MEDT220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Penicillin, Jaundice, Immune System

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Medical Laboratory Sciences
• Course: MEDT220
• Professor: kimberlyarnold

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Types of prefixes: a prefix is a word part attached to the beginning of the root word, four categories: Mester:l: mensis= month: tetra- or quadri- Polycystic cyst/o= sac containing fluid polycystic kidney disease. Polyneuritis neur/o = nerves: a- an- No, not, without anesthesia: esthesi/o or esthesia= sensation, feeling anoxia, ox/o or oxia = oxygen apnea, pnea= breathing. Prefixes that are opposites: hyper- excessive, above hyperglycemia, glyc/o = sugar, emia = blood condition hyperthyroidism, thyr/o = thyroid; shield, irritability, fast heartbeat, sleeping problems, weight loss, hyperglycemia &diabetes mellitus excessive amounts of glucose in blood. Blood sugar levels: higher than 200mg/dl hyperglycemic=100-126mg/dl diabetes > 126mg/dl organ damage. Diabetes mellitus most common cause of chronic hyperglycemia lack of insulin ( type 1) or ineffective insulin ( type 2) causes high level of sugar in blood: hypo- Deficient, under hypoglycemia: glyc/o = sugar, emia= blood condition hypothyroidism, thyr/o= thyroid; shield, poor ability to tolerate cold, tiredness, weight gain.