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CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. NORMAL TONSILS. Tonsil/o. Tonsillitis-tonsil/o, itis. ACROMEGALY. Acr/o Megal/o. SPLENOMEGALY. Splen/o Megal/o. BLEPHAROPTOSIS. Blephar/o. BLEPHAROPLASTY. LAPAROSCOPY-lapar/o. LAPAROSCOPY. MASTECTOMY-mast/o. CYSTOCELE. Cyst/o cele. RECTOCELE.

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  1. CHAPTER 3 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

  2. NORMAL TONSILS Tonsil/o

  3. Tonsillitis-tonsil/o, itis

  4. ACROMEGALY • Acr/o • Megal/o

  5. SPLENOMEGALY • Splen/o • Megal/o

  6. BLEPHAROPTOSIS Blephar/o

  7. BLEPHAROPLASTY

  8. LAPAROSCOPY-lapar/o

  9. LAPAROSCOPY

  10. MASTECTOMY-mast/o

  11. CYSTOCELE • Cyst/o • cele

  12. RECTOCELE • Rect/o • cele

  13. THORACENTESIS-thorac/o,centesis • Thorac/o-chest • -centesis-puncture of

  14. LARYNGECTOMY-laryng/o • Laryng/o-throat • Ectomy-removal of

  15. SARCOMAS-sarc/o, oma

  16. NECROSIS OF THE TOES-necr/osis • Necr/o-death of tissue • osis-condition of

  17. HYDRONEPHROSIS • Hydr/o • Nephr • osis

  18. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-arteri/o • Scler • osis

  19. ANGIOPLASTY-angi/o • angio-vessel • Plasty-surgical procedure

  20. STAPHYLOCOCCI-staphyl/o, cocci

  21. Streptococci-strept/o, cocci

  22. PHLEBOTOMY-phleb/o, otomy • Phleb/o-vein • Otomy-incision into

  23. TRACHEOSTOMY

  24. HYDROTHERAPY-hydr/o,therapy

  25. OSTEOMALACIA • Oste/o-bone • Malacia-softening of

  26. AMNIOCENTESIS • Amni/o-sac around fetus • Centesis-puncture into

  27. MYELOGRAM • Myel/o-spinal cord • Gram-record of

  28. CARDIOMYOPATHY-cardio/myo/pathy

  29. COLECTOMY-col/ectomy • Col/o-colon (large intestine) • Ectomy-removal of

  30. COLOSTOMY • Col/o-colon • Stoma-opening to form a mouth(stoma)

  31. INGUINAL HERNIA • Inguin/o-groin • Al-pertaining to

  32. MAMMOGRAM • Mamm/o-breast • Gram-record of

  33. MASTITIS

  34. PHLEBITIS & THROMBOPHLEBITIS • Phleb/o-vein • -itis-inflammation of

  35. PNEUMONIA • Pneumon/o-lungs • Ia-pertaining to

  36. PERITONITIS • Peritoneium-lining of organs • Peritone/o itis-inflammation

  37. ENCEPHALITIS • Encephal/o-brain • Itis-inflammation

  38. OTOSCOPE

  39. OTOSCOPE & OPHTHALMOSCOPE

  40. METASTASIS • META-BEYOND CONTROL • STASIS-CONTROLLING • Metastasis is a cancerous tumor that has spread from one site to another. • Example: cancer starts in kidney and can spread to brain

  41. SUFFIXES • ALGIA ITIS • CELE LOGY • CENTESIS MALACIA • COCCUS MEGALY • CYTE OMA • ECTOMY OPSY • EMIA OSIS • GENESIS GENIC • GRAM PHOBIA • GRAPH PLASTY

  42. SUFFIXES (CONT’D) • PTOSIS TROPHY • SCLEROSIS -ER • SCOPE -IA • SCOPY -IST • STASIS -UM, IUM • STOMY -AC, IAC • THERAPY -AL • TOMY -AR, ARY, EAL

  43. SUFFIXES (CONT’D) • -IC, ICAL • -OID • -OUS • -TIC

  44. NEW WORDS • Along with the combining forms and the suffixes, define these terms: • AMNIOCENTESIS LAPAROTOMY • ABDOMINOCENTESIS COLOSTOMY • ANGIOGRAPHY INGUINAL • LAPAROSCOPY CHEMOTHERAPY • TRACHEOTOMY PNEUMONITIS • ANGIOGRAM MASTITIS • LAPARASCOPE AXILLARY

  45. NEW WORDS • HEMOSTASIS PNEUMONCOCCAL • PERICARDITIS AGOROPHOBIA • MYALGIA CARDIOMYOPATHY • CEPHALGIA ACROPHOBIA • METASTASIS OTOSCOPE • RADIOTHERAPY PERITONITIS • RADIOGRAPHER PLEURITIS • RECTAL ISCHEMIA

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