Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• List 6
• Ch. 3

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Mamm/o

• Breast
• Mammary
• Pertaining to the breast
• Mammogram
• X-ray record of the breast

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• Mammogram
• X-ray record of the breast

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Mast/o

• Breast
• Mastectomy
• Removal of the breast
• Mastitis
• Inflammation of the breast

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Men/o

• Menses (menstruation)
• Menorrhea
• Normal discharge of blood
• Menorrhagia
• Excessive bleeding
• Amenorrhea
• No menstrual bleeding

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Mening/o

• Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal
  cord)

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• Meningitis
• Inflammation of the meninges

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My/o

• Muscles
• Myocardial
• Pertaining to the muscle of the heart
• Myoma
• Tumor of muscle
• Myomectomy
• Removal of muscle tumor
• Myositis
• Inflammation of the muscle

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• Myositis
• Inflammation of the muscle

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Myel/o

• Spinal cord
• Myelogram
• X-ray image and record of the spinal cord

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Necr/o

• Death
• Necrotic
• Pertaining to the death of cells
• Necrosis
• Death of cells

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Phleb/o

• Vein
• Phlebitis
• Inflammation of a vein

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• Phlebotomist
• A person who removes blood
• Vampire! ?

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Pneumon/o

• Lung
• Pneumonia
• Abnormal condition of the lung
• Pneumonectomy
• Removal of a lung
• Pneumonitis
• Inflammation of a lung

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Pulmon/o

• Lung
• Pulmonary
• Pertaining to the lung

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Radi/o

• X-ray
• Radiology
• Science of using x-rays to diagnosis disease
• Study of x-rays
• Radiologist
• Specialist in the use of x-rays (DOCTOR)

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Septic/o

• Pertaining to infection
• Septic
• Pertaining to infection
• Septicemia
• Infection in the blood
• Blood poisoning

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Tonsil/o

• Tonsils
• Tonsillitis
• Inflammation of the tonsils

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Vascul/o

• Blood vessel
• Vascular
• Pertaining to blood vessels
• Vasculitis
• Inflammation of blood vessels

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Suffixes (procedural)
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-centesis

• Surgical procedure to remove fluid
• Thoracentesis
• Surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid

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• Amniocentesis
• Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion

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• Arthrocentesis
• Surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint

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-ectomy

• Removal, resection, excision
• Tonsillectomy
• Removal of tonsil
• Hysterectomy
• Removal of uterus
• Cholecystectomy
• Removal of the gallbladder
• Nephrectomy
• Removal of a kidney

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-gram

• Record
• Myelogram
• X-ray of the spinal cord

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-graphy

• Process of recording
• Mammography
• Process of recording the breast
• Angiography
• X-ray recording of blood vessels after contract
  is injected

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-lysis

• Separation, breakdown, destruction
• Dialysis
• Complete separation

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-plasty

• Surgical repair or correction
• Mammoplasty
• Surgical repair of the breast
• Rhinoplasty
• Surgical repair of the nose
• Arthroplasty
• Surgical repair of the joint

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-scopy

• Process of visual examination
• Laparoscopy
• Visual examination of the abdomen
• Laryngoscopy
• Visual examination of the larynx

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-stomy

• Opening
• Colostomy
• Opening of the colon to the outside of the body

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• Tracheostomy
• Opening of the trachea to the outside of the body

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-therapy

• -Treatment
• Radiotherapy
• Treatment of disease with x-ray
• Chemotherapy
• Treatment of disease (cancer) with chemicals
• Cryotherapy
• Treatment of disease with cold

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-tomy

• Incision, to cut into
• Craniotomy
• Incision of the skull
• Phlebotomy
• Incision of a vein