MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IDENTIFICATION
mammoplasty
mammo= breast plasty= surgical repair.
cyanosis
CYAN= blue OSIS= condition of
hyperemesis
HYPER= excessive EMESIS= vomiting
pericarditis
PERI= around CARDI=heart ITIS= inflamation
circumoral cyanosis
a bluish discoloration around the mouth circum= around oral= mouth cyan= blue osis= condition.
cardi/ologist
cardio= heart ology= study of
hepatomegaly
enlargement of the liver HEPATO= liver MEGALY= enlargment
erythrocytopenia
erythro= red cyto= cell penia= deficiency.
lipoma
fatty tumor LIPO= fat OMA= tumor
hypodermic
hypo=deficiency dermi=skin ic= pertaining to.
hysterectomy
hystero= utero ectomy= surgical opening
Pharingitis
inflammation of the pharynx pharing= pharynx or throat itis= inflamation.
intercostal
inter= between costal ribs
oophorectomy
oopho= ovary ectomy surgicalopening
otosclerosis
oto= ear sclerosis= hardening
dysuria
painful urination DYS= pain, dificult URIA= urine
rhinorrhea
rhin= nose orrhea= flow
osteomalacia
softening of the bone osteo= bone malascia= softening
tracheostomy
trach= trachea ostomi= surgical opening
hydrocephalic
water in the head HYDRO=water CEPHALIC= brain
