Chapter 6.2 Interpreting Word Parts

crani-

Pertaining to the skull

-otomy

Cutting into

dys-

Difficult, painful, bad

-uria

Urine

hyster-

Uterus

-ectomy

Surgical removal of

hemo-

Blood

-toixc

Poision

peri-

Around

-card-

Pertaining to the heart

-itis

Inflammation, inflammation of

leuko-

White

-cyte

Cell

chole-

Bile, gallbladder

-cyst-

Bladder, bag, sac

tachy-

Rapid, fast

neur-

Nerve, nervous system

-algia

Pain

poly-

Many, much

-emia

Blood

blady-

Slow

gastr-

Stomach

mening-

Membranes of the brain and spinal cord

neo-

New

-pathy

Disease, abnormal condition

dermat-

Pertaining to the skin

-ologist

Person who does/study

procto-

Rectum, rectal, anus

-scope

Examining instrument

carin-

Cancer, malignancy

-oma

Tumor, a swelling

electro-

Electrical

-encephalo-

Brain

-graph

Diagram, instrument for recording

osteo-

Bone

-malacia

Softening of the tissue

para-

Paralysis

-plegia

Lower half of the body

py-

Pus

acro-

Extremities (arms and legs)

-megaly

Large, enlarged

geront-

Old age, elderly

-ology

Study of, science of

-phagia

To eat, consume, swallow

hydro-

Water

-cele

Swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia

adenoma

A swelling gland

antitoxic

Against poision

ophthalmology

Study of the eye

cholecystectomy

Surgical removal of the gallbladder

endocarditis

Inflammation within the heart

gastroenteritis

Inflammation of the stomach intestine

hypoglycemia

Low blood sugar

septicemia

Blood poision

oliguria

Less than normal urine

bronchitis

Inflammation of the air tubes in lungs

homogeneous

Same type

arterioscelerosis

Dryness or hardness in the artery

dysmenorrhea

Difficult, painful, bad monthly menstruation flow

angiopathy

Disease, abnormal condition in the vessel

blepharorrhaphy

Sewing up of an eyelid

urethrocystitis

Inflammation of the urethra and the bladder

pneumonomelanosis

Blackening of the lung tissue from the inhalation of coal dust or other black particles

paraosteoarthropathy

Disease of the joint bone and near

salpingo-oophorocele

Hernia of an ovary and its Fallopian tube

idiopathic thrombocytopenia

Self originating abnormal condition from an abnormally low amount of plateles

narcoepilepsy

Neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness

postpartum

Following childbirth or the birth of young

herniorrhaphy

Surgical operation for the correction of a hernia

dermacyanosis

A bluish color of the skin due to insufficient oxygen in the blood.

thoracentesis

Procedure to remove excess fluid in the space between the lungs and the chest wall