Introduction to Medical Terminology: Introduction to Medical Terminology Flashcards

APPEAR IN BOLDFACE.

APPEAR IN ORANGE. SOME OF THESE TERMS ARE THE :ALSO KNOWN AS" NAMES OF CONDITIONS OR PROCEDURES.

1. A WORD ROOT: BASIC MEANING OF THE TERM. USUALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, INDICATES THE INVOLVED BODY PART.
2. COMBINING FORM: IS A WORD ROOT WITH A VOWEL AT THE END SO THAT A SUFFIX BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT CAN BE ADDED.
3. SUFFIX: USUALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, INDICATES THE PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISORDER, OR DISEASE. ALWAYS COMES AT THE END OF A WORD.
4. PREFIX: USUALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, INDICATES LOCATION, TIME, NUMBER, OR STATUS. ALWAYS COMES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD.

1. A WORD ROOT CANNOT STAND ALONE. A SUFFIX MUST BE ADDED TO COMPLETE THE TERM.
2. RULES FOR CREATING A COMBINING FORM BY ADDING A VOWEL APPLY WHEN A SUFFIX BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT IS ADDED TO A WORD ROOT.
3. WHEN A PREFIX IS NECESSARY, IT IS ALWAYS PLACES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD.

1. THE LETTER "O" IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED COMBINING VOWEL.
2. WHEN A WORD ROOT IS SHOWN ALONE AS A COMBINING FORM, IT INDICATED A SLASH (/) AND THE COMBINING VOWEL.

1. COMBINING VOWEL IS USED WHEN THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A CONSONANT.
2. A COMBINING VOWEL IS NOT USED WHEN THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A VOWEL (A,E,I,O,U)
3. COMBINING VOWEL IS USED WHEN TWO OR MORE WORD ROOTS ARE JOINED.

SPINAL CORD

MUSCLE

BONE

BONE MARROW

NERVE

JOINT

TONSILS

INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS

INFLAMMATION

THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSILS

SKULL

NOUN ENDING

A NOUN IS A WORD THAT IS THE NAME OF A PERSON PLACE OR THING. IN MED. TERM. SOME SUFFIXES CHANGE THE WORD ROOT INTO A NOUN.
EXAMPLE: CRANIUM IS THE PORTION OF THE SKULL THAT ENCLOSES THE BRAIN.

OTHER SUFFIXES COMPLETE THE TERM BY CHANGING THE WORD ROOT INTO A NOUN.

AN ADJECTIVE IS A WORD THAT DEFINES OR DESCRIBES A THING. IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY MANY SUFFIXES MEANING "PERTAINING TO" CHANGE THE WORD ROOT INTO AN ADJECTIVE.

EXAMPLE: CARDIAC- AN ADJECTIVE THAT MEANS PERTAINING TO THE HEART.

MANY SUFFIXES, SUCH AS -OSIS, MEANS "ABNORAML CONDITION OR DISEASE".

ANY DISEASE OF THE STOMACH

MEANS STOMACH

ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE

MEANS BLUE

MEANS RED

MEANS WHITE

MEANS BLACK

MEANS GREY

BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSE BY A LACK OF ADEQUATE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD

A MATURE RED BLOOD CELL

CELL

WHITE BLOOD CELL

ANY CONDITION OF UNUSUAL DEPOSITS OF BLACK PIGMENT IN BODY TISSUES OR ORGANS.

A VIRAL INJECTION OF THE GREY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD

STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS OF DISEASE

MEANS DISEASE

MEANS THE STUDY OF

PAIN AND SUFFERING

STOMACH ACHE

ALSO MEANS PAIN, ALTHOUGH IT MEANS THE SAME AS -ALGIA IT IS NOT USED AS COMMONLY.

ALSO MEANS STOMACH ACHE

MEANS INFLAMMATION

INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH

ABNORMAL SOFTENING

ABNORMAL SOFTENING OF THE WALLS OF AN ARTERY OR ARTERIES.

ENLARGEMENT

ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER

MEANS LIVER

MEANS TISSUE DEATH

TISSUE DEATH OF A ARTERY OR ARTERIES

ABNORMAL HARDENING

ABNORMAL HARDENING OF AN ARTERY OR ARTERIES

ABNORMAL NARROWING

ABNORMAL NARROWING OF AN ARTERY OR ARTERIES

SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES OR TO REMOVE EXCESS FLUID

SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE OF THE ADBOMINAL CAVITY TO REMOVE FLUID

MEANS THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING A PICTURE OR RECORD

PROCESS OF PRODUCING A RADIOGRAPHIC (X-RAY) STUDY OF THE BLOOD VESSELS AFTER THE INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM TO MAKE THESE BLOOD VESSELS VISIBLE

PICTURE OR RECORD

FILM PRODUCED BY ANGIOGRAPHY

BLOOD VESSEL

SURGICAL REPAIR

SURGICAL REPAIR OF A MUSCLE

VISUAL EXAMINATION

THE VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF A JOINT

MEANS BLEEDING, HOWEVER THEY ARE MOST OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE SUDDEN, SEVERE BLEEDING

LOSS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN A SHORT TIME

SURGICAL SUTURING TO CLOSE A WOUND AND INCLUDES THE USE OF SUTURES, STAPLES, OR SURGICAL GLUE.

SURGICAL SUTURING OF A MUSCLE WOUND

MEANS FLOW OR DISCHARGE AND REFERS TO THE FLOW OF MOST BODY FLUIDS

IS THE FREQUENT FLOW OR LOOSE OR WATERY STOOLS

MEANS THROUGH

RUPTURE

RUPTURE OF A MUSCLE

MEANS PERTAINING TO BIRTH

MEANS BIRTH

MEANS THE TIME AND EVENTS BEFORE BIRTH

MEANS BEFORE

REFERS TO THE TIME AND EVENTS SURROUNDING BIRTH, THIS IS THE TIME JUST BEFORE, DURING, AND JUST AFTER BITH.

MEANS SURROUNDING

REFERS TO THE TIME AND EVENTS AFTER BIRTH

MEANS AFTER

MEANS AWAY

MEANS BAD, DIFFICULT, OR PAINFUL

MEANS EXCESSIVE OR INCREASED

MEANS BETWEEN OR AMONG

MEANS UNDER, LESS, OR BELOW

MEANS TOWARD OR IN THE FIRECTION OF

MEANS GOOD, NORMAL, WELL, OR EASY

MEANS DEFICIENT OR DECREASED

MEANS WITHIN OR INSIDE

MEANS ABOVE OR EXCESSIVE

MEANS NOT NORMAL OR AWAY FROM NORMAL

MEANS AN ORGAN OR BODY PART THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE

MEANS BETWEEN, BOT NOT WITHIN, THAT PARTS OF A TISSUE

MEANS BLOW A RIB OR RIBS

MEANS DRAWN TOWARD OR A STRONG DEPENDENCE ON A DRUG OR SUBSTANCE

A NORMALLY FUNCTIONING THYROID GLAND

IS A LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE

MEANS WITHIN THE MUSCLE

MEANS ABOVE OR OUTSIDE THE RIBS

MEANS LARYN AND THROAT

MEANS NOSE

EAR

THE STUDY OF THE EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT

1. ALWAYS START AT THE END OF THE WORD, WITH THE SUFFIX, AND WORK TOWARD THE BEGINNING