Medical Terminology Lecture 3

Medical Terminology

Learning Objectives

• Learn and understand new medical terms
• Pronounce common medical terms correctly

Combining Forms

• cyst(o): relating to a bladder or fluid-containing sac (e.g., cystitis, ovarian cyst)
• cyt(o): relating to a cell (e.g., cytology, cytoplasm)
• acr(o): relating to an extremity (e.g., acromegaly)
• dermat(o): relating to the skin (e.g., dermatitis)
• leuk(o): relating to white blood cells (e.g., leukemia)
• erythr(o): relating to red blood cells (e.g., erythrocyte)
• aden(o): relating to a gland (e.g., lymphadenopathy)
• lith(o): relating to a stone (e.g., nephrolithiasis)
• dys-: meaning difficult, painful, or abnormal (e.g., dyspnea, dysmenorrhea, dysfunction)

More Combining Forms

• enter(o): relating to the intestines (e.g., enteropathy)
• melan-: meaning black (e.g., melanoma)
• arthro-: relating to a joint (e.g., arthroscopy, arthritis)
• my(o): relating to muscle (e.g., myalgia, myositis)
• nas(o): relating to the nose (e.g., nasal cavity)
• blephar(o): relating to an eyelid (e.g., blepharitis)
• brady-: meaning slow (e.g., bradycardia)
• gynec(o): relating to females or the female reproductive organs (e.g., gynecology)
• nephr(o): relating to the kidney (e.g., nephrology)
• neur(o): relating to a nerve or the nervous system (e.g., neurology)
• hepat(o): relating to the liver (e.g., hepatitis)
• oophor(o): relating to the ovary (e.g., oophorectomy)
• cervic(o): relating to the neck or the uterine cervix (e.g., cervical lymph node, cervical cancer)
• chondr(o): relating to cartilage (e.g., chondritis)
• cost(o): relating to a rib (e.g., intercostal muscle)
• hyster(o): relating to the uterus (e.g., hysteroscope)
• oste(o): relating to bone (e.g., osteoarthritis)

Even More Combining Forms

• ot(o): relating to the ear (e.g., otitis media)
• adip-: meaning fat (e.g., adipose tissue)
• inguin(o): relating to the groin (e.g., inguinal hernia)
• cutane(o): relating to the skin (e.g., subcutaneous)
• thorac(o): relating to the chest (e.g., thoracic cavity)
• cephal(o): relating to the head (e.g., cephalhematoma)
• cerebell(o): relating to the cerebellum
• cerebr(o): relating to the cerebrum or brain (e.g., cerebrovascular accident - CVA)
• adren(o): relating to the adrenal glands (e.g., adrenal cortex)
• thromb(o): relating to a clot (e.g., thrombophlebitis)
• bronch(o): relating to the bronchus (e.g., bronchitis)
• pleur(o): relating to the pleura (e.g., pleural cavity)
• gloss(o): relating to the tongue (e.g., glossitis)