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Medical Terminology-Lecture Notes 9
Medical Terminology (MRIS 103)
Ferris State University
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Medical Terminology Lecture Notes 9
The medical term hypotension means "the condition of low ______ ______." Blood pressure The prefix in the medical term hypertension means ______. Excessive Which of the following is the word root for the medical term radiopaque? Radi The first combining form in the medical term costovertebral means ______. Rib The medical term ______ , Correct Unavailable is a tube that connects the kidney to the urinary bladder. Ureter Define the suffix for the medical term radiopaque. Paque Which of the following is a canal leading from the urinary bladder to the outside? Urethra Pericarditis _____is inflammation of the tissue around the heart. Myocarditis Diagnostic Suffixes Diagnostic Suffix: -chezia Meaning of Suffix: pass a stool Word Example: hemat/ochezia passage of a bloody stool
Diagnostic Suffix: -crit Meaning of Suffix: to separate Word Example: hemat/ocrit percentage of red blood cells in the blood
Diagnostic Suffix: -gram Meaning of Suffix: record Word Example: cardi/ogram record derived from the heart
Diagnostic Suffix: -graph Meaning of Suffix: instrument for recording Word Example: cardi/ograph instrument for recording the heart
Diagnostic Suffix: -lysis Meaning of Suffix: destruction Word Example: hem/olysis destruction of red blood cells
Medical Terminology-Lecture Notes 9
Course: Medical Terminology (MRIS 103)
University: Ferris State University
