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Final combining forms, prefixes and suffixes

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This guide offers an extensive overview of essential medical terminology through various combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes. It includes key terms relating to glands (aden/o), joints (arthr/o), mind (psych/o), cancer (carcin/o), brain and cerebellum (cerebr/o), flesh (sarc/o), women's health (gyne), and the nervous system (neur/o). Delve into definitions and examples of conditions like adenitis, arthritis, psychosis, and more. This resource is a valuable tool for students, professionals, and anyone interested in understanding medical language better.

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Final combining forms, prefixes and suffixes

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  1. Week 4 medical terminology Final combining forms, prefixes and suffixes

  2. gland • Aden/o • Adenitis • Adenoma • Adenectomy • Adenology • Adenopathy

  3. joint Arthr/o Medical terms • Arthritis • Osteoarthritis • Arthralgia • Arthrotomy

  4. mind Psych/o • Psychiatr/o • (iatr/o) treatment of • Psychologist • psychology • Psychyiatrist • psychiatry

  5. Psychosis Osis- abnormal condition of • Psychosis- • Abnormal condition of the mind

  6. Cancerous, cancer • Carcin/o • Cancinoma • Adenocarcinoma

  7. Brain and cerebellum • Cerebr/o • Cerebellum • Largest part of the brain • cerebral • Encephal/o Electroencephalogram The record or picture of the electricity in the brain.

  8. Sarc/o flesh • Sarc/o • Sarcoma • Tumour in the soft tissue/flesh

  9. -gnos = knowledge Diagnosis • -gnosis=knowledge • -sis= state/condition • Dia = complete • Diagnosis= Complete knowledge of the condition of

  10. -sis and dia- • -sis a Suffix = state , condition of • Dia- a Prefix = complete

  11. Women and female conditions • Gyne • Gynecology • Gynecologist

  12. Nerve and nervous system • neur/o • Neurology • Neurologist • Neuritis • Neuralgia • Neural

  13. Tumour(speciality of cancer) • Onc/o • Oncology • Oncologist

  14. The pathway of a disease • Path/o • Pathology • Pathologist

  15. -pathy is also suffix for -disease of the • Neuropathy • Adenopathy • Psychopathy • Renopathy • Hepatopathy

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