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Final combining forms, prefixes and suffixes

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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