The Seventh lecture

It allows the ophthalmologist to view the outer and
inner areas of the eyes .
Path/o
Disease
Pathologist
Is a medical doctor who view biopsy samples to
make a diagnosis and examines dead bodies to
determine the cause of death .
Aut
Means self
Autopsy
Is an opportunity to see for oneself what happened
to the patient to cause his or her death .
opsy
Means to view
Combining
Form
Meaning
Example
Meaning
Psych/o
Mind
Psychosis
Osis means abnormal condition
Of the mind
Ren/o
Kidney
Renal
Ren : latin root and nephr greek root means
kidney
Greek means abnormal conditions
Latin root with al means pertaining to
( pertaining to kidney )
Rhin/o
Nose
Rhinitis
Inflammation of nose
Sarc/o
Flesh
Sarcoma
Sarcomas and carcinomas are cancerous tumors ,
sarcomas grow from the fleshy tissues of the body
, such as muscle, fat ,bone . Carcinomas arise from
skin tissue and the linings of internal organs
Thromb/o
Clotting
Thrombocyte
Is a small cell that helps blood to clot ( platelet)
Thrombosis
Thrombus ( blood clot ) occurs when
thrombocytes and other clotting factor combine .
Thrombosis describes the condition of forming a
clot