Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• Special Lessons

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• This lesson features basic medical terms for
  color, review of terms that have multiple
  meanings, and a closer look at terms that are
  very similar in spelling but very different
  meanings.

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COLORS
1 Albin/o
White---albinism
Black---anthracosis (as coal)
2 anthrac/o
Green---chlorophyll
3 chlor/o
Tawny yellow---cirrhosis
4 cirrh/o
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PRACTICE
5 cyan/o
Blue---cyanosis
Rosy---eosinophil
6 eosin/o
Red---erythrocyte
7 erythr/o
Yellow---jaundice
8 jaund/o
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PRACTICE
9 leuk/o
White---leukoderma
Yellow---corpus luteum
10 lute/o
Black---melanocyte
11 melan/o
Gray---poliomyelitis Yellow---xanthoma
12 poli/o 13 xanth/o
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Terms with multiple meanings
1 kerat/o
Hard, horny tissue or Cornea
Bone marrow or Spinal cord
2 myel/o
Vessel, duct or Vas deferens
3 vas/o
Solid structure or Steroid
4 ster/o
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Terms with multiple meanings
5 pyr/o
Fire Or Fever
Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube of ear
6 salping/o
Foot or Child
7 ped/o
Mind Or Diaphragm
8 phren/o
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Terms with multiple meanings
9 papill/o
Optic disk or Nipple-like
Sleep or Stupor or Numbness
10 narc/o
Individual or Unknown
11 idi/o
Fingers or Toes
12 dactyl/o
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Terms with multiple meanings
13 dys-
Bad, painful, or Difficult,
abnormal
Removal, excision or Resection
14 -ectomy
Cycle, circle or Ciliary body of the eye
15 cycl/o
Tail or Lower portion of body
16 caud/o
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Terms with multiple meanings
17 cervic/o
Neck or Cervix
Drug or Chemical
18 chem/o
Urea or Nitrogen
19 azot/o
Weight or Pressure
20 bar/o
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
1 somat/o stomat/o
Body Mouth
Trachea Cervix
2 trache/o trachel/o
Vulva (outer lips female genitals) Uvula (going
down the throat) Uvea in eye
3 vulv/o uvul/o uve/o
4 aden/o adren/o
Gland Adrenal gland
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
5 ca/o calc/o calci/o
cali/o
Bad Calcium Calcium Calyx
Center, abdomen Lip
6 celi/o cheil/o
Colon Vagina
7 col/o colp/o
Pupil Cornea Heart
8 cor/o corne/o coron/o

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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
9 cyst/o cyt/o
Bladder Cell
10 dem/o derm/o
People Skin
In Condition Blood condition
11 em- -ema -emia
12 hem/o hemi-
Blood Half
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
13 hidr/o hydr/o
Sweat Water
14 -ic -icle
Pertaining to Small
In A substance
15 in- -in
16 -inter -infra -intra
Between Below,beneath Within, into
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
17 metr/o metri/o -meter
Uterus Uterus To measure
18 muc/o myc/o myx/o
Mucus Fungus Mucus
19 necr/o nect/o
Death To tie, connect
20 -ole -one
Little, small Hormone
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
21 -or or/o ot/o
One who Mouth Ear
22 par- para- -para
Other than, abnormal Near, beside, abnormal Live
birth
23 per- peri-
Through Surrounding
24 phon/o phob/o
phot/o
Voice, sound Fear Light
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
25 -plakia -praxia
-plasia
Plaque Action Development, formation
Sacrum Flesh, connective tissue
26 sacr/o sarc/o
27 somn/o son/o
Sleep Sound
28 ster/o stern/o
Steroid Sternum
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Terms with similar spellings but
different meanings
29 -tomy -stomy
-ectomy
To cut into, incision To create a new
opening Removal, excision
Complete Distant
30 tel/o tele/o
31 the/o thec/o
thel/o
Put. Place Sheath Nipple
32 vit/o viv/o
vitre/o vitr/o
Life Life Glass Vitreous in the eye
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Challenge Terms
1 total abdominal hysterectomy bilateral
salping-oophorectomy
Everything out of the woman related to
reproduction !!
2 -rrhage -rrhaphy -rrhea
-rrhexis
Rapid flow of blood Repair, suture Complete
discharge, flow Rupture
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Common Plural Endings for Medical Terms
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Common Plural Endings for Medical Terms
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Rules Used to Form Plurals
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Rules Used to Form Plurals
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Rules Used to Form Plurals
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Rules Used to Form Plurals
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Acronyms Eponyms

• An acronym is the name for an abbreviation that
  forms a pronounceable word.

• An eponym is a term that describes a medical
  condition, technique, or disease and is named
  after the person who discovered it or is
  associated with it.
• Ex. Parkinson Disease

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ACRONYMS
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ACRONYMS
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• The end !!