Medical Terminology Simplified

6–173 Plastic surgery is the specialty for restoration, repair, or reconstruction of

body structures.

Develop operative terms that mean repair of the

esophagus:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

bile duct:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

6–174 A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring degrees of heat or cold.

Normal temperature taken orally ranges from about 97.6°F to 99.6°F. Infection, ma-

lignancy, severe trauma, and drugs may cause fever. However, other conditions may

also cause an elevated temperature.

The CF therm/o refers to heat. The instrument used to determine body temperature

is called a ____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

6–175 Poison is any substance taken into the body by ingestion, inhalation, injection,

or absorption that interferes with normal physiological function. Common elements used

to refer to poison are tox/o, toxic/o,and -toxic.Whenever you see any of these elements in

a word, you will know that the element refers to ____________________.

6–176 Virtually any substance can be poisonous if consumed in sufficient quan-

tity. The term poison usually implies an excessive degree of a tox/ic dosage, rather

than a specific group of substances. Aspirin is not usually thought of as a poison, but

overdoses of this drug can result in the accidental death of a child.

Form a word that means study of poisons.

____________________ / _____ / __________

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

252 CHAPTER 6• Digestive System

Hepatic duct

Cystic duct

Liver

Stones in

gallbladder

Stone in common

bile duct

Duodenum

Pancreas

Pancreatic duct

Small bile ducts

Figure 6-7Cholelithiasis and

choledocholithiasis.

esophag/o/plasty

ē-SŎF-ă-gō-plăs-tē

choledoch/o/plasty

kō-LĔD-ō-kō-plăs-tē

therm/o/meter

thĕr-MŎM-ĕ-tĕr

poison

toxic/o/logy

tŏks-ĭ-KŎL-ō-jē