Medical Terminology

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a combining form for skin

cutane/o

combining form that means sweat

hidr/o

combining form that means fat

lip/o

combining form that means nail

onchy/o

combining form for hair

pil/o

combining form that means dry

xer/o

combining form that means wrinkle

rhytid/o

combining form that means hard

kerat/o

combining form that means fungus

myc/o

combining form that means redness

erythemat/o

absence of hair from areas where it normally grows

alopecia

which means itching

pruritis

inflammatory skin disease with erythematous lesions

eczema

infections of the skin caused by a fungus

tinea

excessive hypertrophied, thickened scar developed after trauma/surgical incision

keloid

epidermal growth caused by a virus/wart

verruca

white thickened patches on mucous membrane tissue of the tongue/cheek

leukoplakia

thickened and rough incision of the epidermis associated with aging or skin damage

keratosis

loss of pigment in areas of the skin

vitilligo

cancerous growth composed of melanocytes

malignant melanoma

meaning of the suffix -opia

vision

meaning of the combining form phot/o

light

combining form that means eyelid

palpabr/o

meaning of the combining form phak/o

lens of the eye

combining form that means tears

lacrim/o

meaning of the combining form kerat/o

cornea

meaning of the combining form opt/o

eye/vision

combining form that means tear duct

dacry/o

another combining form besides pupill/o that can be used for pupil

cor/o

combining form for eyelid

blephar/o

meaning of the combining form acous/o

hearing

combining form for ear

aur/o

meaning of the combining form myring/o

eardrum

combining form for eustachian tube

salping/o

meaning of the combining form ot/o

ear

meaning of the suffix -acusis

hearing

combining form for the 3rd bone of the middle ear

staped/o

meaning of the suffix -otia

ear condition

meaning of the suffix -meter

to measure

combining form for 3 small bones of the middle ear

ossicul/o

combining form that means gland

aden/o

combining form that means sex glands

gonad/o

combining form that means male

andr/o

combining form that means potassium

kal/i

combining form that means sodium

natr/o

prefix that means deficient

hypo-

prefix that means excessive

hyper-

combining form that means female

estr/o

combining form that means to secrete

crin/o

combining form that means sugar

gluc/o

advance hyperthyroidism in adults

myxdema

most common form of hyperthyroidism

graves disease

condition of constant muscle contraction

tetany

group of signs and symptoms produced by excess control from the adrenal cortex

cushing syndrome

hypofunctioning of the adrenal cortex

addison disease

benign tumor of the adrenal medula

pheochromocytoma

lack of insulin secretion or resistance of insulin in promoting sugar, starch and fat metabolism in cells

diabetes mellitus

hypersecretion of GH leading to enlargement of extremities

acromegaly

deficiency of all pituary hormones

panhypopituitarism

excessive secretion of antidiuretic hormones

siabit

combining form that means cancer

carcin/o

combining form that means flesh

sarc/o

combining form that means death

necr/o

combining form that means tumor

onc/o

suffix that means immature tumor

-blastoma

suffix that means mass tumor

-oma

prefix that means short distance

brachy-

prefix that means beyond change

meta-

suffix that means formation, growth

-plasia

radiotherapy that uses insertion of sealed containers into body cavities or radioactive seeds into the tumor

brachytherapy

treatment with drugs

chemotherapy

radiation therapy using energy in the form of xrays

photontherapy

applying radiation to a tumor from a soure outside body

external beam radiation

wide resection involving removal of the tumor

exenteration

destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by a high frequency current

fulguration

study using CT or MRI to map treatment before RT is given

simulation

use of subfreezing temperature to destroy tissue

cryosurgery

interleukins are examples of what kind of therapy

biological therapy

fractionation is an example of what kind of therapy

radiation therapy

prefix that means backward

ana-

combining form that means drug

pharmaceut/o

combining form that means xrays

radi/o

suffix that means to record

-gram

prefix that means repeated sound

echo-

combining form that means sound

son/o

combining form that means same

is/o

suffix that means process of recording

-graphy

suffix that means obscure

-opaque

combining form for treatment

therapeut/o

combining form that means glass

vitr/o