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a specialist who studies the stomach
gastrologist
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the suffixes -ic, -al, or -ac mean
pertaining to
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dissolution or degeneration of articular cartilage
Chondrolysis
-
-
-
-
-
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Provide the combining form for the following common name Groin
inguin/o
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a male patient comes into the ER with a cervical spine fracture, this fracture occurred:
superior to the abdominal cavity
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Provide the combining form for the following common name Chest
thorac/o
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the root of a medical term usually indicates a
- part of the body
- part of the anatomy
- body part
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a note of encephalopathy in a patient's medical chart would indicate:
a disorder in the head
-
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a word root links a suffix that begins with a
vowel
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Provide the combining form for the following common name dry or scaly
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Provide the combining form for the following common name black
melan/o
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inflammation of fatty tissues
Steatitis
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Trichotillomania most likely refers to
uncontrolled hair pulling
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The prefix "epi-" in epidermis means the ____ part of the skin
upper
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Joseph suffers from sudoresis therefore he
excessively sweats
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the word part meaning dead or death is
necr-
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Provide the combining form for the following common name fungus
myc/o
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Jill is a heavy drinker, which caused liver necrosis and is melanotic. Therefore, her liver tissue
has died and become black
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a fungal infection of the hair
Pilomycosis
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Amelia underwent an adipectomy. Immediately after the surgery:
she was lighter
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Profide the combining form for the following common name nail
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Bill underwent dermatoplasty in order to cure his dermatosis. This dermatoplasty was
a surgical procedure.
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-ac,-al,-ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ile, -ous, -tic
- pertaining to,
- relating to
-
-esis, -ia, -ism,
condition
-
-iatry,
medicine, treatment
-
-
-
-icle, -ole, -ule
small, minute, little
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-ous
- pertaining to,
- relating to,
- composed of,
- producing
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
dors/o
back (of the body)
-
-
later/o
side, to one side
-
-
poster/o
- back (of body),
- behind, posterior
-
-
ventr/o
belly, belly side
-
-
-logist
specialist in study of
-
-
-lysis
separtation, destruction, loosening
-
-
-
cervic/o
- neck
- cervix uteri (neck of unterus)
-
-
-
-
lumb/o
loins (lower back)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
LLQ
left lateral quadrant
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
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PET
positron emission tomography
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US
ultrasonography, ultrasound
-
SPECT
single-photon emission computed tomography
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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
fat
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cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
skin
-
-
-
kerat/o
hard, horny tissue, cornea
-
-
-
-
-
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
-
-
-
-
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I&D
incision and drainage
-
-
-
-
WBC
- white blood cell
- white blood count
-
-
hypo-
sub-
under, below, deficient
-
-
-
erythr/o,
erythemat/o
red
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-osis
abnormal conditon; increase (primarily used in blood cells)
-
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-
-phagia
swallowing, eating
-
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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