hey everyone this lesson is on medical terminology the basics lesson one practice problems set two so because of the popularity of the medical terminology the basics lessons i'm going to do another set of practice problems so the first practice problem we're going to look at is the word splenomegaly so remember break it down into prefix in suffix so the prefix spleno spleno means spleen and then the other part megaly megaly means enlarged or large or enlargement so when we put this together splenomegaly means an enlarged spleen that is what splenomegaly is so the next practice problem is melanocyte so try this and see if you can get this so yeah so if you break this down again the prefix milano milano means black the color black and the suffix site site means cell so when we put this together it actually means a black cell but it's actually a cell that produces the pigment melanin so melanocyte is a cell that produces melanin the next practice problem is hematology so try to break this word down so hemato the prefix hemato means blood and ology ology means study of so when we put this together hematology means the study of the blood so it's a field of medicine where blood is studied and blood diseases are treated the next practice problem is cholecystitis so try breaking this word down so again we look at the prefix cauli cyst polycyst means the gallbladder and the suffix itis itis means inflammation so cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder that is what cholecystitis means the next practice problem is microphobia so again we break it down the prefix micro so you can think of words like microscopic micro means small and oftentimes it refers to things that are invisible to the naked eye and in the suffix phobia phobia means fear of so microphobia is a fear of small objects that is what microphobia is and then the next practice problem is myoma so we break this down again my my refers to muscles an oma alma refers to a tumor so myoma when we put it together it is a tumor of a muscle so myoma tumor of a muscle the next practice problem is skeletal so the word skeletal so we break this word down again so oftentimes many many might know what this means but we'll break it down for practice so scalit means skeleton and the suffix o really means pertaining to so skeletal really means pertaining to the skeleton the next word we're going to look at is normocytic so again we break that word down normal you can think of words like normal and that's exactly what that means normal means normal sight so we've heard this or we've seen this suffix before this means cell and ick the suffix ik means pertaining to so normocytic when we put all of these pieces together it means pertaining to normal sized cells so we can think of conditions like normocytic anemia an anemia where the cells are normal in size the next practice problem is nephropathy so we break this word down the prefix nephro nephro means kidney so you can think of words like nephrologist and the suffix pathy pathy means disease or disease of and when we put this together nephropathy means a disease of the kidney the next practice problem we're going to look at is the word cyanosis so we break this word down again the prefix cyan or cyano means blue the color blue and suffix osis means abnormal condition so when we put this together it really means an abnormal condition of blue but an abnormal condition of appearing blue and this is actually tissue hypoxia this is what happens so cyanosis again abnormal condition of appearing blue the next practice problem is pneumonia so many have probably heard this word before but we'll break it down for practice pneumon or pneumo means lung or air ia means abnormal condition so really pneumonia literally means an abnormal condition of the lung and another practice problem is epidermis so we break that word down again epi epi means around so you can think of epicenter derm or dermis refers to the dermis in the skin and it can often mean the skin itself so epidermis you can think of it as around the skin but it's actually the top layer of the skin so you can think of it on your arm it's around the dermis but it really means the top layer of skin another practice problem is the word pericardial so we break this word down again the prefix peri means around so again similar to epi but perry also means a round so perimeter you can think of words like perimeter the prefix card means heart you can think of cardiac and eel means pertaining to so pericardial when we put this together it means pertaining to around the heart so something that is around the heart so you can think of pericardial effusion fluid around the heart the next word we're going to look at is cephalgia so we break this word down ceph or cephalo means the head and although we didn't talk about this suffix in the basics lesson one alga means abnormal condition of pain you can look at this suffix here we talked about ef being abnormal condition alga itself really means abnormal condition of pain so when we put this together cephalia is an abnormal condition of pain of the head which is a headache so sephalgia is a headache and the next practice problem is hypothyroidism so again we break the word down into pieces prefix hypo means below or less thyroid means thyroid and the suffix ism means state of so when we put this together hypothyroidism means a state of low thyroid functioning the next practice problem is polyneuropathy so again we break it down into pieces the first piece is the prefix poly which means many neuro neuro means nerve and we've seen this suffix before pathy pathy means disease or disease of so polyneuropathy literally means a disease of many nerves the next term is hemolytic so we break it down hemo means blood so we've seen another prefix hemato which also means blood but this means blood as well hemo means blood and then the suffix lytic lytic means destruction and we put this together hemolytic means the destruction of blood and specifically a destruction of red blood cells another practice problem is arterial venous malformation so we'll break this down into pieces arterio refers to arteries venous vein or venous refers to veins and we can further break this second word down the prefix mal means bad and formation literally means formation so it's a bad formation of arteries and veins so it is a malformation of arteries and veins so that is what arterial venous malformation is on a basic level and the the next practice problem is neoplasm so we break it down neo means new and plasm means growth so we put it together it means new growth neoplasm means new growth the next term is juxta renal so the prefix juxta juxta means next to or adjacent and the suffix renal refers to the kidney or kidneys so the term juxta renal means adjacent to the kidneys and the last practice problem is dystrophy so we break this word down and this means abnormal or some problem and the suffix trophy trophy means growth and oftentimes it is a cellular growth so it's not growth in number but growth in size so dystrophy when we put that together means an abnormal cell growth so dystrophy means abnormal cell growth so i hope you found this lesson helpful if you did please consider liking subscribing and clicking the notification bell to support the channel stay up to date on future lessons thank you so much for watching and i hope to see you next time