Capter 1 Flashcards by Jacqueline Reifer

osteoarthritis

Bone and joint inflammation

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myopathy

muscle disease

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rhinoplasty

surgical repair of the nose

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apnea

without breathing

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cephalic

pertaining to the head

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dysuria

painful or difficult urination

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arthroscope

instrument for viewing a joint

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osteocyte

Bone cell

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electrocardiogram

record of hearts electricity

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hepatomegaly

enlarged liver

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what two word parts are found in gastr/o

a word root and a combining vowel

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what is the combining form in the term hepatomegaly

Hepat/o

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what is the suffix for record

-gram

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how is the first syllable in the medical term coelom pronounced

SEE

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In medical term cholesterol, what sound does the ch- at the beginning of a word have

Hard k

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The meaning of the suffix in the middle term arthritis is

inflammation

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when building plurals for words ending in -a, what do you do?

Keep the -a and add an -e

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when defining medical terms what should you do first

divide the term into its word parts

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the suffix of a medical term is found

at the end of the term

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what is an example of a combinning form

hepat/o

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in the word rhin/o/plasty, the combining vowel is

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what is an example of a medical term of greek or latin origin

cardiology

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root word for joint

arthr

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when building plurals for words ending in -ix, what do you do?

drop -x and add -ces

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what word parts are included in the combining form

a word root and a combining vowel

what is the singular of phalanges

phalanx

in the medical term bilateral, what does the prefix bi- mean

two

Hodgkin disease is an example of a (n)

eponym

the combining form hepat/o means

liver

what is the root word for nose

Rhin

when pronouncing a medical term that has "pn" in the middle of the word, you should pronounce

hard p and hard n

what is the plural of thorax

Thoraces

Eponym

Addison Disease

What is the prefix for after

Post-

The prefix is found

at the beginning of the term

To build Latin- and Greek - based terms, for different types of word parts are sed, including word roots, suffixes, prefixes , and

combining vowels

What is a term that uses a combining vowel

cardiology

The word part that is the basis for most medical terms is the

word root

when building medical terms, what is the first step?

selecting word parts that convey the meaning needed

Central meaning of a word

word root

A prefix

comes at the beginning of a term

The word part -oma is a

suffix

The plural of the term metastasis is spelled

metastases

The most common combining vowel is the letter

The suffix -ectomy means

surgical removal

when adding a suffix to a word root to build a medical term, when is the combining vowel dropped

when the suffix begins with a vowel

the word root cephal is defined as

head

what is the correct definition of the prefix inter-

between

what does the combining form arthr/o mean

joint

what is the plural or vertebra

vertebrae

how is the -i at the end of the term bronchi pronounced

eye

what is the definition of the word root rhin

nose

the suffix -pathy means

disease

how is the prefix a- defined

without

what is the correct definition of the term hepatomegaly

enlarger liver

what is the plural form of the term ovum

ova

how is the prefix dys- defined

difficult

in the term biology, what does the suffix -logy mean

study of

terms that use a persons name ex. parkinson

eponyms

modern english words

ex. irritable bowel syndrome

latin and greek word parts

cardiology

Word roots

* arthr joint * carcin cancer * cardi heart * cephal head * electr electricity * gastr stomach * hepat liver * my muscle * oste bone * rhin nose

suffixes

* -ectomy surgical removal * -gram a record * -itis inflammation * -logy study of * -megaly enlarged * -pathy disease

word roots

essential meaning of term and refers to body structure, organ and body system

suffixes

found at the end of words and provide info about conditions, diseases, and procedures

prefixes

found at beginning of words and provide information about abnormal conditions, number, positions, times and many medical terms do not have prefixes.

prefixes ex

* a- without * bi- two * dys- abnormal, difficult, painful * inter- between * post- after * sub- under

Combining vowel is only placed

between a word root and a suffix between two words never used between a prefix and a word root begins with consonant use it begins with a vowel do not gastr+o+enter+o+-logy

–a, keep –a and add –e vertebra vertebrae –ax, drop –x and add –ces thorax thoraces –ex, drop –ex and add –ices apex apices –is, drop –is and add –es metastasis metastases –ix, drop –x and add –ces appendix appendices –ma, keep –ma and add –ta sarcoma sarcomata –on, drop –on and add –a spermatozoon spermatozoa –us, drop –us and add –i alveolus alveoli –um, drop –um and add –a ovum ova –x, drop –x and add –ges phalanx phalanges –y, drop –y and add –ies biopsy biopsies

singular to plural