Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• 2nd

LAST

• First you need to define the suffix

• Second the Prefix

• The root word

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Cytitis

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• Cyt

Itis
----

• Inflammtion of

cells
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Uria

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• Ur

ia
----

• Condition of

urine
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erythrocyte

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• erythr/o

cyte
----

• red

cell
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histologist

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• hist

ologist
----

• Specialist in the study of

tissue
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melanodentosis

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• dent

osis
Melan/o

• abnormal condition of

black
teeth
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neuralgia

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• neur

algia
------

• Pain or painful

nerves
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erythroleukocytosis

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• cyt

osis
Erythr/o and leuk/o

• abnormal condition of

red and white
cells
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Instrument to view ears

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• ears

Instrument to view
-----
Ot /o

• scope

otoscope
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Enlargement of glands

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• glands

Enlargement of
-----
aden /o

• megaly

adenomegaly
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Pertaining to without a head

• Root

Suffix
Preffix

• head

Pertaining to
without
a
cephal
acephalic

• ic

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Specialist in the study of ear, nose and throat

• Root

Suffix
Preffix
Specialist in the study of

• Ear, nose, larynx

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Ot/o, rhin/o, laryng

• ologist

otorhinolaryngologist