Transcript Medical Terms PowerPoint #6

Medical Terminology
List 6
Ch. 3
Arteri/o
Artery
 Artery
 Arteriosclerosis
 Arteritis
Arteri/o
Artery
 Blood
vessel
that carries
blood away
from the heart
Arteri/o
Arteriosclerosis
 -sclerosis
=
 Hardening
 Hardening of the
artery
Arteri/o
Arteritis
 Inflammation
of the artery
Ather/o
Plaque (a yellow
fatty material)
Atherosclerosis
Atheroma
Ather/o
Atheroscleros
is
 Hardening
plaque
of
Ather/o
Atheroma
 Mass
of
plaque
Axill/o
 Armpit
(underarm)
 Axillary
-
ary = pertaining to
Chem/o
Drug or chemical
 Chemotherapy
 Therapy
=
 Treatment
 Treatment by
drugs or
chemicals
Chron/o
Time
Chronic
 Pertaining
time
to
Col/o
Colon (large
intestine)
 Colon
 Coloscopy
 Coloscope
 Colostomy
 Colitis
Col/o

Coloscopy
Col/o
 Coloscope
Col/o
Colitis

Chronic ulcerative
colitis
Cry/o
Cold
 Cryosurgery
 Cryotherapy
 Cryophobia
Mamm/o
Breast
 Mammary


Pertaining to the breast
Mammogram

X-ray record of the
breast

Mammogram

X-ray record of the
breast
Mast/o
Breast
 Mastectomy


Removal of the breast
Mastitis

Inflammation of the
breast
Men/o
Menses (menstruation)
 Menorrhea

Men/o
 Menses
 -rrhea
 Flow
or
discharge
 Normal
discharge
 Menorrhage

Men/o
 Menses
 -rrhage
 Excessive
flow
 Excessive
menses
Amenorrhea ?
 A/men/o/rrhea

-rrhea

Discharge
 A No
/ not
 Men/o
 Menses
 No
menstrual flow
Mening/o
Meninges
(membranes
around the
brain and
spinal cord)
My/o
Muscles
 Myocardial


Myoma


Tumor of muscle
Myomectomy


Pertaining to the muscle
of the heart
Removal of muscle
tumor
Myositis

Inflammation of the
muscle
Myel/o
Spinal cord
 Myelogram

X-ray image and record
of the spinal cord
Necr/o


Death
Necrotic


Pertaining to the death
of cells
Necrosis

Death of cells
Phleb/o
Vein
 Phlebitis

Inflammation
of a vein
 Phlebotomist
A person who
removes blood
 Vampire! 

Pneumon/o
Lung
 Pneumonia


Pneumonectomy


Abnormal
condition of the
lung
Removal of a lung
Pneumonitis

Inflammation of a
lung
Pulmon/o
Lung
 Pulmonary

Pertaining to the lung

Healthy lung
Radi/o
X-ray
 Radiology



Science of using
x-rays to
diagnosis disease
Study of x-rays
Radiologist

Specialist in the
use of x-rays
(DOCTOR)
Septic/o
Pertaining to infection
 Septic


Pertaining to
infection
Septicemia


Infection in the blood
Blood poisoning
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
 Tonsillitis

Inflammation
of the tonsils
Vascul/o
Blood vessel
 Vascular


Pertaining to blood
vessels
Vasculitis

Inflammation of blood
vessels
-centesis
Surgical procedure to
remove fluid

Thoracentesis

Surgical puncture
of the chest to
remove fluid

Amniocentesis

Surgical puncture
to remove fluid
from the amnion
 Arthrocentesis

Surgical
puncture to
remove fluid
from a joint
-ectomy
Removal, resection,
excision
 Tonsillectomy


Hysterectomy


Removal of uterus
Cholecystectomy


Removal of tonsil
Removal of the
gallbladder
Nephrectomy

Removal of a kidney
-lysis
Separation, breakdown, destruction
 Dialysis


Complete separation
Hemolysis

Breakdown of blood
-plasty
Surgical repair or
correction
 Mammoplasty


Rhinoplasty


Surgical repair of the
breast
Surgical repair of the
nose
Arthroplasty

Surgical repair of the
joint
-stomy
Opening
 Colostomy

Opening of the
colon to the
outside of the
body
Tracheostomy
 Opening
of the trachea to the
outside of the body
-therapy
-Treatment
 Radiotherapy


Chemotherapy


Treatment of disease with x-ray
Treatment of disease (cancer) with
chemicals
Cryotherapy

Treatment of disease with cold
-tomy
Incision, to cut into
 Craniotomy

Incision of the skull
 Phlebotomy

Incision of a vein
-megaly
-enlargement
cardiomegaly
hepatomegaly
-megaly
Cardiomegaly
-megaly
hepatomegaly
-rrhea
-Flow,
discharge
rhinorrhea
-rrhage
-bursting forth
Hemorrhage
-sclerosis
-hardening
Arteriosclerosis