Thursday, August 11, 2011

How do you know what vowel to use in medical terminology?

know some latin and greek. Eg hyper means too much and hypo means too little. -osis means a process (eg osmosis or osteosis) and -itis means inflammation (eg pleuritis). So arthritis means joint inflammation and arthrosis is a process involving a joint. Hyperglycemia is too much sugar and Hypoglycemia means too little sugar

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