Medical Terminology MCPHS
epilepsy - CNS disorder due to disturbed electrical brain activity
any age, intense, longer lasting, recurs
aphasia - loss of speech
speech controlled by left brain
motor speech area: production of language
receptive/sensory area: understanding speech
-itis - inflammation
pain (dolor) , redness (rubor), heat (calor), swelling (tumor)
-osis - abnormal condition
-ectomy - to cut OUT, remove
-otomy - to cut IN to
-ostomy - to make a "mouth", opening
-a/an - without, none
micro - small
macro - large
mega/-megaly - enlarged
,-scopy/-scopic - to look, observe
-graphy/-graph - the process of recording an image
-gram - the image (X-ray)
-ology/-ologist - study, specialize in
stomato- - mouth
dento- - teeth
gloss/linguo - tongue
gingivo - gum
gastro - stomach
entero - intestine
colo - large colon
procto - anus
hepato - liver
nephro/rene - kidney
, orchido - testis
oophoro - ovary
hystero/metro - uterus
salpingo/ -salpinx - uterine tubes
dermo - skin
masto/mammo - breast
osteo - bone
cardio - heart
cysto - bladder
rhino - nose
veno/phlebo - veins
pulmo/pneumo - lungs
heme/emia - blood
leuko - white
epilepsy - CNS disorder due to disturbed electrical brain activity
any age, intense, longer lasting, recurs
aphasia - loss of speech
speech controlled by left brain
motor speech area: production of language
receptive/sensory area: understanding speech
-itis - inflammation
pain (dolor) , redness (rubor), heat (calor), swelling (tumor)
-osis - abnormal condition
-ectomy - to cut OUT, remove
-otomy - to cut IN to
-ostomy - to make a "mouth", opening
-a/an - without, none
micro - small
macro - large
mega/-megaly - enlarged
,-scopy/-scopic - to look, observe
-graphy/-graph - the process of recording an image
-gram - the image (X-ray)
-ology/-ologist - study, specialize in
stomato- - mouth
dento- - teeth
gloss/linguo - tongue
gingivo - gum
gastro - stomach
entero - intestine
colo - large colon
procto - anus
hepato - liver
nephro/rene - kidney
, orchido - testis
oophoro - ovary
hystero/metro - uterus
salpingo/ -salpinx - uterine tubes
dermo - skin
masto/mammo - breast
osteo - bone
cardio - heart
cysto - bladder
rhino - nose
veno/phlebo - veins
pulmo/pneumo - lungs
heme/emia - blood
leuko - white
