HANDOUT - COMPOUNDS
1) Analyze the terms and deduce their meaning:
arthrosis septicus
hyperaciditas reintubatio
endocarditis periosteoma
epaxialis exfoliatio
2) Create terms using the roots and prefixes/suffixes:
meninx related to meninx (membrane of the brain)
inflammation of meninges
enteron related to the intestine
pain of the intestine
stones in the intestine
myelos inflammation of spinal cord
fissure of the spinal cord tissues
surgical incision of the spinal cord
surgical connection of the parts of spinal cord
softening of spinal cord
(congenital) underdevelopment of spinal cord
3) Join the Latin and Greek synonyms:
lien malakos
mandibula onyx
caput omos
pus daktylos
cartilago ús (gen. otos)
tonsilla odus (gen. odontos)
mollis mastos
unguis geron
pes cheir
nasus pyon
pulmo gnathos
mamma splen
humerus chondros
digitus rhis (gen. rhinos)
manus cephale
senex pus (gen. podos)
auris amygdale
dens pneumon
4) Create the compound words with the requested meaning:
haima, poiesis – damaged production of blood
hydor, pneuma, pericardium – accumulation of air and fluid in pericardium
ureter, cystis, pyelos – inflammation of urinary duct, urinary bladder and renal pelvis
sialon, aden, ectome – surgical removal of salivary glands
5, Add correct terms:
1. Plastic surgery to repair a blood vessel (e.g. narrowed artery) is…
2. An X-ray examination of a vein using radio-opaque dye so the vein will show up on the film
is…
3. (Adjective) One that refers to the heart and the chest region is…
4. An abbreviation C-PG stands for examination of the heart function and breathing, in Latin it is
called…
5. Surgical operation to make a permanent opening into the pelvis of kidney from the surface
is…
6. Surgical operation to make an opening between the bladder and the abdominal wall is…
7. Surgical removal of the tongue is...
8. Plastic surgery to change the size of breasts is…
6, Fill in the missing terms:
Gall leaving the gallbladder enters the hepatic duct, its descending part that enters the duodenum is
common hepatic duct, and the Greek word dochos (receptacle) is used in naming it. Thus
inflammation of the common hepatic duct is called …………………., surgical operation to make cut
in the common bile duct to remove the stones is………………… .
The combining form MYEL- refers to either bone marrow or the spinal cord, thus the tumor
originating in the bone marrow should be called …………………. . Inflammation of the grey matter
of the spinal cord, also known as infantile paralysis, or simply polio (from Greek polios grey) is
………………… .
7, Find improper pairs:
• angiectomia – vena
• cellulisatio – kystis
• splanchnopathia – vesica
• cholaemia – bilis
• myelorrhagia – medulla
• adenographia – glandula
8, Create compound words with the root MYO- (muscle):
• surgical incision of muscle
• benign tumour consisting of muscular elements
• surgical removal of myoma
• muscle cell
• pain of muscles
• inflammation of muscle
• loss of tension in muscle
• muscle paralysis
• muscle spasm
• medicament used to decrease the muscle tone
• muscular tissue of the heart
• inflammation of the muscular tissue of the heart
• development of muscle tissue
• loss of muscle tissue
• softening of muscle tissue
• degeneration and destruction (ř. lysis) of muscle tissue