Chapter 1
Human Body as a Whole
Medical Terminology
Learn the following combining forms, prefixes and suffixes and write the meaning of the medical term in the space provided. 1. a hormone secreted from the adrenal gland 2. inflammation of the adrenal gland 3. pertaining to medicine 4. pertaining to biology 5. pertaining to chemistry 6. pertaining to the blood vessel 7. pertaining to cells 8. pertaining to molecules
9. pertaining to the medicine of the living thing 10. the study of the living thing
11. pertaining to the physics of the living thing 12. the study of the heart 13. the disease of the heart 14. the record of the heart waves
15. the study of the human inner secretion from glands 16. pertaining to the production of hormone 17. the study of inner gland secretion 18. the red blood cell 19. the white blood cell 20. the lymph cell 21. the study of cell
22. the study of chemistry of cell 23. the study of biology of cell
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24. the study of embryo 25. the tumor of the embryo
26. the study of the disease of the embryo
27. the study of the human inner secretion from glands 28. pertaining to the inside of the heart 29. pertaining to the inside of the cell 30. above the skin 31. above the skin
32. inflammation of the skin 33. red blood cells
34. instrument of measuring red blood cells 35. to breathe out the waste gas
36. to drive somebody or something out 37. to spread outside
38. sth that produces diseases 39. the study of blood 40. blood cells 41. the study of tissues 42. the study of tissue pathology
43. therapy treatment, hence tissue treatment 44. pertaining to the base 45. pertaining to the toxin 46. pertaining to symptoms
47. the study of body’s auto protection from diseases 48. protected from
49. deficiency in the immune system of the body 50. substance from the adrenal gland 51. water from it
52. the study of societies 53. the study of urinary system
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54. the study of cell 55. lymph cells
56. tumor of the lymphatic system 57. the study of the lymphatic system 58. the study of physical growth 59. a doctor of internal medicine 60. treatment by physiological methods 61. the new growth ,tumor 62. the study of mind
63. abnormal condition of the mind
64. the study of the relationship between psychology and biology 65. a condition of over activity of the thyroid gland 66. the condition of under activity of the thyroid gland 67. the inflammation of the thyroid gland
68.cutting apart the human body as a branch of medical sciences 69. cut open the bone 70.to cut the heart open
71. pertaining to the blood vessel 72. inflammation of the blood vessel
73. pertaining to the lymphatic system and the blood vessel
Key to the Exercises B.
1. （embryo）embryology 2. (process/condition) mechanism 3. (heart) cardiovascular 4. (color) chromatin 5. (secretion) endocrinology 6. (cell) cytology
7. (sth. that produces or is produced) pathogen 8. (lymph) lymphatic
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