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What is the term for the suture of the urinary bladder?
What is the term for vomiting of blood?
What is the term for the presence of stone in the common bile duct?
What is the term for pain in the head?
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What is the term for a substance that destroys bacteria?
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What is the term for a surgical operation to form an opening between the colon and the abdominal wall?
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What is the prefix meaning 'brain'?
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What is the combining form for the cerebellum?
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What is the combining form for the ear?
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What is the combining form for the heart?
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What is the combining form for the liver?
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What is the combining form for the muscle?
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What is the combining form for the kidney?
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What does the suffix '-rrhaphy' mean?
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What does the prefix 'vertebro-' mean?
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What does the suffix '-ptysis' mean?
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What is the correct prefix for 'artery'?
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What does the prefix 'hydr-' mean?
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What does the prefix 'gyneco-' mean?
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What is the correct prefix for 'cell'?
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What does the suffix '-emesis' mean?
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What does the prefix 'melan-' mean?
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What does the suffix '-dynia' mean?
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What does the prefix 'erythrocyt-' mean?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology
- Medical terminology is a system of words and phrases used to describe the body, its parts, and various medical procedures and conditions.
Roots and Prefixes
- Roots are the core of a medical term, conveying the main meaning or idea.
- Prefixes are attached to roots to modify or expand the meaning.
Suffixes
- Suffixes are attached to roots to indicate the grammatical function of the word.
- Suffixes can indicate the part of speech, such as -itis for inflammation.
Combining Forms
- Combining forms are roots with a vowel added to the end, making it easier to combine with other roots and prefixes.
- Examples: gastr/o (stomach), cardi/o (heart).
Medical Terms
- Celiorrhaphy: suture of the urinary bladder
- Cystorrhaphy: suture of the bladder
- Gastrorrhaphy: suture of the stomach
- Haemoptysis: spitting of blood from the lungs
- Haematemesis: vomiting of blood
- Cholecystolith: presence of a stone in the gallbladder
- Dysmenorrhoea: difficult and painful menstruation
- Gastralgia: pain in the stomach
- Cerebralgia: pain in the head
- Otalgy: pain in the ear
- Hepatalgia: pain in the liver
Parts of Word
- Head: cephal-, cephalo-
- Brain: encephal-, encephalo-
- Cerebrum: meningo-, encephalo-, cerebro-
- Mind: psycho-, mentia-
- Ear: oto-, auriculo-
- Nose: nos-, pheno-, rhino-
- Eye: ophthalmo-, oculo-, opto-
- Tooth: dento-, odento-, odonto-
- Heart: card-, cardi-, cardio-
- Blood vessel: vaso-, vasculo-, angio-
- Vein: phlebo-, veno-, veni-
