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BASIC WORD STRUCTURE

12. enteritis: enter/-itis: intestines (usually small intestines)/inflammation

13. erythrocyte: erythro/cyte: red/cell
14. gastrectomy. gastr/-ectomy: stomach/renoval
15. diagnosis: dia-/gnos/-sis: complete/knowledge/state
(a diagnosis is made after sufficient information has been obtained about
the patients condition).
16. prognosis: pro-/gnos/-sis: before
It is a prediction about the outcome of the illness; it is determined after the
diagnosis has been made.
17. gynecology: gyneco/-logy: womwn, female/process of study
18. hematoma: hemo/oma /blood/ mass or collection
hemato/oma
19. hepatitis: hepat/it is: liver/
20. leukocytic: leuko/cyt/-ic: white/cell/pertaining to
22. cytology: cyt/o/-logy: cell/study
23. nephrotomy: nephro/-ectomy: kidney/excision
24. neurosis: neuro/-sis: nerve/state of, condition
25. oncology/onco/-logy: tumor/process of study
26. opthalmoscopy:ophthalm/o/-scopy: eye/process of visually examining
27. gastroscopy:
28. osteoarthritis:oste/o/arthr/-it is: bone/joint/inflammation
29. pathologist: path/o/logy/-ist: disease/study/specialist