Medical Terminology Ch. 2
Erythroderma
A condition in which the skin is red
Edema
A condition of fluid accumulation in the tissues causing swelling or puffiness.
Erythremia
A condition of red blood caused by the production of too many re blood cells
Leukemia
A disease in which there are too many immature white blood cells (leukocytes) in the blood
Cytotechnologist
A technician that prepares and screens slides
Cytologist
A technologist who studies cellular disease
Lymphocyte
A type of leukocyte produced by the lymphatic system
Adjectival suffixes
Al or Ic
Melan/o
Black (dark pigment)
Emia (suffix)
Blood condition
Cyan/o
Blue
Combining form for heart
Cardi/o
Heart pain
Cardialgia
CT
Computed tomography
Tomos
Cut
Ostomy
Cut a new surgical opening
Tomy
Cut into, incise, incision
Ectomy
Cut out, remove, excise, excision
Cis (incision)
Cut, cut with a knife
Blueness of the skin
Cyanoderma
Condition of blueness
Cyanosis
Melanoderma
Dark patches of skin
Vitiligo
Disease in which people have patchy white areas on their skin
Combining form that means sound made by reflected sound waves
Ech/o
EKG
Electrocardiogram
Blast
Embryonic or immature cell
Duodenum
First part of the small intestine
Suffix meaning record, image, or picture
Gram
Suffix meaning an instrument used to make a recording or picture
Graph
Suffix for the process of making a recording or image
Graphy
Chlor/o
Green
Erythrocytosis
High numbers of erythrocytes
In
Inside, into
Tomograph
Instrument that uses X-ray to produce images through planes/slices of the body
Tome
Instrument used to cut slices
Dermatome
Instrument used to cut slices of skin tissues
Erythrocytopenia
Low numbers of erythrocytes
Combining form means water or liquid and is used go refer to lymph/atic system structures
Lymph/o
Pertaining to the lymph system
Lymphatic
Lymphatic system white blood cell
Lymphocyte
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
Lymphedema
Obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissues (swelling)
Os & stoma
Opening like a mouth
Ex (ec)
Out of, away, from
Combining form meaning disease
Path/o
The study if disease
Pathology
Greek word for poverty (signifies a decrease)
Penia
Hypodermic
Pertaining to below the dermis
Tomogram
Picture made by a tomograph
Melanocyte
Pigment cell
PET
Positron emission tomography
Combining form that means ray coming from a central point
Radi/o
X-ray picture
Radiogram
Instrument used to produce the radiogram or X-ray film
Radiograph
One who takes x rays
Radiographer
A physician specialist who studies/interprets x-rays
Radiologist
Erythr/o
Red
Erythema
Reddened skin
SPECT
Single photon emission computed tomography
Derma
Skin
Combining form that means sound
Son/o
Instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and used a CPU to create an image of body structures
Sonograph
Algia
Suffix that means pain
Thrombocytes
The blood cells that allow the blood to clot
Tomography
The process if using a tomograph
Etiology
The study of the origin of the cause of disease
Combining form that means blood clot
Thromb/o
Hist/o
Tissue
MRI, CT, PET, and SPECT are all types of
Tomography
Leuko/o
White
Leukoderma
White skin
Xanth/o
Yellow
Xanthemia
Yellow condition of the blood (carotenemia)