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Medical Terminology
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scapul/o
• scapula (shoulder
blade)
– Scapulalgia
• Pain in the shoulder
blade
– Scapular
• Pertaining to the
shoulder blade
son/o
• Sound
– Sonogram
– Sonography
– Sonorous
thyroid/o
• Thyroid gland
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Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Thyroidectomy
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
top/o
• to put, place, position
– Topical
– Topography
– Topalgia
troph/o
• development,
nourishment
– Trophic
– Trophology
– trophopathy
inter• between
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–
–
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Intervertebral
Intermuscular
Internal
Internatal
Interspinal
Intra
• with in
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intracranial
Intrauterine
Intravenous
Intramuscular
Intrapartum
Intrapsychic
Intrathoracic
• If you give an injection of pain medication
into the muscle (IM). Would you say it
was an
– Intermuscular injection
– Intramuscular injection
mal• Bad
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Malignant
Malodorous
Malnutrition
Malpractice
meta• change, beyond
– Metastasis
– Metabolism
neo• New
– Neonatal
– Neoplasm
– Neoplastic
para• beside, near, along
the side
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–
–
–
Paralysis
Paraplegia
Parathyroid
parathyroid hormone
peri• Surrounding
– Perianal
– Periosteum
poly• many, much
– polydipsia
– Polyuria
– Polyneuropathy
– Polyphagia
post• after, behind
– Postmortem
– Postpartum
pre• Behind
– Precancerous
– Prenatal
pro• before, forward
– prolapse
-ine
• pertaining to
-lapse
• to fall, slide
– Prolapse
-mission
• to send
– Remission
– Admission
-mortem
• Death
– Postmorteum
-ous
• pertaining to
– Malodorous
-partum
• Birth
– Postpartum
-phagia
• to eat, swallow
– Dysphagia
– Aphagia
– Polyphagia
-phasia
• to speak
– Aphasia
– Dysphasia
– bradyphasia