Medical Terms ch. 2

one who

practitioner

one who studies; specialist

pertaining to

medical profession or treatment

study or science of

heart

ex: cardiologist (specialist)/ cardiology (specialty)

to secrete

ex: endocrinologist (specialist)/ endocrinology (specialty)

skin

ex: dermatologist (specialist)/ dermatology (specialty)

feeling or sensation

ex: anesthesiologist (specialist)/ anesthesiology (specialty)

stomach, intestines (sometimes refers specifically to small intestines)

ex: gastroenterologist (specialist)/ gastroenterology (specialty)

elderly

ex: geriatrician (specialist)/ geriatrics (specialty)

female

ex: gynecologist (specialist) /gynecology (specialty)

immune

ex: immunologist (specialist) / immunology (specialty)

new, birth

ex: neonatologist (specialist) / neonatology (specialty)

nerve

ex: neurologist (specialist) / neurology (specialty)

midwife

ex: obstetrician (specialist)/ obstetrics (specialty)

tumor

ex: oncologist (specialist)/ oncology (specialty)

eye

ex: ophthalmologist (specialist)/ ophthalmology (specialty)

straight, child (sometimes foot)

ex: orthopedist/orthopedic surgeon (specialist)/ orthopedics (specialty)

ear, larynx

ex: otolaryngologist (specialist), otolaryngology (specialty)

disease

ex: pathologist (specialist) / pathology (specialty)

child (sometimes foot)

ex: pediatrician (specialist)/ pediatrics (specialty)

mind

ex: psychiatrist (specialist) / psychiatry (specialty)

radiation (sometimes radius)

ex: radiologist (specialist)/ radiology (specialty)

rheumatism

ex: rheumatologist (specialist) / rheumatology (specialty)

nose

ex: rhinologist (specialist) / rhinology (specialty)

urinary tract (sometimes urine)

ex: urologist (specialist) / urology (speciality)

• surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
• ex:amniocentesis

• excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
• ex:appendectomy

• process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
• ex:hemolysis

• surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
• ex:mastopexy

• surgical repair
• ex: mammoplasty

• suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
• ex: angiorrhaphy

• visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
• ex: microscopy

• formation of an opening
• ex:tracheostomy

• an instrument used for cutting
• ex: microtome

• incision (cutting into tissue)
• ex: tracheotomy

• surgical crushing
• ex: lithotripsy

• gland
• ex:adenoids

• vessel
• ex: angiogram

• appendix
• ex:appendectomy

• life or living
• ex:biology

• eyelid
• ex:blepharoptosis

• brain (cerebr/o sometimes means cerebrum: the main portion of the brain)
• ex:cerebral palsy, encephalitis

• hand
• ex:chirospasm

• colon or large intestine
• ex: coloscopy/colonoscopy

• skin
• ex:cutaneous, dermabrasion, dermatologist

• face
• ex:facial

• liver
• ex:hepatitis

• breast
• ex: mammography, mastectomy

• muscle
• ex: muscular, myalgia

• bone marrow or spinal cord
• ex:myelopathy

• bone
• ex: osteoarthritis

• lungs
• ex: pulmonary, pneumatic, pneumonia

• tonsil
• ex: tonsillitis

• trachea (windpipe)
• ex:tracheostomy

• vessel; ductus deferens (aka vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle)
• ex: vasectomy

• stone or calculus
• ex:cholelith

• soft, softening
• ex: osteomalacia

• excessive preoccupation
• ex: kleptomania

• enlargement
• ex: megaton (more familiar with mega-)

• resembling
• ex:mucoid, paranoid means resembling paranoia

• tumor
• ex:carcinoma

• condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)
• ex: neurosis

• disease
• ex: pathogenic (derived from -pathy is path/o)

• deficiency
• ex: calcipenia

• abnormal fear
• ex: hydrophobia (fear of rabies, animals with rabies avoid water due to paralysis from virus) ... interesting huh

• prolapse (sagging)
• ex: ptosis (ex in drooping of eyelid)

• excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
• ex: hemorrhage

• flow or discharge
• ex: gonorrhea

• rupture
• ex: cardiorrhexis

• twitching, cramp
• ex: spasm

• stopping, controlling
• ex: stasis

• capable of, able to
• ex: preventable

• pertaining to
• ex:cardiac, thermal, median, alveolar, salivary, peritoneal, lymphatic, invasive, nephrotic

• enzyme
• ex: lactase

• membrane
• ex: peritoneum

• condition or theory
• ex: synergism

• one who suffers
• ex: hemophiliac

• vision
• ex: diplopia

• sugar
• ex: lactose

• pertaining to or characterized by
• ex: cancerous

• state or condition
• ex: atrophy

• starch
• ex: amylase

• sugar
• ex: hypoglycemia

• blood
• ex: hematemesis

• milk
• ex: lactation

• fat
• ex: lipids

• stone
• ex: lithology

• small
• ex: microscope

• mucus
• ex: mucous membranes secrete mucus

• protein
• ex: proteinuria

• fire
• ex: pyromaniacs