Introdution to Medical words

Understanding Medical Words (flash tutorial):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords.html

notes from the tutorial:
Medical word roots
body
bone = oste
muscle = myo
nerves = neur
skin = derm

blood & heart
heart = cardio
veins & arteries = vas/vasc
(cardio vascular system)
blood = hem(o)/ sangu
blood vessels = angi(o)
veins = ven(o) / phleb(o)
aorta = aort
arteries = arteri(o)

Head
head = ceph
brain = enceph
nose = rhino
eardrum = tympan / myringo
tooth = odont / dento
eye = ophthalm / oculo
ear = oto
tongue = lingu
skull = crani

Digestive Organs
liver = hepat(o)
gallbladder = cholecyst
esophagus = esoph(a)
stomach = gastr(o)
large intestine = colo
small intestine = ileo
abdomen = abdomin(o)

bones and muscles
muscles = myo
shoulder = scapul
arm = brachi(o)
wrist = carp(o)
rib = cost(o)
back = dorsa
bones = oste(o)
foot = pod(o) / ped(o）

more
chest = thorac(o)
throat = pharyng
lung = pneumo / pleuro
breast = mammo(o)
blood clot = thromb(o)
kidney = neph

Medical word prefix and suffix
size
macro- = large
micro- = small
megalo-/ megaly- = large

more
hyper- = above normal
hypo- = below normal
tachy- = fast
brady- = slow

where
peri- = around
trans- = across
endo- = within/inside
inter- = between

tests and procedures
echo- = using ultrasonic waves
electro- = using electricity

-ectomy = removal of
-gram = a picture
-graph(y) = process of making a picture
-otomy = making a cut in
-scopy = use of instrument for viewing
-stomy = create an opening

color
chloro- = green
leuk- = white
eryth- = red
cyan- = blue

problems
dys- = not working correctly
mal- = bad
-emia = blood condition
-itis = inflammation
-osis = condition, disease
-pathy = disease

specialities and specialists
-ology = the study of a part of the body
-ologist = person working with a specific part of the body or a specific diseases
-iatry = medical treatment
-iatrist = person providing specific treatment

put together!
carditis = inflammation of the heart
cardiology = study of the heart
cardiomyopathy = disease of the heart muscle
echocardiography = heart test using ultrasonic waves

hepatitis = inflammation of the liver
pneumonitis = inflammation of the lungs
gastritis = inflammation of the stomach
encephalitis = inflammation of the brain
otitis = inflammation of the ear

gastrectomy = removal of the stomach
colectomy = removal of the colon
nephrectomy = removal of the kidney
tonsillectomy = removal of the tonsils
appendectomy = removal of the appendix

abbreviations / acronyms
CBC = Complete Blood Count
UTI = Urinary Tract Infection
MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CMV = cytomegalovirus
b.i.d. = bis in die (latin)( twice-daily dosage )
T3 = triiodothyronine
T4 = tetraiodothyronine (thyroxine)
EKG = electrocardiogram

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary on NIH:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Word Parts and What They Mean on NIH:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/appendixa.html

Common medical abbreviations and acronyms
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/appendixb.html