Medical Vocab: Lesson 3

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ARACHN-

Back 1

Combining form

spider, web; achnoid membrane

arachn-o-phob-ia

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CHLOR-

Back 2

Combining form

green

chlor-ine

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CHONDR-

Back 3

Combining form

cartilage

costo-chondr-al

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DACTYL-

Back 4

Combining form

finger, toe

dactyl-o-spasm

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DERM(AT)-, -DERMA

Back 5

Combining form

skin

dermat-o-plast-y

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(H)ELC-

Back 6

Combining form

ulcer

helc-osis

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HIDR(OT)-, -IDR-

Back 7

Combining form

sweat

hidr-o-poie-sis

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HIST(I)-

Back 8

Combining form

[web] tissue

hist-o-blast

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HYDR-

Back 9

Combining form

water, fluid

hydr-o-lysis

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HYPN-

Back 10

Combining form

sleep

hypn-o-sis

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ICTER-

Back 11

Combining form

jaundice

icter-o-hepat-itis

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IN-, INOS-

Back 12

Combining form

fiber, muscle

in-o-trop-ic

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IS-

Back 13

Combining form

equal, same, similar, alike

is-o-cyt-osis

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MENING-, -MENIX

Back 14

Combining form

meningeal membrane, meninges

mening-itis

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MY(S)-

Back 15

Combining form

[mouse] muscle

my-o-kin-esia

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MYC(ET)-

Back 16

Combining form

[mushroom] fungus

mycet-hernia

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MYEL-

Back 17

Combining form

bone marrow, spinal cord

myel-cyt-e

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NARC-

Back 18

Combining form

stupor, numbness

narc-o-lep-sy

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NECR-

Back 19

Combining form

corpse; dead

necro-o-lysis

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OLIG-

Back 20

Combining form

few, deficient

olig-o-sperm-ia

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ONYCH-

Back 21

Combining form

fingernail, toenail

onych-o-my-osis

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POD-

Back 22

Combining form

foot

pod-iatr-ist

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POLI-

Back 23

Combining form

the brain and spinal cord

poli-o-virus

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POLY-

Back 24

Combining form

many, excessive

poly-morph-ic

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POR-

Back 25

Combining form

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

oste-o-por-osis

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PSYCH-

Back 26

Combining form

[soul] mind

psych-iatr-ic

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SOM(AT)-, -SOMA

Back 27

Combining form

body

somat-iz(e)-ation

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STHEN-

Back 28

Combining form

strength

sthen-ia

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TRACHEL-

Back 29

Combining form

neck, cervix

trachel-o-my-itis

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XANTH-

Back 30

Combining form

yellow

xanth-o-chrom-ia

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Who in greek mythology was a young girl skilled in the art of weaving?

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Arachne

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arachnoidea

Back 32

a thin, delicate membrane, the intermediate of the three that enclose the brain and spinal cord

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pachymeninx

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the outer, tough fibrous membrane is the dura mater, sometimes called the pachymeninx or simply dura

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meningitis

Back 34

inflammation of the meninges of the brain or spinal cord

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The combining form myel- refers to either bone marrow or the spinal cord: examples

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myeloma - tumor originating in the bone marrow
multiple myeloma - neuroplastic desease characterized by infiltration of bone and bone marrow by myloma cells forming multiple tumor masses that lead to pathological fractures.
poliomyelitis - inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord (polio)

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jaundice

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is a condition that manifests inself externally by a yellow staining of the skin caused by the deposition of bile pigments; aka icterus from the Greek ikteros

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hypochondrium

Back 37

the soft part of the abdomen beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs, the upper central region fo the abdomen over the pit of the stomachand located on either side of the epigastrium

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epigastrium

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location of the gallbladder, liver and the spleen which is thought of as the seat of melancholy --- the form hypochondria, means melancholy state for which there is no apparent cause.

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In words like hypnotize think hypnoticize

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hypn combining form sleep
o connecting vowel
tic adject forming suffix from nouns in -sis: pertaining to; many words ending in -tic have come to be used as nouns: drug, agent ; person suffering from a certain disability
ize verb forming suffix make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

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In words myotenositis look to the Assignments page for help with the letter -s

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Front 41

In the word polyp the -p is from pod

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