Medical Terminology

Normo- is the prefix to mean normal, as in normotensive. Sometimes the combining form eu- is used, as in euthyroid.

Self-attestation is a process where an individual affirms the accuracy of a document or information by signing or stating it to be true without requiring external validation. It implies that the information provided is based on the individual's own declaration and responsibility. This practice is often used in administrative procedures or legal contexts to streamline the process and reduce the need for additional verification.

The medical terminology combining form for swayback or curve is "lord/o". It is commonly seen in terms like lordosis (excessive inward curvature of the spine) or lordotic (pertaining to lordosis).

Phagia or phagy mean to eat or swallow and pepsia means to digest. For instance dysphagia is difficulty swallowing, while dyspepsia is difficulty digesting.
Phagia means to eat.

The medical terminology combining form "icto-" refers to a sudden attack or seizure, typically used in terms like "ictal" (related to a seizure) or "ictogenesis" (the process of seizure development).

The medical terminology combining form meaning flow or fluid is "-rrhea." It is commonly used in terms such as diarrhea (excessive flow of stool) and hemorrhea (excessive flow of blood).

Yes, the suffix "prandial" is derived from the Latin word "prandium," meaning meal. Therefore, when used in a medical context, it typically refers to something related to a meal or eating, such as "postprandial" (after a meal) or "prandial glucose" (blood sugar levels after eating).

Peri is a suffix that means about. So perinatal would mean about the time of birth.

The combining form "vesicle" refers to a small, fluid-filled sac or pouch in the body. It is often used in medical terminology to describe various structures such as blister-like formations or cellular organelles involved in processes like transport and storage.

halit/o is a word root or combining form (NOT prefix) that means "breath"

-osis is a suffix that means "abnormal condition"

halitosis = bad breath

-plasia is the medical terminology combining form meaning formation. So neoplasia means new formation, and dysplasia means abnormal formation.

Aphonia means 'voicelessness', from both Latin and Greek contemporaries.

The medical terminology combining form meaning "condition of not feeling" is "anesthesia." This term refers to the state of insensitivity to pain or sensation, typically induced for medical procedures.

norm/o- normal

cephal/o- head

-ic - pertaining to

normochephalic- normal head

Medical terms built on the word root "odyn" generally refer to pain. For example, "odynophagia" refers to painful swallowing, "odynuria" refers to painful urination, and "odontodynia" refers to tooth pain.

-ostomy
ostomy
-stomy
-ostomy means surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.
ostomy
The term - ostomy is used for surgical creation of an opening viz: colostomy, urostomy, gastrostomy, tracheostomy etc
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Erythroderma is a medical term meaning red skin.

The medical terminology combining form meaning "to crush" is "trips/o."

The medical terminology combining form meaning picture is "radi/o-" or "graph/o-".

Cyto is a medical terminology combining form meaning cell. It's not a stand-alone word that can be pluralized.

The suffix ceps means heads. For muscles it can be used to say how many "heads" or attachments there are for the origin of those muscles (biceps brachii, biceps femoris, triceps, and quadriceps). Janiceps are twins who are conjoined at the back of their heads. (Janus is a Roman god who had two heads conjoined at the back)

One word with a Latin root word "vulva" is "vulvar," which refers to the external female genitalia.

No, the suffix -us does not mean "pertaining to" in medical terminology. It is a common ending for various medical terms but does not have a specific meaning on its own.

-cidal is the medical terminology combining form meaning causing death as in bacteriocidal (causing bacterial death) or virucidal (causing viral death).