Parkinson's disease- james parkinson- eponym

nervous disease

Eponym: Thomas Hodgkin's

lymphatic disease

Eponym: Alois Alzheimer's

brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills

acronym: Laser

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

acronym: Radar

Radio Detection and Ranging

Root: arthr/o

joint

Suffix: -itis

inflammation of

prefix: intra

within

root: ven

vein

suffix: ous

pertaining to

osteitis

-inflammation of the bone -oste/o: bone -itis: inflammation

arthropathy

disease of a joint arthro- joint pathy-disease

adeno

gland

cyto

cell

lipo

fat

myo

muscle

neuro

nerve

hypo

below

genesis

origin

oma

tumor

etio

causation

dys-

difficult, bad

erythro

red

Dx

diagnosis

Px

prognosis

ca

cancer

epittheli/o

epithelium

fibr/o

fiber

hist/o

tissue

organ/o

organ

kary/o

nucleus

sarco

flesh, connective tissue

systemo

system

viscero

internal organs

canero; carcino

cancer

etio

cause (of disease)

gno

knowledge (cognition-process of knowing; recognition-process of re-knowing)

iatro

physician, treatment

ieio

smooth

onco

tumor, mass

patho

disease

rhabdo

rod-shaped, striated

somato

body

chloro

green

chromo

color

cyano

blue

leuko

white

melano

black

xantho

yellow

prefix: Dia-

through, complete

prefix: dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

prefix: hyper-

above, excessive

prefix: hypo

under, below

prefix: meta-

after, beyond, change

prefix: neo

new

prefix: pro

before

suffix: -al, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

suffix: -gen

produces or causes

suffix: -genic

producing, originating, causing

suffix: -logist

one who studies and treats

suffix: -logy

study of

suffix: -oid

resembling

suffix: -osis

abnormal condition

suffix: -plasia

formation, growth

suffix: -plasm

growth, substance, formation

suffix: -sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

suffix: -carcinoma

malignant tumor of epithelial tissue

suffix: -sis

state of

suffix: -stasis

stopping, controlling

bene

well or good

mal

bad

adenocarcinoma

cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

adenoma

a benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue

epithelial tissue

tissue that covers the external surface of the body (epidermis), lines body cavities and organs, the major tissue in glands (mucous and serous membranes)

connective tissue

tissues that connect, support, penetrate, and encase various body structures

fibrosarcoma

malignant tumor composed of fiber

lipoma

benign fatty tumor

liposarcoma

malignant tumor of fat

myoma

benign tumor of muscle tissue

neoplasm

abnormal new growth of tissue, tumor

neuroma

benign tumor of nervous tissue

cyto/ genic

producing cells

dys/ plasia

abnormal development

erythro/ cyte

red blood cells

hyper / plasia

excessive development of cells (number)

hypo / plasia

incomplete development of tissue

leuko / cyte

white blood cell

systemic

pertaining to a body system

visceral

pertaining to the internal organs

carcino / genic

producing cancer

dia / gno / sis

state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)

etio / logy

study of causes (of diseases)

meta / stasis

beyond control (spread of disease from one organ to another)

onco / logy

study of tumors

patho / genic

producing disease

pro / gno / sis

state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)

benign

not malignant, non recurrent

carcinoma

cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue

idiopathic

disease of unknown origin

inflammation

response to tissue injury; swelling, redness, heat, pain