Pearson medical terminology chapter 2

Pearson medical terminology chapter 2
exogenous; ex(o)/ gen/ ous
originating outside the body or an organ of body.
Exo- out
Gen - Formation, produce
-ous - Pertaining to


Analgesia (an-/-algesia)
Lack of pain.
An- without, lack of
-algesia- condition of pain.


Gastric (gastr/ic)
pertaining to the stomach
Gastr - stomach
-ic - pertaining to


Rhinoplasty (RI-no-plas-te)(rhino/plasty)
Surgical repair of the nose
Rhin/o - nose
-plasty - Surgical repair


Cardiomegaly (cardio/megaly)
adnormal enlargement of the heart
Cardi/o - heart
-megaly - Enlargement, large


Paraplegia (para/plagia)
Paralysis of the lower part of the body and of both legs
Para- Beside, alongside
-plegia - paralysis


bronchiectasis bronchi/estasis
Distention or dilation of the bronchi.


Turgor turg/-or
Refers to the expected resiliency of the skin.
Turg - swelling
-or - one who


aphagia a/phagia
Inability to swallow
A- without
-phagia - to eat or swallow


gynecoid; gynec/oid
To resemble a female

,Gynec - female
-oid - resenble


Dyspepsia dys/Pepsia
Upset stomach indigestion
Dys- difficult
-pepsia - to digest


muscular muscul/-ar
Pertaining to muscle
Muscul - muscle
-ar Pertaining to


Unconscious un-consci/-ous
An abnormal state in which the person is not aware of his or her environment.
Un- not
Consci - aware
-ous - Pertaining to


Hyperactive hyper-/act/-ive
nature or quality of excessive activity
Hyper- excessive
Act - act
-Ive - Nature of, quality of


Nasolabial naso/labi/-al
Pertaining to the nose and lip
Nas/o - nose
Labi - lip
-al - pertaining to


Carcinoma carcin/-oma
Cancerous tumor
Carin - cancer
-oma - tumor


polyuria poly/Uria
excessive urination
Poly- excessive
-uria - Urination,condition of urine


Exogenous exo/gen/ous
Pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body


Analgesia an/algsia
Lack of pain

,Pericardial peri-/cardi/ial
Pertaining to pericardium (a fibrous surrounding the heart).
Peri- around
Cardi - heart
-al - pertaining to


Anesthetize an-/esthet/-ize
To give a patient anesthesia.
An- Without, lack of, away from
Esthet - Feeling, sensation
-ize - to make


Steroid steroid/-oid
Resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of a large group of substances chemically related to
sterols.
Ster - solid
-oid - resemble


Tachypnea tachy/-pnea
rapid breathing
Tachy- rapid
-pnea / Breathing


Palpate palp/-ate
To use the hands or fingers to examine by touch ;to feel.
Palp - touch
-ate - use, action


Grandiose grandi/-ose
Pertaining to a feeling of greatness.
Grand/i- large
-ose - Pertaining to


Super infection super-/infect/-ion
An infection following a previous infection produced by overgrowth of a resilient strain of bacteria
fungi or yeast.
Super- Upper, above
Infect - infect
-ion process


infection infect/-ion
Process whereby a pathogenic microorganism invades the body and causes disease.
Infect - to infect
-ion - Process


Hypoplasia hypo-/-plasia
Under development of a tissue, organ or body.
Hypo- under
-plasia - formation

, Hypertrophy hyper-/-trophy
Excessive nourishment; the increase in the size of an organ, structure, or the body caused by an
increase in the size of the cells.
Hyper- excessive
-trophy - Nourishment


Dyspnea dys-/-pnea
difficulty breathing
Dys- difficult
-pnea - breathing


Lipolysis Lipo/-lysis
Breakdown or destruction of fat.
Lip/o - fat
-lysis - Destruction, breakdown


Premenstrual pre-/menstru/-al
Pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses.
Pre- before
Menstru - To discharge the menses
-al - Pertaining to


Hemiplegia hemi-/-plegia
paralysis of one side of the body
Hemi- half
-plegia - Paralysis


Polydactyly poly/dactyl/-y
Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
Poly- many
Dactyl - finger or toe
-y - Pertaining to


-algesia
Condition of pain


-ase
Enzyme


-ate
use, action


-blast
immature cell, germ cell