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Title: Medical Terminology


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Medical Terminology
  • List 6
  • Ch. 3

2
Mamm/o
  • Breast
  • Mammary
  • Pertaining to the breast
  • Mammogram
  • X-ray record of the breast

3
  • Mammogram
  • X-ray record of the breast

4
Mast/o
  • Breast
  • Mastectomy
  • Removal of the breast
  • Mastitis
  • Inflammation of the breast

5
Men/o
  • Menses (menstruation)
  • Menorrhea
  • Normal discharge of blood
  • Menorrhagia
  • Excessive bleeding
  • Amenorrhea
  • No menstrual bleeding

6
Mening/o
  • Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal
    cord)

7
  • Meningitis
  • Inflammation of the meninges

8
My/o
  • Muscles
  • Myocardial
  • Pertaining to the muscle of the heart
  • Myoma
  • Tumor of muscle
  • Myomectomy
  • Removal of muscle tumor
  • Myositis
  • Inflammation of the muscle

9
  • Myositis
  • Inflammation of the muscle

10
Myel/o
  • Spinal cord
  • Myelogram
  • X-ray image and record of the spinal cord

11
Necr/o
  • Death
  • Necrotic
  • Pertaining to the death of cells
  • Necrosis
  • Death of cells

12
Phleb/o
  • Vein
  • Phlebitis
  • Inflammation of a vein

13
  • Phlebotomist
  • A person who removes blood
  • Vampire! ?

14
Pneumon/o
  • Lung
  • Pneumonia
  • Abnormal condition of the lung
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Removal of a lung
  • Pneumonitis
  • Inflammation of a lung

15
Pulmon/o
  • Lung
  • Pulmonary
  • Pertaining to the lung

16
Radi/o
  • X-ray
  • Radiology
  • Science of using x-rays to diagnosis disease
  • Study of x-rays
  • Radiologist
  • Specialist in the use of x-rays (DOCTOR)

17
Septic/o
  • Pertaining to infection
  • Septic
  • Pertaining to infection
  • Septicemia
  • Infection in the blood
  • Blood poisoning

18
Tonsil/o
  • Tonsils
  • Tonsillitis
  • Inflammation of the tonsils

19
Vascul/o
  • Blood vessel
  • Vascular
  • Pertaining to blood vessels
  • Vasculitis
  • Inflammation of blood vessels

20
Suffixes (procedural)
21
-centesis
  • Surgical procedure to remove fluid
  • Thoracentesis
  • Surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid

22
  • Amniocentesis
  • Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion

23
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint

24
-ectomy
  • Removal, resection, excision
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Removal of tonsil
  • Hysterectomy
  • Removal of uterus
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Removal of the gallbladder
  • Nephrectomy
  • Removal of a kidney

25
-gram
  • Record
  • Myelogram
  • X-ray of the spinal cord

26
-graphy
  • Process of recording
  • Mammography
  • Process of recording the breast
  • Angiography
  • X-ray recording of blood vessels after contract
    is injected

27
-lysis
  • Separation, breakdown, destruction
  • Dialysis
  • Complete separation

28
-plasty
  • Surgical repair or correction
  • Mammoplasty
  • Surgical repair of the breast
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Surgical repair of the nose
  • Arthroplasty
  • Surgical repair of the joint

29
-scopy
  • Process of visual examination
  • Laparoscopy
  • Visual examination of the abdomen
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Visual examination of the larynx

30
-stomy
  • Opening
  • Colostomy
  • Opening of the colon to the outside of the body

31
  • Tracheostomy
  • Opening of the trachea to the outside of the body

32
-therapy
  • -Treatment
  • Radiotherapy
  • Treatment of disease with x-ray
  • Chemotherapy
  • Treatment of disease (cancer) with chemicals
  • Cryotherapy
  • Treatment of disease with cold

33
-tomy
  • Incision, to cut into
  • Craniotomy
  • Incision of the skull
  • Phlebotomy
  • Incision of a vein
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