Combining Forms
Liver
Hepat /o
"Hypertrophy"
Increase in size.
"Dys"
Abnormal or difficult.
"Fluroescein Dye Strain"
Detects damage to cornea.
"Arrythmia"
Condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm.
Nose
Nas /o or rhin /o
"Lipoma"
Benign tumour made of fat tissue.
Heart
"Angiocardiography"
A radiographic visualisation of the heart and its blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque substance.
"Thrombocytopenia"
Condition in which you have a low blood platelet count.
Lungs
Pheum /o or pneumonia /o
"Malacia"
Abnormal Softening.
"Itis"
Inflammation.
"Radiography"
Imaging technique using x-rays to view the internal structure of an object.
"Hypoxia"
Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues.
Cornea
Corne /o
"Neuroglia Cells"
Supportive cells of the nervous system.
"Opia"
Vision.
"Nasogastric Intubation"
Insertion of a tube through the nose, past the throat and down into the stomach.
Visual tiredness and laziness. Loss of appetite as well.
Arterioles
Arteriol /o
"Arteries"
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
"Necro"
Death or dying.
"Supression Test"
"Hepatomegaly"
Condition of having an enlarged liver.