Medical Terminology Simplified

Frame 6–173to Frame 6–182

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6–177 Toxic/osis literally means ____________________

____________________ of ____________________.

The CF for poisonis __________ / _____ or__________ / _____.

6–178 Substances that impair health or destroy life when ingested, inhaled, or ab-

sorbed by the body in relatively small amounts are considered tox/ic substances.

Identifying the tox/ic substance is critical to expeditious treatment. Scientific study

of poisons is known as __________ / _____ / __________.

6–179 The suffix -gramis used in words to mean record, writing.The suffix

-graphyis used in words to mean process of recording. Ultra/son/o/graphy (US) is the

process of imaging deep structures of the body by recording reflection of high-frequency

sound waves (ultrasound) and displaying the reflected echoes on a monitor.US is also

called ultrasound and echo.

When confirmation of a suspected disease or tumor is needed, the physician may

order the radi/o/graph/ic imaging procedure called ultrasound,also known as

____________________ / __________ / _____ / ____________________(US).

6–180 Adjective and noun suffixes are attached to roots to indicate a part of

speech. Some adjective suffixes that mean pertaining to (such as -ile, -ior,and -ous)

were previously introduced. Noun suffixes that mean condition (such as -ia, -ism,

and -ist) were also introduced. Identify the part of speech for the following terms.

The first one is completed for you.

pen/ile adjective

cutane/ous

gastr/o/log/ist

thyroid/ism

pneumon/ia

poster/ior

6–181 Use -megalyto build a word that means enlargement of the stomach.

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

6–182 Hepat/o/megaly may be caused by hepat/itis or another condition, such

as bil/i/ary obstruction, malignancy, or fatty infiltration caused by alcoholism. The

term used in the Dx of an enlargement of the liver is

____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

toxic/o/logy

tŏks-ĭ-KŎL-ō-jē

ultra/son/o/graphy

ūl-tră-sŏn-ŎG-ră-fē

hepat/o/megaly

hĕp-ă-tō-MĔG-ă-lē

adjective

noun

noun

noun

adjective

abnormal condition,

poison

toxic/o, tox/o

gastr/o/megaly

găs-trō-MĔG-ă-lē