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Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
The English suffix-graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.
general medical condition (e.g., 0 GMC) GM-CSF: granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor: GMP: guanosine monophosphate: GN: glomerulonephritis: GNRH: gonadotropin-releasing hormone: GOAT: Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test: GOC: Goals of care GOD: glucose oxidase: GOMER: get outta my emergency room GORD: gastro-oesophageal reflux ...
Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .
Recording of the Electrogastrogram can be made from either the gastrointestinal surface mucosa, serosa, or the external skin surface.The cutaneous electrogastrography provides an indirect representation of the electrical activity, that has been demonstrated in numerous studies to exactly correspond to simultaneous recordings of the mucosa or serosa.
Graph; gram Write; draw; record Telegraph: the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters [see tele] Gyn Woman: Misogyny: The hatred of women [see miso] Helio: Sun: Heliotherapy: therapeutic exposure to sunlight [see therap] Hem; haem Blood: Hemorrhage: a profuse discharge of blood Hemi: Half