Section 1

• acr/o is used to build words that refer to the extremities
• megal/o means enlarged
• acromegaly means enlargement of the extremities
• dermat/o refers to the skin
• acrodermatitis is a word that means inflammation of the skin of the extremities
• itis is a suffix that means inflammation
• cyan/o is used in words to mean blue or blueness
• acrocyanosis results from a lack of oxygen
• osis is a suffix that makes a word a noun and means condition
• paralysis is a word that means loss of movement
• acroparalysis means paralysis of the extremities
• dermatitis refers to inflamed skin
• cyanosis means a condition of blueness
• dermatosis means a condition of the skin
• 'tome', 'ectomy', and 'otomy' are used to construct words relating to cutting
• dermatome is an instrument used to cut a slice of a patients skin
• cyanoderma refers to a blueness of the skin
• leuk/o means white
• leukoderma means white skin
• cyt/o refers to cells
• a leukocyte is a white blood cell
• penia means a decrease in
• leukocytopenia means a decrease in white blood cells
• red blood cells are erythrocytes
• erythrocytopenia is a decrease in the number of red blood cells
• leukemia is named after the lowered white blood cell count that results from the disease
• cardi/o refers to the heart
• megalocardia is a noun that means enlargement of the heart
• gaster/o refers to the stomach
• megalogastria refers to enlargement of the stomach
• ia is a noun ending of condition
• mania is an English word that means madness
• carditis means inflammation of the heart
• electrocardiogram is a record of electrical waves given off by the heart
• electrogardiograph is a device used to obtain an electrocardiogram
• algia is a prefix that means pain
• cardialgia means pain of the heart
• gastritis means inflammation of the stomach
• duoden/o is used to refer to the first part of the small intestine
• duoden/um is a part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach