Medical Terminology Chapter 1 Lecture Notes

End of the word

Attachment to the beginning of the term

Gives the essential meaning of the term

A vowel that has no meaning of its own but is used as an important connector between the root and the suffix

Combination of the root and the combining vowel

Heart

Skin

stomach

blood

mind

pertaining to

• cutting it out
• removal
• incision 

• condition
• process 

inflammation

abnormal condition

• process of cutting into
• incision

study of

• bad 
• painful
• difficult
• abnormal

• excessive
• more than normal
• too much

• below
• less than normal
• too little 

• below
• under 

Types of glands that secrete chemicals

Glands that release hormones that travel within the body to effect other organs and tissues

Glads that release chemicals through ducts to the outside of the body

the complete knowledge gained after examining and performing tests on a patient

• Predicition made after the diagnosis
• Used to forecast and describe the likely outcomes of an illness 

Examples of malignant (Cancerous) tumors

Cancerous tumor arising from cells that line the internal organs of the body

Cancerious tumor arising from the connective tissues (bone, cartalige, fat)

Conditions of the blood

involves  a deficiency of red blood cells or the hemoglobin with the red cells. 

a cancerous condition involving an increased number of abnormal white blood cells. 

a slightly increase in the number of white blood cells as a response to an infection

procedures that involve the abdomen

a large incision to explore or remove organs and tissue

visual examination of the abdomen using small incisions and the insertion of instruments including a lapaoscope to view and operate on organs and tissue