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I. Roots and suffixes used in the Greek and Latin medical terms
ROOTS
| Greek and Latin roots | English word elements | Meaning | Examples of medical terms |
| aesthesi-; -aesthesia | esthesi-; -esthesia | feeling; nervous sensation | anaesthesiologia |
| brady- | brady- | slow | bradycardia |
| gynaec- | gynec- | woman; female | gynaecologia |
| hist- | hist- | tissue | histologia |
| hydr- | hydr- | water | hydrophobia |
| lip- | lip- | fat; lipid | lipōma |
| lith-; -lithus | -lith | stone; calculus | phlebolithus |
| melan- | melan- | black | melanuria |
| onc- | onc- | tumour | oncologia |
| pyr- | pyr- | fever; heat | pyrotherapia |
| tachy- | tachy- | fast | tachycardia |
SUFFIXES
| Greek and Latin suffixes | English word elements | Meaning | Examples of medical terms |
| -penia | -penia | decreased number (in blood) | leucocytopenia |
| -pexia | -pexy | fixation | nephropexia |
| -phobia | -phobia | fear | hydrophobia |
| -plegia | -plegia | paralysis; palsy | diplegia |
PREFIXES
| Greek and Latin prefixes | English word elements | Meaning | Examples of medical terms |
| bi-; di-; | bi-; di-; | two | didactylia |
| mono- | mono- | one; single | monophobia |
II. EXERCIsES
1. Build up clinical terms with the given roots and suffixes, explain their meaning:
· tachy- (-cardia; -kinesia; -arrhythmia);
· hydr(o)- (-therapia; -phobia; -thorax; -rrhoea; -nephrosis; -cephalia; -metra; -myelia);
· pyr(o)- (-mania; -therapia; -phobia; -genus);
· -(o)phobia (hydr-; gynaec-; toxic-; mono-);
· di- (-dactylia; -plegia; -cheilia);
· -(o)pexia (nephr-; metr-; proct-; cyst-; col-);
· -(o)plegia (cyst-; ophthalm-; di-; mono-; cardiomyo-; gloss-);
· -(o)lithus (enter-; phleb-; ur-; rhin-; hepat-; nephr-).
2. Explain the meaning of the following terms:
| 1) melanuria melanodermia melanoma | 2) histotherapia histologia histopathologia |
| 3) bradyglossia bradyarrhythmia bradycardia bradyaesthesia bradykinesia bradyphagia | 4) pyrotherapia pyrophobia pyrogenus |
| 5) hydrarthrosis hydrothorax hydrophobia hydrotherapia hydraemia hydrocephalia hydrometra hydroperitoneum hydropneumothorax | 6) lipaemia lipoma lipuria lipodystrophia lipofibroma lipogenus |
3. Give the Greek & Latin variants and explain the meaning of the following terms:
histology; anesthesia; gynecophobia; erythropenia; melanosis; bradycardia; hypogastrium; hypertrophy; hydrology; pyrogenic; pyuria; erythema; monodactyly; bilateral; esthesiology; oncotomy; gynecopathy; lipemia; diplegia; erythrocyturia; enterolith; nephrolithiasis; histoma; oncosis; chondrodystrophy; lipatrophy; gastroduodenostomy; otorrhagia; enteropexy; bradykinesia; monophobia; pyelotomy; lipopenia; toxicophobia; myorrhaphy; myogenic; myelogram; lipofibroma; periodontium; periostitis; oncocytoma; cystopyelogram.
4. Give the Latin spelling of the terms; explain their meaning:
hydrophthalmos; mammography; cancerophobia; glossoplegia; rhinolith; glycemia; hydrometra; cytopenia; anesthesiology; hydrocholecystis; angiography; glossorrhagia; colpopexy; phlebolith; melanodermia; monocytopenia; monomyoplegia; nephromegaly; mononeuritis; gastropexy; dicheilia; dysenteria; lipodystrophy; colostomy; cholelithiasis; cardiotomy; chondrotomy; tachyphagia; cardiomegaly; bradyphagia; hydrotherapy; urolith; cardiophobia; ophthalmoplegia; metropexy; parodontosis; rhinopathy; gynecology.
| PART III. PHARMACEUTICAL TERMINOLOGY |
LESSON 1
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Date: 2016-03-03; view: 1879
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