteradenitis (enter/aden/itis) | inflammation of the glands of the intestines |
| enterogastritis (enter/o/gastr/itis) | inflammation of the intestine (small) and the stomach |
| enterohepatitis (gast/o/hepat/itis) | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
| gastronnephritis (gstr/o/nephr/itis) | inflammation of the stomach and kidney |
| hepatonephritis (hepat/o/nephr/itis | inflammation of the liver and kidney |
| -malacia a suffix | soft, soft condition, softness, softening. All body parts have a characteristically normal firmness; abnormal lessening of this firmness is denoted by malacia |
| adnomalacia (adn/o/malacia) | softening of a gland |
| cardiomalacia (cardi/o/malacia) | softening of the heart |
| cerebromalacia (cerebr/o/malacia) | softening of the brain (cerebrum)` |
| hepatomalacia (hepat/o/malacia) | softening of the liver |
| nephromalacia (nephr/o/malacia | softening of the kidney |
| angiomalacia (angi/o/malacia) | softening of the walls of a blood vessel (in structures that are hoolow such as vessel or the stomach, softening would be present in the walls of the structure. |
| gastromalacia (gastr/o/malacia) | softening of the walls of the stomache in structures that are hoow such as vessels or the stomach, softening would be present in the walls of the structure. |
| megal- | enlarged, literally pertaining to largeness, enlargementof-- but used principally to denote abnormal size. Body parts have a characteristically normal size related to age,sex, body type, etc. Abnormal increases in size are denoted by "megal-" |
| adenomegaly (aden/o/megal/y) | enlargement of a gland |
| angiomegaly (angi/o/megal/y) | enlargement of a blood vessel |
| cardiomegaly (cardi/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the heart |
| cerebromegaly (cerebr/o/megal/y | enlargement of the brain (cerebrum) |
| enteromegaly (enter/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the intestines |
| gastromegaly (gastr/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the stomach |
| nephromegaly (nephr/o/megal/y | enlargement of a kidney |
| cardiohepatomegaly (cardi/o/hepat/o/megal/y | enlargement of the heart and liver |
| megalo- (megalo) | is another form for enlarged. The format indicating abnormal condition of enlargement is megalo_______ia |
| megalocardia (megal/o/card/ia) | abnormal enlargement of the heart |
| megalogastria (megal/o/gastr/ia) | abnormal enlargement of the stomach |
| megalohepatia (megal/o/hepat/ia | abnormal enlargement of the liver |
| nephr- | a kidney, the kidneys; the kidneys consist of two bean-shaped glands in the lower back, one on each side of the spinal column. Their function is the filtering of waste materials from the blood and the production and excretion of urine. |
| nephric (nephr/ic) | pertaining to the kidneys |
| nephromegaly (nephr/o/megal/y) | enlargement of a kidney |
| nephritis (nephr/itis) | inflammation of a kidney |
| nephroma (nephr/oma) | tumor of the kidney |
| nephropathy (nephr/o/path/y | any disease of a kidney |
| nephrotomy (nephr/otomy) | surgical cutting into (incision ) of fa kidney |
| nephrectomy (nephr/ectomy) | surgical cutting out (excision) of all or part of a kidney |
| nephrology (nephr/ology | study of thekidneys |
| nephrologist (nephr/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the kidneys |
| nephradenoma (nephr/aden/oma) | glandular tumor of a kidney |
| nephradenoma (nephr/aden/oma) | glandular tumor of a kidney |
| hepatonephromegaly (hepat/o/nephr/o/megal/y) | enlargement of the liver and kidney |
| -ologist | a specialist in the study of ____; a medical specialis in___; one who has knowledge of or skil in___; an expert___ |
| gastrologist (gastr/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the stomach |
| cardiologist (cardi/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the heart |
| dermatologist (dermat/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the skin |
| enterologist (enter/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the intestines |
| njephrologist (nephr/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the kidneys |
| hepatologist (hepat/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the liver |
| rhinologist (rhin/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the nose |
| gastroenterologist (gastr/o/enter/ologist) | a specialist in the study of the stomach and intestines |
| pathologist (path/ologist) | a specialist in the study of diseases |
| -ology | study of; knowledge of; especially "the science of "; a specialized department of medicine; a specialized field of medical practice |
| dermatology (dermat/ology) | the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its disorders |
| pathology (path/ology) | the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of disease |
| Internal Medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with thediagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of disease. Within this branch are specialized fields termed subspecialties including cariology, nephrology gastroenterology |
| cardiology (cardi/ogogy) | the field of medicine dealing with the heart, its funcgtions and its diseases |
| nephrology (nephr/ology) | the field of medicine dealing with the kidneys, their functions and thir diseases |
