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What are the 4 different categories for word parts?
Word Roots
Suffixes
Prefixes
Combining Vowels
-desis
What is the term for sound?
son/o
What is the suffix for abnormal cell condition?
-cytosis
Lymphoid means?
Resembling lymph
What are the the names of 3 planes?
Frontal
Sagittal
Transverse
What are the names of the types of muscles?
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
What does polyangiitis mean?
inflammation of many vessels
What term means blood condition with excessive fat?
Hyperlipemia
What are the names of the 3 tonsils?
Pharyngeal
Palatine
Lingual
What is the term for abnormal nail fungus condition?
onychomycosis
What is the term for bone and cartilage inflammation?
osteochondritis
Break down the following term and define each word part....
bacterial endocarditis
endo= inner
cardi/o= heart
itis= inflammation
Inflammation of inner lining of heart ( the endocardium) caused by bacteria
Name the 3 types of white blood cells
Eosinophil
Basophil
Neutrophil
What does elephantiasis mean?
Blockage of lymphatic vessels that cause extreme tissue edema
iasis= abnormal condition
If a word ends in -ma how do you make it plural?
keep -ma and add -ta
example: sarcoma = sarcomata
percutaneous diskectomy
per- = through
cutane/o= skin
-ous= pertaining to
-ectomy= surgical removal
Brake down the following term and define the word parts....
intravascular thrombolytic therapy
intra= within
vascul/o=blood vessel
-ar= pertaining to
thromb/o= clot
-lytic= destruction
"clot busters"
Brake down the following term and define it....
polycythemia vera
poly= many
cyt/o= cell
hem/o= blood
-ia= condition
Meaning: condition characterized by too many erythrocytes, blood becoming too thick to flow through blood vessels
What does HAI stand for?
Healthcare associated infection
What is the name of the skin condition that causes your skin pigment to disappear and look like milky white areas?
Vitiligo
A patient is diagnosed with spondylolisthesis. Identify the word parts and explain the condition.
Answer:
spondyl/o = vertebra
-listhesis = slipping
Meaning: Forward slipping of one vertebra over another, usually in the lower spine.
Break down and build a term meaning: A condition in which the heart has an abnormally fast and irregular rhythm?
tachyarrhythmia
tachy- = fast, rapid
a- = without, lacking
rhythm/o = rhythm
-ia = condition
Transcribe this sentence using medical terms:
The formed elements of blood are red blood cells, white blood cells and clotting cells.
The formed elements of blood are erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets. Thrombocytes
What is the abbreviation for severe combined immunodeficiency?
SCID