Define Medical Terminology for Inflammation and Cancer Flashcards

Medical Terminology:  A Short Course, 5th edition by Davi-Ellen ChabnerChapter 1:  Basic Word StructureThis set of flashcards only includes the vocabulary words.  The roots, prefixes, and suffixes can be found in set 1.For each vocabulary, try to identify the root and the prefix and/or suffix.

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Adenoma
benign tumor of glandular cellsaden/o gland-oma tumor or mass
Adenitis
inflammation of a glandaden/o gland-itis inflammation
Arthritis
inflammation of a jointarthr/o joint-itis inflammation
Biology
study of lifebi/o life-ology study of
Carcinoma
cancerous tumorcarcin/o cancer, cancerous-oma tumor, mass
Cardiology
study of the heartcardi/o heart-ology study of
Cephalic
pertaining to the headcephal/o head-ic pertaining to
Cerebral
pertaining to the cerebrumcerebr/o cerebrum, largest part of the brain-al pertaining to
Cerebrovascular accident
CVAcommonly known as strokecerebr/o cerebrum, largest part of the brain-vascular pertaining to blood vessels
Cystoscope
instrument used to view the urinary bladdercyst/o urinary bladder-scope instrument to visually examine
Cytology
study of cellscyt/o cell-ology study of
Dermal
pertaining to the skinderm/o skin-al pertaining to
Dermatitis
inflammation of the skindermat/o skin-itis inflammation
Electrocardiogram
ECG or EKGrecord of the electricity of the heartelectr/o electricitycardi/o heart-gram record
Electroencephalogram
EEGrecord of the electricity of the brainelectr/o electricityencephal/o brain-gram record