Question

Q) Draw A table with 20 Medical terms Total

1. 20 word roots+ suffixes+ interpreting the meaning + giving Medical Term examples with interpretation
2. 10 prefixes+ interpreting the meaning of these prefixes+ Medical Term example for each prefix with interpretation

Hand written not allowed

Answer 1

Medical terms describe the components of human body, medical procedures ,illnesses , pharmalogy.

prefixes---word root---suffixes

example; pericarditis

prefix-peri, word root- card, suffix-itis

20 wordroots +suffixes + interpreting meaning

WORD ROOT	SUFFIXES	MEANING of suffix	EXAMPLE
tonsil	-itis	inflammation	tonsillitis(inflammation of tonsils
sarc	-oma	tumor	Sarcoma(cancer arise from connective tissue (mesenchymal) origion
onco	-logist	specialist	oncologist(doctor treat cancer )
leuko	-cyte	cell	Leukocyte(cells of immune system,WBC)
poly	-dactyl	of or pertaining to a finger	polydactyl(condition a person born with extra fingers or toes)
arthro	-dersis	binding	arthrodesis(artificial induction of joint ossification between two bones)
poly	-dipsia	condition of thirst	polydipsia(excessive thirst , cause of diabetes)
vulvo	-dynia	pain	vulvodynia(chronic paiin in vulva)
perin	-eal	pertaining to	perineal(related to perineum)
mydr	-iasis	condition	mydriasis(dilation of pupil with non physiological cause)
psych	-iatry	denote a feild in medicine emphasing a certain body component	psychiatry( speciality to dignose and treatment mental disorders)
dendr	-ite	resembling	dendrite(short arm like protuberance from a nerve cell)
narco	-lepsy	attack	narcolepsy(sleep disorder)
para	-lysis	destruction	paralysis(loss of muscle function in part of the body)
osteo	-malacia	softening	osteomalacia(softening of bones)
sarc	-oid	resemble to	sarcoidosis(abnormal collection of inflammatory cells and form lumps)
auto	-opsy	examination	autopsy(examination of a body after death to discover the cause of death)
neuro	-pathy	disorder	neuropathy(damage or dysfunction of one or more nerve)
osteo	-penia	deficiency	osteopenia(when bones are weaker than normal)
node	-ule	small	nodule(growth of abnormal tissue)

10 prefixes +interpreting the meaning

PREFIXES	MEANING	MEDICAL TERM(WITH MEANING
anti-	against	Antidote(a therapeutic substance used to counteract the toxic action of specific substance)
apo-	off, away from	Apophysis(growth or proturbance)
con-	with,together	Congenitial (disease or physical abnormality present from birth)
diplo-	double	diplopoia(double vision)
eu-	normal	euthyroid(normal thyroid function)
dys-	painful,difficult	Dyspnoea(difficulty in breathing)
extra-	outside of	Extrapleural(outside the pleural cavity)
hyper-	excessive	Hyperplasia(an abnormal increase in the number of cells in the tissue)
juxta-	near	juxta-articular(near a joint)
meta-	change, beyond	metaplasia(a change of one tiissue to another