CHAPTER 3 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
NORMAL TONSILS Tonsil/o
Tonsillitis-tonsil/o, itis
ACROMEGALY Acr/o Megal/o
SPLENOMEGALY Splen/o Megal/o
BLEPHAROPTOSIS Blephar/o
BLEPHAROPLASTY
LAPAROSCOPY-lapar/o
LAPAROSCOPY
MASTECTOMY-mast/o
CYSTOCELE Cyst/o cele
RECTOCELE Rect/o cele
THORACENTESIS- thorac/o,centesis Thorac/o-chest -centesis-puncture of
LARYNGECTOMY-laryng/o Laryng/o-throat Ectomy-removal of
SARCOMAS-sarc/o, oma
NECROSIS OF THE TOES- necr/osis Necr/o-death of tissue osis-condition of
HYDRONEPHROSIS Hydr/o Nephr osis
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-arteri/o Scler osis
ANGIOPLASTY-angi/o angio-vessel Plasty-surgical procedure
STAPHYLOCOCCI-staphyl/o, cocci
Streptococci-strept/o, cocci
PHLEBOTOMY-phleb/o, otomy Phleb/o-vein Otomy-incision into
TRACHEOSTOMY
HYDROTHERAPY- hydr/o,therapy
OSTEOMALACIA Oste/o-bone Malacia-softening of
AMNIOCENTESIS Amni/o-sac around fetus Centesis-puncture into
MYELOGRAM Myel/o-spinal cord Gram-record of
CARDIOMYOPATHY- cardio/myo/pathy
Col/o-colon (large intestine) Ectomy-removal of COLECTOMY-col/ectomy
COLOSTOMY Col/o-colon Stoma-opening to form a mouth(stoma)
INGUINAL HERNIA Inguin/o-groin Al-pertaining to
MAMMOGRAM Mamm/o-breast Gram-record of
MASTITIS
PHLEBITIS & THROMBOPHLEBITIS Phleb/o-vein -itis-inflammation of
PNEUMONIA Pneumon/o-lungs Ia-pertaining to
PERITONITIS Peritoneium-lining of organs Peritone/oitis-inflammation
ENCEPHALITIS Encephal/o-brain Itis-inflammation
OTOSCOPE
OTOSCOPE & OPHTHALMOSCOPE
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
SUFFIXES ALGIAITIS CELELOGY CENTESISMALACIA COCCUSMEGALY CYTEOMA ECTOMYOPSY EMIAOSIS GENESISGENIC GRAMPHOBIA GRAPHPLASTY
SUFFIXES (CONT’D) PTOSISTROPHY SCLEROSIS-ER SCOPE-IA SCOPY-IST STASIS-UM, IUM STOMY-AC, IAC THERAPY-AL TOMY-AR, ARY, EAL
SUFFIXES (CONT’D) -IC, ICAL -OID -OUS -TIC
NEW WORDS Along with the combining forms and the suffixes, define these terms: AMNIOCENTESISLAPAROTOMY ABDOMINOCENTESISCOLOSTOMY ANGIOGRAPHYINGUINAL LAPAROSCOPY CHEMOTHERAPY TRACHEOTOMYPNEUMONITIS ANGIOGRAMMASTITIS LAPARASCOPEAXILLARY
NEW WORDS HEMOSTASIS PNEUMONCOCCAL PERICARDITISAGOROPHOBIA MYALGIA CARDIOMYOPATHY CEPHALGIAACROPHOBIA METASTASISOTOSCOPE RADIOTHERAPYPERITONITIS RADIOGRAPHER PLEURITIS RECTALISCHEMIA