Practice Medical Terminology

melan/o

• blue

• black

• white

• red

ante-

• against

• behind

• back, backward

• before, in front of, ahead of

uni-

• four

• one

• two

• three

encephalitis

• inflammation of the liver

• inflammation of the brain

• inflammation of the eye

• inflammation of the heart

cholecystectomy

• cutting into the urinary bladder

• surgical removal of the urinary bladder

• surgical removal of the gallbladder

• incision into the gallbladder

osteomalacia

• blood cells in the bone

• cancer of the bone

• inflammation of the bone

• softening of the bone

hepatomegaly

• cutting into the liver

• enlargement of the liver

• inflammation of the liver

• surgical removal of the liver

prenatal

• before birth

• after birth

• during birth

proctoscope

• a record or tracing of the rectum

• an observation/visual examination of the rectum

• an instrument used to examine the rectum

• an examination of the bronchi

craniotomy

• inflammation of the brain

• pertaining to the brain

• surgical removal of the gallbladder

• surgical cutting into the skull