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Splenomegaly is explained by breaking it into 'spleno' (spleen) and 'megaly' (enlarged), meaning an enlarged spleen.
Microphobia combines 'micro' (small) and 'phobia' (fear of), indicating a fear of small objects. Myoma combines 'my' (muscles) and 'oma' (tumor), meaning a tumor of a muscle.
Melanocyte is broken down into 'melano' (black) and 'cyte' (cell), referring to a cell that produces the pigment melanin.
Hematology means 'hemato' (blood) and 'ology' (study of), signifying the study of blood and its diseases.
Pneumonia means 'pneumon' (lung/air) and 'ia' (abnormal condition), meaning an abnormal condition of the lung. Epidermis combines 'epi' (around) and 'derm' (skin), referring to the top layer of skin.
Hypothyroidism combines 'hypo' (below/less), 'thyroid' (thyroid), and 'ism' (state of), meaning a state of low thyroid functioning. Polyneuropathy combines 'poly' (many), 'neuro' (nerve), and 'pathy' (disease), meaning a disease of many nerves.
Hemolytic combines 'hemo' (blood) and 'lytic' (destruction), meaning the destruction of blood cells. Arteriovenous malformation describes a 'mal' (bad) 'formation' of 'arterio' (arteries) and 'venous' (veins).
Neoplasm combines 'neo' (new) and 'plasm' (growth), meaning new growth. Juxtarenal combines 'juxta' (next to) and 'renal' (kidney), meaning adjacent to the kidneys. Dystrophy combines 'dys' (abnormal) and 'trophy' (growth), meaning an abnormal cellular growth in size.
Cholecystitis is defined by 'cholecyst' (gallbladder) and 'itis' (inflammation), thus meaning inflammation of the gallbladder.
Skeletal combines 'scalit' (skeleton) and 'al' (pertaining to), meaning pertaining to the skeleton. Normocytic combines 'normal' (normal), 'cyt' (cell), and 'ic' (pertaining to), meaning pertaining to normal-sized cells.
Pericardial combines 'peri' (around), 'card' (heart), and 'ial' (pertaining to), meaning pertaining to around the heart. Cephalgia combines 'ceph' (head) and 'algia' (abnormal condition of pain), meaning a headache.
Nephropathy refers to 'nephro' (kidney) and 'pathy' (disease), meaning a disease of the kidney. Cyanosis combines 'cyan' (blue) and 'osis' (abnormal condition), indicating an abnormal condition of appearing blue, often due to tissue hypoxia.