CHAPTER 1 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Tumor of a gland

Inflammation of a gland

Inflammation of a joint

Study of life

Removal of living tissue and examination under a microscope.

Cancerous tumor

Study of the heart

Pertaining to the head

Pertaining to the brain

Process of cutting into. Scissors cut

Process of cutting out

Glands that secrete hormones within the body

Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder

Study of cells

Inflammation of the skin

Pertaining to under the skin

Record of the electricity in the heart

Record of the electricity of the brain

Inflammation of the intestines

A red blood cell

Removal of the stomach

Incision of the stomach

State of complete knowledge; information gathered about a patient’s illness. (Dia-=complete; gnos/o = knowledge; -sis=state of)

State of before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of an illness. An agnostic is a person who professes no (a-) knowledge of God.

Study of females and female diseases

Study of blood

Collection (mass) of blood

Blood protein found in red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from cells to the lungs.hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver

Pertaining to being produced by treatment. A rash occurring after treatmentwith a drug, such as penicillin, is an iatrogenic condition. A related term, nosocomial, refers to any infection acquired in a hospital (nos/o means disease and -comial comes from the Greek “I take care of”).

White blood cell

Inflammation of the kidney

Study of the kidney

Study of nerves

Study of tumors

Specialist in the study of tumors

Instrument for visual examination of the eye. Proper pronunciation helps in the spelling of this term. The initial syllable is pronounced “off” and is spelled “oph.”

Inflammation of bone

Inflammation of bone and joints (actually degeneration of joint tissue)

Study of disease

One who studies diseases, performs autopsies, and examines biopsy samples

Pertaining to treatment of children

Study of the mind

Specialist in the treatment of the mind

Study of x-rays

Pertaining to the kidney. Ren/o (Latin) is used with -al (Latin), and nephr/o (Greek) is used with -ic (Greek).

Inflammation of the nose

Tumor of flesh tissue (cancerous tumor of connective tissues, such as bone, muscle, cartilage, fat). Sarcasm is an utterance intended to “cut into the flesh” and a sarcophagus is a box or container (Egyptian coffin) intended to “swallow flesh.” Phag/o means to eat or swallow.

Process of cutting out; removal

A clotting cell

Study of the urinary tract

Pertaining to the heart

Pertaining to nerves

Pain of a joint

Nerve pain

Red blood cell

Removal (resection) of a kidney

Blood condition of white cells; malignant (cancerous) condition.

Pertaining to producing cancer. From the Greek “gennao” meaning “I produce.” Other words to help remember -genic are gene and Genesis

Pertaining to producing disease

Pertaining to produced by treatment (physician)

Literally, blood (hem/o) protein (-globin). Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells. It helps erythrocytes carry oxygen

Record of the electricity in the brain

Pertaining to the stomach

Pertaining to the study of nerves

Process of cutting out; removal

Specialist in the study of females and female disorders

Inflammation of the urinary bladder

Study of the endocrine glands

Tumor (malignant) of the liver

Process of viewing life; removal of living tissue for microscopic examination.

Abnormal condition of the kidney

Abnormal condition (slight increase) of normal white blood cells.

Disease of the intestines

Disease of glands

Instrument to visually examine within (the body)

Process of visually examining within (the body)

State of before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of treatment.

Incision of a bone

Process of study of the stomach and intestines

A decrease in erythrocytes or hemoglobin

“Self view”—examination of a dead body, understand its function.

State of complete knowledge; information gathered about a patient’s illness

One who specializes in endocrine glands

Pertaining to above the stomach

Outer layer of skin; above the dermis layer

Process of cutting out; to resection

Glands that secrete chemicals to the outside of the body

Condition of increased blood sugar

Condition of too much secretion of hormone (thyroxine) from the thyroid.

Pertaining to below the stomach

Condition of low blood sugar

Process of cutting into; to section

Structure (membrane) surrounding the heart

Exocrine gland in front of (before) the urinary bladder in males

Removal; excision. From the Latin “resecare” meaning “to cut back, trim or curtail.” Thus a resection is an operation wherein an organ is “cut back” or removed

Pertaining to behind the heart

Pertaining to below the liver

Pertaining to across or through the liver