Medical Terminology Lecture Notes PDF

Introduction to Medical Terminology Dr Nessma Sultan Msc Mansoura University, EGYPT PhD Birmingham University, UK MFDS RCPSG (Glasg) 1- A suffix usually, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.  A suffixalways comes at the end of the word.  F...

Introduction to Medical Terminology Dr Nessma Sultan Msc Mansoura University, EGYPT PhD Birmingham University, UK MFDS RCPSG (Glasg) 1- A suffix usually, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.  A suffixalways comes at the end of the word.  For example, the suffix -itis means inflammation. 2- A prefix usually, indicates location, time, number, or status.  A prefix always comes at the beginning of a word.  Combining Vowel A combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a consonant.  For example, when neur/o (nerve) is joined with the suffix -plasty (surgical repair) or -rrhaphy (surgical suturing), the combining vowel “o” is used because - plasty and -rrhaphy both begin with a consonant.  Neuroplasty is the surgical repair of a nerve.  Neurorrhaphy is suturing together the ends of a severed nerve.  Tonsillitisis an inflammation of the tonsils (tonsill means tonsils, and -itis means inflammation). A tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils (tonsill means tonsils, and -ectomy means surgical removal). Suffixes Related to Pathology  Pathology is the study of all aspects of diseases (path means disease, and -ology means study of)  -algia meanspain and suffering. Gastralgia means pain in the stomach (gastr means stomach, and -algia means pain).  -itis means inflammation. Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach (gastr means stomach, and -itis means inflammation).  -megalymeans enlargement. Hepatomegaly is abnormal enlargement of the liver (hepat/o means liver, and -megaly means enlargement).  -necrosis means tissue death. Arterionecrosis is the tissue death of an artery or arteries (arteri/o means artery, and -necrosis means tissue death).  -sclerosis means abnormal hardening. Arteriosclerosis is the abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries (arteri/o means artery, and -sclerosis means abnormal hardening).  -stenosismeans abnormal narrowing. Arteriostenosis (is the abnormal narrowing of an artery or arteries (arteri/o means artery, and -stenosis means abnormal narrowing).  Prefixes  Prefixes indicate location, time, number ,direction, quantity, size, and amount.  Prenatal means the time and events before birth pre- means before natal means birth Postnatal refers to the time and events after birth post- means after natal means birth Contrasting Prefixes Describing Direction, Quantity, Size, and Amount hypo itis necrosis dys hyper megaly algia ectomy