- Lung: pneumo-, pneumato-, pneumono-
Infection and Inflammation
- Infection: aseptico-, septo-, septico-
- Inflammation: -itis, -iasis, -osis
Body Systems
- Uterus: utero-, metro-, hystero-
- Fallopian tube: salpingo-, colpo-, vagino-
- Muscle: my-, myo-, myos-
- Skin: dermat-, dermo-, epithelio-
- Kidney: nephro-, reno-, phreno-
- Abdomen: laparo-, musculo-, centsesis
- Pain: -algia, -odynia, -ache
- Excess: hyper-, oligo-, -iasis
- Few: hypo-, oligo-, -logy
- Disease: -pathy, -osis, -iasis
- Incision or to operate on then suture: -tomy, -ectomy, -ostomy, -plasty
- Fear: -philia, -phobia, photo-
Body Parts
- Appendix: appendic-, appendico-
- Artery: arteri-, arterio-
- Blood: hemato-, emo-, hemato-
- Bone: oste-, osteo-, osteo-
- Breast: mammo-, masto-, mammo-
- Cell: cyt-, cyto-, cite
- Chest: thoraco-, thoracico-, thorax
- Child: paed-, pedi-, pedo-
- Colon: col-, colon-, colono-
- Common bile duct: choledocho-, cholangio-, choledoch-
- Fat: lip-, lipo-, lipi-
- Finger or toe: dactylo-, dactyly-
- Cervix: utero-, hystero-, colpo-
- Small intestine: entero-, enter-, enter-
- Joint: arthr-, arthro-, arthr-
- Larynx: laryng-, laryngo-, larynx
- Meninx: meningo-, meninx-, meningo-
- Mouth: stomat-, stomato-, stomacho-
- Finger nail or toe nail: onycho-, nocto-, nycto-
- Navel: omphal-, omphalo-, omphal-
- Nerve: neuri-, neuro-, neuri-
- Ovary: ovario-, oo-, ovario-
- Pancreas: pancreat-, pancreato-, pancreato-
- Penis (glans penis): balano-, peno-, balano-
- Pharynx: pharyng-, pharyngo-, pharynx
- Red blood cell: leuko-, erythrocyt-, erythrocyto-
- Spleen: splen-, spleeno-, splen-
- Testis: test-, orchido-, orcheo-
- Tongue: gloss-, glosso-, linguo-
- Rupture: -rrhagia, -rrhea, -ptysis, -rrhaphy, -rrhexis
- Suture: -rrhaphy, -rrhexis, -ptosis, -emesis
- A flow of blood: -rrhagia, -rrhea, -ptysis, -rrhaphy, -rrhexis
- A flow out of blood: -rrhagia, -rrhea, -ptysis, -rrhaphy, -rrhexis
- Coughing: -rrhagia, -rrhea, -ptysis, -emesis, -rrhexis
- Vomiting: -rrhagia, -rrhea, -ptysis, -emesis, -rrhexis
- Vagina: vagino-, colp-, colpo-
- Vertebra: vertebro-, vertebral-, vertebro-
- Viscera: viscero-, splanchno-, splanchni-
- Water: hydr-, hydro-, hydroxo-
- White blood cell: leucocyt-, leucocyto-, leuco-
- Woman: gyneco-, gyn-, gyneco-
- Against: anti-, contra-, contra-
- Before, in front of: pre-, ante-, ante-
- Above: hypo-, sub-, hypo-
- Behind, after: postero-, retro-, postero-
- Below, less than: hypo-, sub-, hypo-
- Birth: nat-, nato-, partum
- Black: melan-, melano-, melo-
- Difficult, painful: dys-, dynia, ody-
- Cancer: carcin-, carcino-, carc-
- Cold: cryo-, crymo-, cryo-
- Condition: -ia, -osis, -ia
- Cough: -ptosis, -emesis, -ptysis
- Vomit: -ptosis, -emesis, -ptysis
- Death: necro-, mortem-, mortem
- Excision: -tomy, -otomy, -ectomy
- Incision: -tomy, -otomy, -ectomy
- Falling down: -ptosis, -pexy, -emesis
- Fast: brady-, tachy-, brachi-
- Slow: brady-, tachy-, brachi-
- Fixation: -pexy, fixation, rupture
- Fungus: myco-, phyto-, myceto-
- Inflammation: -itis, -ia, -iasis
- Large: megalo-, megaly, macro-
- Melo-: black, limb, honey
- Philia: loving, mucus, narrowing
- Poly-: much, less than, a
- Trophia: nourishment, nutrition, food
- Erythrocyt-: red, red blood cell, platelet
- Phone: sound, light, loving
- Photo-: sound, light, loving
- Specialist: -ist, -ician, -or
- Onycho-: finger, night, a
- Nycto-: finger, night, a
- Lith-: chalk, stone, cancer
- Logy: science of, study of, b
- Iatr-: science of, study of, b
- Plegia: paralysis, sensation, weakness
- Paresis: sensation, weakness, b
- Trans-: though, across, skin
- Dis-: separation, apart, difficult
- Dys-: separation, apart, difficult
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