Surgical Sutures and Bleeding

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