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Appendix B Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 1 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-8. Click the grey box to begin typing. -ic -pathy hepat/o- an- -megaly sub- gastr/o- ven/o- esthes/o- cutane/o- -ectomy poly- hemat/o- -ous -ia -oma -ous neur/o- appendic/o- intra- 1. Pertaining to the liver 2. Pertaining to underneath the skin 3. Surgical removal of the appendix 4. Pertaining to within the vein 5. Disease of many nerves 6. Enlargement of the liver 7. Swelling of the blood 8. Condition of not feeling B. Define the following word parts. -ac Pertaining to the heart -ar Pertaining to muscle -ary Pertaining to uriane -ion Action of digesting food -osis Abnormal condition of the mind Peri- Pertaining to around the time of birth Hyper- Pertaining to more than normal activity Brady- Condition of a slow heart Post- Pertaining to after birth Anti- Pertaining to a drug that is against psychosis Dys- Pertaining to abnormal function Laryng/o- Voice box C. In the following activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to record your answers. Medical Word Prefix Combining form Suffix Definition Etymology Etym/o logy Study of word origin Sentence: Where did the word etymology come from' Mastectomy Mast/o Ectomy Surgical removal of breast Sentence: Even though they found cancer I did not have to have a mastectomy. Neuroma Neur/o Oma Tumor of the nerve Sentence: I was told that I had neuroma. Tachycardia Tachy Cardi/o -a The heart has an abnormal rhythm Sentence: the doctor explained that I had an abnormal rhythm in my heart and the medical name is tachycardia Endotracheal Endo Trache/o al Tube that is inserted into the throat to help you breathe Sentence: the doctor asked the nurse to get the instruments for a endotracheal.