MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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CHAPTER 3

• MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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NORMAL TONSILS

• Tonsil/o

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Tonsillitis-tonsil/o, itis
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ACROMEGALY

• Acr/o
• Megal/o

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SPLENOMEGALY

• Splen/o
• Megal/o

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BLEPHAROPTOSIS

• Blephar/o

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BLEPHAROPLASTY
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LAPAROSCOPY-lapar/o
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LAPAROSCOPY
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MASTECTOMY-mast/o
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CYSTOCELE

• Cyst/o
• cele

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RECTOCELE

• Rect/o
• cele

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THORACENTESIS-thorac/o,centesis

• Thorac/o-chest
• -centesis-puncture of

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LARYNGECTOMY-laryng/o

• Laryng/o-throat
• Ectomy-removal of

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SARCOMAS-sarc/o, oma
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NECROSIS OF THE TOES-necr/osis

• Necr/o-death of tissue
• osis-condition of

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HYDRONEPHROSIS

• Hydr/o
• Nephr
• osis

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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-arteri/o

• Scler
• osis

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ANGIOPLASTY-angi/o

• angio-vessel
• Plasty-surgical procedure

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STAPHYLOCOCCI-staphyl/o, cocci
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Streptococci-strept/o, cocci
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PHLEBOTOMY-phleb/o, otomy

• Phleb/o-vein
• Otomy-incision into

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TRACHEOSTOMY
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HYDROTHERAPY-hydr/o,therapy
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OSTEOMALACIA

• Oste/o-bone
• Malacia-softening of

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AMNIOCENTESIS

• Amni/o-sac around fetus
• Centesis-puncture into

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MYELOGRAM

• Myel/o-spinal cord
• Gram-record of

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CARDIOMYOPATHY-cardio/myo/pathy
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COLECTOMY-col/ectomy

• Col/o-colon (large intestine)
• Ectomy-removal of

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COLOSTOMY

• Col/o-colon
• Stoma-opening to form a mouth(stoma)

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INGUINAL HERNIA

• Inguin/o-groin
• Al-pertaining to

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MAMMOGRAM

• Mamm/o-breast
• Gram-record of

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MASTITIS
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PHLEBITIS THROMBOPHLEBITIS

• Phleb/o-vein
• -itis-inflammation of

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PNEUMONIA

• Pneumon/o-lungs
• Ia-pertaining to

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PERITONITIS

• Peritoneium-lining of organs
• Peritone/o itis-inflammation

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ENCEPHALITIS

• Encephal/o-brain
• Itis-inflammation

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OTOSCOPE
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OTOSCOPE OPHTHALMOSCOPE
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METASTASIS

• META-BEYOND CONTROL
• STASIS-CONTROLLING
• Metastasis is a cancerous tumor that has spread
  from one site to another.
• Example cancer starts in kidney and can spread
  to brain

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SUFFIXES

• ALGIA ITIS
• CELE LOGY
• CENTESIS MALACIA
• COCCUS MEGALY
• CYTE OMA
• ECTOMY OPSY
• EMIA OSIS
• GENESIS GENIC
• GRAM PHOBIA
• GRAPH PLASTY

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SUFFIXES (CONTD)

• PTOSIS TROPHY
• SCLEROSIS -ER
• SCOPE -IA
• SCOPY -IST
• STASIS -UM, IUM
• STOMY -AC, IAC
• THERAPY -AL
• TOMY -AR, ARY, EAL

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SUFFIXES (CONTD)

• -IC, ICAL
• -OID
• -OUS
• -TIC

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NEW WORDS

• Along with the combining forms and the suffixes,
  define these terms
• AMNIOCENTESIS LAPAROTOMY
• ABDOMINOCENTESIS COLOSTOMY
• ANGIOGRAPHY INGUINAL
• LAPAROSCOPY CHEMOTHERAPY
• TRACHEOTOMY PNEUMONITIS
• ANGIOGRAM MASTITIS
• LAPARASCOPE AXILLARY

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NEW WORDS

• HEMOSTASIS PNEUMONCOCCAL
• PERICARDITIS AGOROPHOBIA
• MYALGIA CARDIOMYOPATHY
• CEPHALGIA ACROPHOBIA
• METASTASIS OTOSCOPE
• RADIOTHERAPY PERITONITIS
• RADIOGRAPHER PLEURITIS
• RECTAL ISCHEMIA