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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