Medical Terminology – The Basics – Lesson 1 | Practice Problems Set 2

Summary

This video, lesson one in medical terminology basics, provides practice problems for understanding medical terms by breaking them down into their prefixes and suffixes. It covers numerous examples like splenomegaly, melanocyte, hematology, cholecystitis, microphobia, myoma, skeletal, normocytic, nephropathy, cyanosis, pneumonia, epidermis, pericardial, cephalgia, hypothyroidism, polyneuropathy, hemolytic, arteriovenous malformation, neoplasm, juxtarenal, and dystrophy.

Highlights

Defining Melanocyte00:00:35

Melanocyte is broken down into 'melano' (black) and 'cyte' (cell), referring to a cell that produces the pigment melanin.

Exploring Hematology00:01:04

Hematology means 'hemato' (blood) and 'ology' (study of), signifying the study of blood and its diseases.

Interpreting Microphobia and Myoma00:01:53

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.

Understanding Splenomegaly00:00:11

Splenomegaly is explained by breaking it into 'spleno' (spleen) and 'megaly' (enlarged), meaning an enlarged spleen.

Analyzing Cholecystitis00:01:30

Cholecystitis is defined by 'cholecyst' (gallbladder) and 'itis' (inflammation), thus meaning inflammation of the gallbladder.

Decoding Skeletal and Normocytic00:02:38

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.

Explaining Pericardial and Cephalgia00:05:15

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.

Understanding Nephropathy and Cyanosis00:03:39

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.

Defining Pneumonia and Epidermis00:04:25

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.

Analyzing Hypothyroidism and Polyneuropathy00:06:24

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.

Interpreting Hemolytic and Arteriovenous Malformation00:07:07

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).

Defining Neoplasm, Juxtarenal, and Dystrophy00:08:01

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.