| gasteroenterology (gastr/o/enter/ology) | the field of medicine concerned with disorder of the digestive system. This field may be further divided between the specialties of gastrology and enterology |
| -oma | a tumor; a swelling on some part of the body; especially a mass of new tissue growth most applications of this sugffix have to do with the composition of the tumor, that is, the kind of tissue forming the tumor |
| cerebroma (cerebr/oma) | an abnormal mass of brain tissue. |
| dermatoma (dermat/oma) | an abnormal growth of skin tissue |
| adenoma (aden/oma) | a tumor with a glandlike structure |
| angioma (angi/oma) | a tumor which tends to be made up of blood vessels |
| blepharadenoma (blephar/aden/oma) | a tumor of the eyelid consisting of gland-like structures; a glandular tumor of the eyelid |
| oma | a tumor composed of, atmmor consisting of, atumor arising from |
| -osis | condition or disease; most frequently used to indicate an abnormal or diseased condition; sometimes used in words not relating to disease such as in hypnosis |
| gastrosis (gastr/osis) | a condition of the stomach |
| dermatosis (dermat/osis) | a condition of the skin |
| cerbrosis (cerebr/osis) | a condition of the brain (cerebrum) |
| enterosis (enter/osis) | a condition of the intestines |
| adenosis (aden/osis) | a condition of a gland |
| angiosis (angi/osis) | a condition of a blood vessel |
| nephrosis (nephr/osis) | a condition of a kidney |
| hepatosis (hepat/osis) | a condition of the liver |
| arthrosis (arthr/osis) | a condition of a joint |
| acidosis (acid'/osis) | a condition or disease of acid in the body |
| -otomy | cutting into (surgical incision) literally the act or action of cutting into usually for the purpose of exploration, drainage, removal or foreign bodies, etc. |
| adnotomy (adne/otomy) | surgical incision of a gland |
| arthrotomy (arthr/otomy | surgical incision of a joint |
| enterotomy (enter/otomy) | surgical incision of the intestines |
| gastrotomy (gastr/otomy) | surgical incision of the stomach |
| hepatotomy (hepat/otomy) | surgical incision of the liver |
| nephrotomy (nephr/otomy) | surgicalincision of the kidney |
| path- | disease; suffering; feeling |
| pathic jpath/ic | pertaining to diease or geeling |
| pathology (path/ology | the field of medicine specializing in the study of diseases |
| pathosis (path/osis) | a condition of disease;-pathy The pathy suffix combines with many body parts to denote any diseas of |
| adenopathy (aden/o/path/y | any disease of a gland |
| angiopathy (angi/o/path/y) | any diease of a blood vessel |
| arthopathy (arthr/o/path/y | any disease of a joint |
| cardiopathy (cardi/o/pathy/y | any disease of the heart |
| cerebropathy (cerebr/o/path/y) | any disease of the brain (cerebrum) |
| dermopathy (derm/o/path/y | any disease of the skin |
| dermatopathy (dermat/o/path/y | any disease of the skin |
| enteropathy (enter/o/path/y) | any disease of the intestines |
| gastropathy (gastr/o/path/y) | any disease of the stomach |
| hepatopathy (hepat/o/path/y) | any diseaseof the liver |
| nephropathy (nephr/o/path/y | any disease of the kidneys |
| rhinopathy (rhin/ost-alppath/y | an disease of the nose |
| -pathic suffix | pathic suffix combines with all of the roots meaning pertaining to any disease of _____ |
| plast- | plastic repair; renwal of destroyed, injured or deformed tissue; reforming, reconstruction or restoration of destroyed, injured or deformed body parts |
| -plasty (plast/y) | surgical repair of ___ |
| angioplasty (angi/o/plast/y | plastic repair of a blood vessel |
| arthroplasty (arthr/o/plast/y | plastic repair of a joint |
| blepharoplasty (blephar/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of an eyelid |
| carioplasty (cardi/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the heart |
| dermoplasty (derm/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the skin |
| dermatoplasty (dermat/o/plast/y | plastic repair of the skin |
| enteroplasty (enter/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the intestines |
| gastroplasty (gastr/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the stomach |
| gingivoplasty (gingiv/o/p;ast/y) | plastic repair of the gums |
| rhinoplasty (rhin/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the nose |
| -plastic | pertaining to surgical repair |
| -rhin | the nose |
| rhinal (rhin/al) | pertaining to the nose (same as nasal) |
| rhinoplasty (rhin/o/plast/y) | plastic repair of the n ose; rebuilding, reconstruction of or forming the nose |
| rhinitis (rhin/itis) | inflammation of the nose (inflamation of the mucous membrane of the nose) |
| rhinology (rhin/ology) | the study of the nose |
| rhinologist (ghin/ologist) | specialist in the study of the nose |
| spasm | involuntary contractions; asudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles; a sudden but bried constriction of a body passage or opening; a convulsion is a series of severe spasms |
| angigiospasm (angi/o/spasm) and enterospasm (enter/o/spasm) | are examples of body passage spasms |
| Blepharospasm (fblephar/o/spasm) | is an example of a muscle spasm since it is caused by contraction of the muscle governing moverment of the eyelid. |
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