medical terms
common core of many medical words
root word
surgical removal
-ectomy
Enlargement
-megaly
front
anterior
cephalic/caudal
cephalic
word components that appear at the beginning of the word, generally meaning the same with each word they are attached to
prefix
surgical repair, reformation
-plasty
inflammation
-itis
around
Circum
superior/inferior
superior
a shortened version of a word
abbreviation
incision
-tomy
hardening condition
-sclerosis
within
endo
stomach/diaphragm
diaphragm
Letters used to represent a system PACU
acronyms
fixation, to put in place
-pexy
tumor
-oma
across, through
trans
lungs/intestines
lungs
a word root with a combining vowel, making the medical word easier to pronounce
Combining Forms "O"
crushing
-tripsy
fear of
-phobia
farther away from
lateral
patella/ ankle
patella