Medical Terminology Simplified

9–108 The CF xen/omeans foreign or strange. Combine xen/oand -phobia to

identify the disorder of a person who has a fear of strangers.

__________ / _____ / ____________________

9–109 The CF necr/omeans death ornecrosis.A person who has a fear of corpses

or death suffers from the phobia known as

__________ / _____ / ____________________.

9–110 Whenever you see -phobia in a term, you will know it means__________

and refers to an anxiety disorder.

9–111 Earlier in this chapter, you learned that neur/orefers to a nerve. The

CF neur/ois also used to form words that refer to mental disorders. For example,

neur/osis is an emotional disorder that involves an ineffective way of coping with

anxiety or inner conflict.

Build a word that meansabnormal condition of nerves:__________ / __________

The plural form of neur/osisis __________ / __________.

9–112 The CF psych/omeans mind; the suffix -iatry means physician, treatment.

The medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders is

____________________ / ____________________.

9–113 Psych/ois used to form words about a mental condition that represents a

marked distortion of or sharp break from reality and is a serious cognitive disorder.

Combine psych/oand-therapy to form a word that means treatment of the mind

(mental condition).

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

9–114 What is the plural form of psych/osis?

____________________ / _____ / __________

9–115 Some psychoses are identified with the suffix -mania, which means a state of

mental disorder or frenzy.Examples include klept/o/mania (the urge to steal items you

don’t need and that usually have little value) and pyr/o/mania (the urge to start fires).

9–116 Schiz/o/phren/ia is a psych/osis that commonly involves delusions, such

as believing that someone or something is controlling your thoughts. Another of its

manifestations is hallucinations, most commonly “hearing” voices or other sounds.

Use the CF schiz/o,meaning split,and phren/o,meaning mind, along with the

suffix -ia to build the term for a psychiatric disorder characterized by delusions,

hallucinations, or both.

____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________

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xen/o/phobia

zĕn-ō-FŌ-bē-ă

necr/o/phobia

nĕk-rō-FŌ-bē-ă

fear

neur/osis

nū-RŌ-sĭs

neur/oses

nū-RŌ-sēz

psych/iatry

sī-KĪ-ă-trē

psych/o/therapy

sī-kō-THĔR-ă-pē

psych/o/ses

sī-KŌ-sēz

schiz/o/phren/ia

skĭz-ō-FRĔN-ē-ă

Pronunciation Help Long sound a ̄in ra ̄te e ̄in re ̄birth ı ̄in ı ̄sle o ̄in o ̄ver u ̄in u ̄nite
Short sound a ̆in a ̆lone e ̆in e ̆ver ̆ıin ı ̆t o ̆in no ̆t u ̆in cu ̆t