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Language of Medicine Ch.1-4



1.Combining Vowel: Usuallly "o"- links the root to the suffix or the root
to another root. a combining vowel has no mean of its own; it joins one
word part to another
2.Prefix: A small part that is attached to the beginning of a term
3.Important Elements of Medical Terms: 1. Root: foundation of the term
2.Suffix: word ending
3.Prefix: word beginning
4.Combining vowel: vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or
the root to another root
5.Combining form: combination of the root and the combining vowel
4.Aden/o: Gland
5.Arthr/o: Joint
6.Carcin/o: Cancerous, Cancer
7.Cardi/o: Heart
8.Cyt/o: Cell
9.Electr/o: Electricity
10.Erythr/o: Red
11.Gastr/o: Stomach
12.Hem/o: Blood
13.Hepat/o: Liver
14.Leuk/o: White
15.Nephr/o: Kidney
16.Neur/o: Nerve
17.Onc/o: Tumor
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, Language of Medicine Ch.1-4

18.Path/o: Disease
19.Ren/o: Kidney
20.-algia: pain
21.-cyte: cell
22.-ectomy: excision, removal
23.-emia: blood condition
24.-gram: record
25.-itis: inflammation
26.-logy: process of study
27.-tomy: process of cutting, incision
28.end-
endo-:
within
29.peri-: surrounding, around
30.Arthritis: Inflammation of a joint
31.Carcinoma: Cancerous tumor
32.Cardiology: Study of the heart
33.Cytology: Study of cells
34.Dermatitis: Inflammation of the skin
35.Hypodermic: Under or below the skin
36.Electrocardiogram: Record of elecricity of the heart
37.Electroencephalogram: Record of electricity of the brain
38.Enteritis: Inflammation of the small intestines
39.Erythrocyte: Red blood cell
40.Gastrectomy: Process of removing (part of) the stomach
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