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Medical Terminology

I. Introduction

1. Word = (Prefix) + Root + (Suffix)

2. Combining form: Root + O

e.g. -logy “study of”

neur “nerve or nervous system”

neur + o + logy = neurology [nju'rɔləʤi]

(n. study of the nervous

system 神经病学)

II. Word Parts Pertaining to Cells, Tissues, and Organs

TABLE 3-1 Roots for Cells and Tissues

ROOT MEANING EXAMPLE

DEFINITION OF

EXAMPLE

morph/o form

polymorphic

[,pɔli'mɔ:fik] adj.

cytogenesis

[,saitəu'dʒenəsis]

n.

nuclear

['nju:kliə] adj.

having many forms

多形的

the formation

(-genesis) of cells

细胞发生

pertaining to a

nucleus

核的；细胞核的

picture of the

chromosomes of a

cell organized

according to size

核型

specialist in the study

of tissue 组织学家

abnormal formation

of fibrous tissue

纤维变性

a network

网；网状组织

tumor (-oma) of a

gland 腺瘤

resembling a nipple

乳头状的

cyt/o, cell

-cyte

nucle/o

nucleus

['nju:kliəs] n.

核；细胞核

nucleus

tissue

fiber

kary/o

hist/o,

histi/o

fibr/o

reticul/o

aden/o

papill/o

karyotype

['kæriəutaip] n.

histologist

[,his'tɔlədʒist]

fibrosis

[fai'brəusis] n

network reticulum

['netwə:k] n. [ri'tikjuləm] n.

网，网状构造

gland [glænd] adenoma

[,ædi'nəumə] n.

n.腺体

nipple

['nip(ə)l]

n. 乳头

papilliform

[pə'pilifɔ:m] adj

myx/o

muc/o

somat/o,

-some

mucus

['mju:kəs]

n. 粘液

mucus,

mucous

membrane

body

myxadenitis

[,miksædi'naitis]

n.

mucorrhea

[,mju:kə'riə] n.

somatic

[səu'mætik]

adj.

inflammation of a

gland that secrets

mucus粘液腺炎

increased flow(-rhea)

of mucus 粘液溢出

pertaining to the

body (as compared

with the germ cells

or the mind) 躯体的

Exercises 3-1

Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks:

1. Karyomegaly is enlargement (-megaly) of the nucleus .

[,kæriəu„meɡəli] n. 巨核

2. A fibril is a small fiber .

['faibril] n. 原纤维，纤丝

3. Histogenesis is the formation (-genesis) of tissue .

[,histəu'dʒenəsis] n. 组织发生

4. A dimorphic organism has two forms .

[dai'mɔ:fik] a. 二形的，二态的

5. Nucleoplasm is the material that fills the nucleus .

[„nju:kliəplæzəm] n. 核质

Exercise 2 Use the suffix -logy to build a word with each of the following meanings:

6. The study of cells cytology [sai'tɔlədʒi] n. 细胞学

7. The study of tissues histology[hi'stɔlədʒi] n. 组织学

8. The study of form morphology[mɔ:'fɔlədʒi] n. 形态学

What are the four basic types of tissues?

Epithelial tissue Connective tissue Muscle tissue Nervous tissue

[,epi'θi:liəl] 结缔组织 肌肉组织 神经组织

上皮组织

Exercises 3-2

Fill in the blanks:

1. Adenitis is inflammation (-itis) of a gland .

[,ædi'naitis] n. 腺炎