Easy Medical Terminology

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Derm/ - Skin

Derm/ - Word Root

- O - CV

- pathy - Disease

- pathy - Suffix

Disease of the skin

Gloss/ - Word Root

Gloss/ - Tongue

O - CV

- plasty - Suffix

- plasty - Surgical Repair

Glossoplasty - Surgical repair of the tongue

Celi/ - Word Root

Celi/ - Belly (abdomen)

O - CV

- sect - Suffix

- sect - To cut

Celiosect - To make a cut into the abdomen

Nephr/ -Word Root

Nephr/ - Kidney

- itis - Suffix

- itis - Inflammation

Nephritis - Inflammation of the kidneys

Oste/ - word root

Oste/ - bone

- lysis - suffix

- lysis - breakdown / dissolution

Osteolysis - Dissolution of bone (tissue)

Tachy - Fast

Tachy - Word Root

- pnea - breathing

- pnea - Suffix

Tachypnea - Fast breathing

Hemat/ - Word Root

Hemat/ - Blood

- uria - Urine

- uria - Suffix

Hematuria - Blood ( cells) in urine.