Medical

Terminology - 4

Analysis of
Medical Terms
By
Madarina Julia
E. Suryadi

Cervix Sarcoma
Sarcoma of the cervix therapy
Sarcomas of the cervix show a variable and generally poor response
to radiotherapy. If possible therefore, surgical removal is indicated if
the disease is localized to the pelvis. This may vary from simple
hysterectomy to total pelvic exenteration. Chemotherapy has not proved
effective in these tumor
The signs and symptoms of recurrent malignant disease are:
1. Positive cytologic examination
2. Palpable tumor in pelvis or abdomen
3. Ulceration of cervix or vagina
4. Unilateral lower extremity edema
5. Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy

Medical
Terminology

Our sessions :
The structure of medical
terminologies
Roots in medical terminologies
Prefix and suffix in medical
terminologies
Analysis of medical terms
The basic of medical terminology
three practical sessions

How do we analyze a medical

terms?

break it down into its component part

find the meaning of every part

Read the meaning from the suffix back to the first

part of the word

Correlate an understanding of a word with basic

anatomy, physiology, and disease process of the
human body, but sometimes the meaning of a
word is more related to the history of the word than
to their present days meanings

How do we analyze a medical

terms?

break it down into its component part

find the meaning of every part

Read the meaning from the suffix back to the first

part of the word

Correlate an understanding of a word with basic

anatomy, physiology, and disease process of the
human body, but sometimes the meaning of a
word is more related to the history of the word than
to their present days meaning

PANCYTOPENIA

PAN (prefix): all

CYT (root): cell
PENIA (suffix-form): deficiency

DEFICIENCY OF ALL CELLS

(deficiency of all types of blood
cells)

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

ELECTR (root): electricity

CARDI (root): heart
GRAM (suffix): record

The record of the electricity of

the heart

GASTROENTERITIS

GASTR (root): stomach

ENTER (root): intestines
ITIS (suffix): inflammation

Inflammation of the stomach

and intestines

ASYNERGY

A (prefix): without
SYN (prefix): together
ERG (root): working
Y (suffix): noun-suffix

without synergy
without working together

OSTEOSARCOMA

OSTEO (combining form): bone

SARCOMA (suffix-form): tumor of
the tissue
SARC (root): tissue
OMA (suffix): tumor

tumor of bone tissue

lymphosarcoma, liposarcoma, chondrosarcoma,
etc.

RETROPERITONEAL

RETRO (prefix): behind

PERITONEUM (rootperitonaion): to
stretch over
AL (suffix): adjectival suffix

behind the peritoneum

Peritoneum is a serous sac that lines
the abdominal cavity

LEUKOCYTE
LEUKOCYTOSIS
LEUKOCYTOPENIA
SUFFIX or COMPOUND
SUFFIX FORM

How do we analyze a medical

terms?

break it down into its component part

find the meaning of every part

Read the meaning from the suffix back to the first

part of the word

Correlate an understanding of a word with basic

anatomy, physiology, and disease process of the
human body, but sometimes the meaning of a
word is more related to the history of the word than
to their present days meanings

Correlate an understanding of a word with

basic anatomy, physiology, and disease
process of the human body

PANCYTOPENIA
PAN

: all
CYT : cell
PENIA : deficiency
DEFICIENCY OF ALL CELLS
(deficiency of all types of blood
cells)

LEUKEMIA

LEUK (root): white

EMIA (compound-suffix form): state of
blood
EM (root): blood
IA (suffix): state (noun - suffix)

white blood
malignancy of white blood cells

ANATOMY

ANA (prefix): up
TOM (root): to cut
Y (suffix): noun- suffix

to cut
up

but sometimes the meaning of a word

is more related to the history of the word
than to their present days meaning

CYTO
CARCINOMA
SYPHILLIS
DIARRHEA
SEPTICEMIA

CYTO

CYTO KYTOS hollow container

CELLS OF PLANT

CELLS

ADENOCARCINOMA

ADENO (root): gland

CARCINOMA (suffix form):

CARCIN (root): crab

OMA (suffix ): tumor

malignancy of the
gland

SYPHILLIS

SY (prefix): together

PHILL/ PHILLEIN (root): to love

IS (suffix): noun - suffix

to love together
a venereal disease

DIARRHEA

DIA (prefix): through

RRHE/ RRHEIN (root): to flow

A (suffix): noun - suffix

to flow through
many people suffering from this
disease died due to excessive loss
of water

SEPTICEMIA

SEPTIC (root): putrefying

EMIA (suffix form): state of blood

putrefied/ rotten things in the

blood
Systemic inflammatory reaction

Anatomy term

Ramus anterior ramus cutaneus lateralis nervus intercostalis

Ramus lateralis ramus cutaneus anterior nernus intercostalis
Spina iliaca anterior superior
Spina iliaca posterior superior
Musculus extensor hallucis longus
Musculus biceps femoris
Ramus superficialis a. circumflexa femoris medialis
Facies articulatio radialis ulnae
Facies articulatio ulnalis radii
Tuba eustachii / tuba palopii / ductus mulleri
Ligamentum botalli / folliculus de graaf

Disease term

Dengue hemorragic fever / DHF

Bronchial asthma / asthma bronchiale
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia / ALL
Acute myocard infarct / AMI
Mitral stenosis / stenosis mitralis
Atrial septal defect / ASD
Down syndrome
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)

Otitis media perforata / OMP

Rhinitis allergica
Glumerulonephritis acute / GNA

Anemia aplastica / aplastic anemia

Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism
Syndrome

Medical intervention / procedure

Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm injection (ICSI)
Intra venous pyelography (IVP)
Hysteroscopy
Amniocentesis
Ultrasonography (USG)
Sectio caesaria (SC)

Further Readings

Chabner DE. The Language of Medicine.

W.B. Saunders Company, 1981
Dunmore CW, Fleischer RM. Medical
Terminology. Exercises in Etymology, 2nd
ed. F.A Davis Company, 1985
Dennerll JT. Medical Terminology. A
Programmed Text, 5th ed. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 1988