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What does the suffix 'oma' refer to?
What does the suffix 'oma' refer to?
- pain
- tumor (correct)
- inflammation
- disease condition
What is the meaning of the prefix 'hypo'?
What is the meaning of the prefix 'hypo'?
- deficient (correct)
- excessive
- surrounding
- above
What does the term 'Eclampsia' refer to?
What does the term 'Eclampsia' refer to?
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Kidney stone
- Seizures during pregnancy (correct)
Which medical specialization does 'Pulmonologist' refer to?
Which medical specialization does 'Pulmonologist' refer to?
In the term 'Gastrectomy', what does the suffix 'ectomy' mean?
In the term 'Gastrectomy', what does the suffix 'ectomy' mean?
What does 'myocardial infarction' describe?
What does 'myocardial infarction' describe?
Which term refers to 'inflammation of a vein'?
Which term refers to 'inflammation of a vein'?
What does the abbreviation ECG stand for?
What does the abbreviation ECG stand for?
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Study Notes
Prefixes and Suffixes
- algia: pain
- pathy: disease condition
- oma: tumor
- hyper: excessive
- anti: against
- ante: before
- ectomy: excision
- stomy: a new opening
- itis: inflammation
- peri: surrounding
- osis: condition
- scopy: a visual examination
- sub: under
- hypo: deficient
- post: after
- endo: within
- epi: above
- emia: blood condition
- osis: condition
- dia: through
Word Roots
- cardi: heart
- hepat: liver
- nephr: kidney
- adipose: fat
- neur: nerve
- thromb: clot
- hem: blood
- pulmon: lung
- arthr: joint
- my: muscle
Disorders & Meanings
- Myocardial Infarction: Heart attack
- Cerebrovascular Accident: Stroke
- Pulmonary Embolism: Blood clot in the lung vessels
- Preeclampsia: High blood pressure during pregnancy
- Eclampsia: Seizures during pregnancy
- Nephrolithiasis: Kidney stone
- Cardiac Arrest: Heart stops beating
- Renal Failure: Kidney failure
- Carcinoma: Cancer
- Dysphagia: Difficulty in swallowing
Other Key Terms
- Suffix: Word or letter after a word root
- Prefix: Word or letter before a word root
- Pulmonologist: Lung specialist
- Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach
- Hysterectomy: Surgical removal of the uterus
- Phlebitis: Inflammation of a vein
- Melanoma: Cancer of the skin
- ECG: Electrocardiography
- Radiologist: Specialist who interprets diagnostic imaging
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