CLAS 1P94 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lymph Node, Vasculitis, Lymphatic Vessel
28 Apr 2018
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GREEK LESSONS XX-XXI
SUFFIXES TO LEARN
1. –itis, ‘inflammation of, inflammatory disease of’
APPENDIC- appendix + -ITIS
ARTHR- joint + -ITIS
TONSILL- tonsil + -ITIS
2. –oma, usually ‘tumor arising in or composed of’; occasionally, ‘swelling
containing’; rarely, ‘diseased condition,’ ‘result of’ (related to –MA, ‘result
of’)
*Typically this suffix is attached to a base denoting body tissue. CARCINOMA,
however comes perhaps surprisingly, from crab.
Some common terms employing –OMA
Melanoma = MELAN- black, dark
Osteoma = OSTE- bone
Hematoma = HEMAT- blood
Trachoma = TRACH(Y) rough
* When –OMA is followed by another suffix it becomes –OMAT, such as
CARCINOMATOUS
3. –osis, ‘diseased condition of’; sometimes, ‘act of, process of,’ like –SIS of
which this is a form
Psychosis = PSYCH- mind
Tuberculosis = TUBERCUL- nodule
Hypnosis = HYPN- sleep
-otic = adjectival form of the suffix
COMBINING FORMS TO LEARN
1. –ectomy, ‘surgical removal of’ (from base TOM-, to cut)
appendectomy, tonsillectomy
2. –tomy, ‘surgical operation on’, ‘surgical cutting of’
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gloss(o)tomy = GLOSS-, tongue
gastr(o)tomy = GASTR-, stomach
lob(o)tomy = LOB-, lobe of brain
3. –RRHEA (-RRHOEA) ‘ abnormal
discharge’ diarrhea;
PY(o), pus = pyorrhea
LOG(o), word = logorrhea (excessive and incoherent loquacity)
BASES TO LEARN
1. ADEN- ‘gland’
adenoid = like a gland; growth of lymphoid tissue in throat
lymphadenitis = inflammation of lymph gland ectadenia –
ectodermal reproductive glands in insects
2. ANGI- ‘vessel’
cholangiotomy – incision into bile ducts
sporangium –a spore case
angiitis- inflammation of blood or lymph vessel
3. ARTHR-‘joint’, ‘speech sound or articulation’
arthritis =inflammation of a joint
anarthria = lack of ability to articulate words because of brain damage
4. CARDI- ‘heart’
cardiologist = a heart specialist
electrocardiogram= EKG
pericardium = membranous sac surrounding heart
5. CEPHAL- ‘head’
encephalograph = instrument for measuring brain waves
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mesocephalic = a head with a medium ratio of length to breadth
cephalopod = class of molluscs that have tentacles around the front of the head
6. CHOL(E) – ‘bile’, ‘gall’ cholangitis
– inflammation of bile ducts cholelith –
gallstone
cholagogue – an agent that induces the flow of bile
choleric – prone to anger (bile theory and an abundance of yellow bile)
7. CHONDR- ‘cartilage’
hypochondriac = from the notion that melancholy came from under the cartilage
of the breastbone.
chondrocyte = cartilage cell
synchondrosis = a joint where connection is made by plate of cartilage
8. CYAN- ‘dark blue’
cyanophil = an affinity for blue dye
anthocyanin = pigment found in flowers and plants
cyanide = a derivative of cyanogen, involved in process of making dark-blue
dye
9. CYT- ‘ cell’
cytology = branch of biology dealing with the nature of cells
hemocytozoan = parasite living in blood corpuscles
anisocytosis = inequality in size of red blood cells
10. ENTER- ‘intestine’
dysentery = disease of intestines
archenteron = primitive digestive tract of embryo
exenterate = to surgically remove bowels from
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Document Summary
Suffixes to learn: itis, inflammation of, inflammatory disease of". Tonsill- tonsil + -itis: oma, usually tumor arising in or composed of"; occasionally, swelling containing"; rarely, diseased condition," result of" (related to ma, result of") *typically this suffix is attached to a base denoting body tissue. * when oma is followed by another suffix it becomes omat, such as. Carcinomatous: osis, diseased condition of"; sometimes, act of, process of," like sis of which this is a form. Log(o), word = logorrhea (excessive and incoherent loquacity) Emia = condition of the blood, or congestion of blood in -hedron = solid figure with a specific number of faces. Path = one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease. Pathy= disease of, treatment of disease of or by *-pathy really indicates feeling" as we see in words like sympathy etc, but in medical terminology it indicates a diseased condition. Iasis = diseased condition (often infestation with parasites)
