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)