Pearson medical terminology chapter 2
exogenous; ex(o)/ gen/ ous
originating outside the body or an organ of body.
Exo- out
Gen - Formation, produce
-ous - Pertaining to
Analgesia (an-/-algesia)
Lack of pain.
An- without, lack of
-algesia- condition of pain.
Gastric (gastr/ic)
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Pearson medical terminology chapter 2
exogenous; ex(o)/ gen/ ous
originating outside the body or an organ of body.
Exo- out
Gen - Formation, produce
-ous - Pertaining to
Analgesia (an-/-algesia)
Lack of pain.
An- without, lack of
-algesia- condition of pain.
Gastric (gastr/ic)
pertaining to the stomach
Gastr - stomach
-ic - pertaining to
Rhinoplasty (RI-no-plas-te)(rhino/plasty)
Surgical repair of the nose
Rhin/o - nose
-plasty - Surgical repair
Cardiomegaly (cardio/megaly)
adnormal enlargement of the heart
Cardi/o - heart
-megaly - Enlargement, large
Paraplegia (para/plagia)
Paralysis of the lower part of the body and of both legs
Para- Beside, alongside
-plegia - paralysis
bronchiectasis bronchi/estasis
Distention or dilation of the bronchi.
Turgor turg/-or
Refers to the expected resiliency of the skin.
Turg - swelling
-or - one who
aphagia a/phagia
Inability to swallow
A- without
-phagia - to eat or swallow
Exogenous exo/gen/ous
Pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body
Analgesia an/algsia
Lack of pain
,Pericardial peri-/cardi/ial
Pertaining to pericardium (a fibrous surrounding the heart).
Peri- around
Cardi - heart
-al - pertaining to
Anesthetize an-/esthet/-ize
To give a patient anesthesia.
An- Without, lack of, away from
Esthet - Feeling, sensation
-ize - to make
Steroid steroid/-oid
Resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of a large group of substances chemically related to
sterols.
Ster - solid
-oid - resemble
Palpate palp/-ate
To use the hands or fingers to examine by touch ;to feel.
Palp - touch
-ate - use, action
Grandiose grandi/-ose
Pertaining to a feeling of greatness.
Grand/i- large
-ose - Pertaining to
Super infection super-/infect/-ion
An infection following a previous infection produced by overgrowth of a resilient strain of bacteria
fungi or yeast.
Super- Upper, above
Infect - infect
-ion process
infection infect/-ion
Process whereby a pathogenic microorganism invades the body and causes disease.
Infect - to infect
-ion - Process
Hypoplasia hypo-/-plasia
Under development of a tissue, organ or body.
Hypo- under
-plasia - formation
, Hypertrophy hyper-/-trophy
Excessive nourishment; the increase in the size of an organ, structure, or the body caused by an
increase in the size of the cells.
Hyper- excessive
-trophy - Nourishment
Lipolysis Lipo/-lysis
Breakdown or destruction of fat.
Lip/o - fat
-lysis - Destruction, breakdown
Premenstrual pre-/menstru/-al
Pertaining to the number of days before the discharge of the menses.
Pre- before
Menstru - To discharge the menses
-al - Pertaining to
Hemiplegia hemi-/-plegia
paralysis of one side of the body
Hemi- half
-plegia - Paralysis
Polydactyly poly/dactyl/-y
Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
Poly- many
Dactyl - finger or toe
-y - Pertaining to
-algesia
Condition of pain
-ase
Enzyme
-ate
use, action
-blast
immature cell, germ cell
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