Medical Terminology (Module one) for exam one -Solved 100%

Myel/o - ANSWER-- Spinal cord or bone marrow Oste/o - ANSWER-- Bone My/o - ANSWER-Muscle Neur/o - ANSWER-Nerve Arthr/o - ANSWER-Joints Cyan/o - ANSWER-Blue ex: Cyanosis Erythr/o - ANSWER-Red ex: erthocytes Leuk/o - ANSWER-white ex: leukocytes Melan/o - ANSWER-Black ex: melanosis Poli/o - ANSWER-Gray ex: Poliomyelitis osis - ANSWER--Abnormal condition or disease ex: gastrosis ( any disease of the stomach) - it's a suffixes Suffixes - ANSWER-- added to the end of the word root to complete the term, usually indicate PROCEDURE,DISORDER, or DISEASE Pathology - ANSWER-- The study of disease - suffixes can describe specific disease conditions Algia - ANSWER-Means pain and suffering ex: gastralgia ( Stomach pain) Dynia - ANSWER-Pain ex: Gastrodynia ( pain in the stomach) Itis - ANSWER-- means inflammation ex: gastritis ( inflammation of the stomach) Malacia - ANSWER-- abnormal softening ex: arteriomalcia ( abnormal softening of the artery or arteries Megaly - ANSWER--Enlargement - Ex: Heptomegaly ( enlargement of the liver) Necrosis - ANSWER-- tissue death ex: arterionecrosis Sclerosis - ANSWER-- Abnormal hardening e: arteriosclerosis ( hardening of the arteries) Stenosis - ANSWER-- Abnormal narrowing ex: arteriostenosis ( narrowing of the arteries) Centesis - ANSWER-is a surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid ex: Abdominocentesis ( the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid) Ectomy - ANSWER-- Surgical removal ex: appendectomy ( surgical removal of the appendix) graphy - ANSWER-- means the process of recording a picture or record ex: Arteriography ( the process of recording a picture of an artery) Gram - ANSWER-- means record or picture - ex: an arteriogram is the record produced by arteriography Plasty - ANSWER-- means surgical repair ex: myoplasty ( the surgical repair of a muscle) Scopy - ANSWER-- means a visual examination ex: endoscopy ( the visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or organ by means of an endoscope) rrhage and rrhagia - ANSWER-- means bursting forth, and abnormal excessive fluid discharge or bleeding. - refers to flow of blood ex: Hemorrhage ( means the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time) rrhaphy - ANSWER-- means to suture or stitch - myorrhaphy ( to suture a muscle wound