1. MEDICAL TERMS colors, substances, symptoms  WORKBOOK MT-4

2. More Medical WORD PARTS

3. COLORS IN MEDICINE 1. cyan = blue cyanosis 2. erythr/o = red erythrocyte - 4. leuk/o = white leukemia 3. melan/o = black melanoma KEY 1. bluish discoloration of the skin due to a lack of oxygen 2. red blood cell 3. black tumor – most dangerous form of skin cancer 4. cancer of white blood cells

4. SUBSTANCES  HEM/O, HEMAT/O  BLOOD  HEMATOLOGY, HEMATOMA  HYDR/O  WATER  HYDRATION, HYDROCEPHALIC

5. SUBSTANCES  LIP/O  Liposuction  FAT

6. Symptoms  - algia  Odontalgia  Neuroalgia  PAIN  -spasm  INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION

7. SUFFIXES FOR: Symptoms  - GENESIS psychogenesis, biogenesis origin or production  --LYSIS analysis, dialysis, urinalysis breaking down or dissolution  - emia anemia leukemia blood condition - oid  android resembling

8. What does –itis mean?  arthritis, neuritis, cystitis, inflammation  think of an itch which causes inflammation when scratched

9. -oma  carcinoma  hematoma means: tumor  sac filled with cells  when you get a black eye

10. Symptoms  -emia  Anemia  Leukemia  BLOOD CONDITION

11. Symptoms  -ectasis  -iasis

12. Do you know locations?  MEDIAL?  the blanket should be placed in a medial position  relating to the center of the body  LATERAL?  place the patient laterally on the bed  relating to the side.

13. Location!  supine  The patient was in a supine position.  face up, back down  prone  The patient lay in a prone position.  Face down, back up.

14. Important Terms for Diseases: 1. Benign vs. malignant  Bene = good  Mal = bad 2. Stasis = Stays the same, like status quo 3. Necrosis = 3. Death of tissue 4. Sepsis =  Infection/bacterial asepsis antiseptic

15. PRACTICE AND REVIEW!!!  Remember: The more you know – the easier it is to learn!