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Medterms test 3
Sanford-Brown Medical Terminology Test #3
Question | Answer |
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-Lysis | Breakdown, separation |
-Stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-scopy | to see, visual examination |
poly- | many |
-uria | urination, urine |
-tripsy | to crush |
Py/o | pus |
Pyr/o | fever/fire |
arter/o | artery |
angi/o | pertaining to blood vessels |
aort/o | aorta |
brady- | slow |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
peri- | surrounding, around |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-otomy | surgical incision |
anti- | against, counter |
-rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
hyper- | excessive, increased |
-osis | abnormal condition |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
per- | excessive, through |
dys- | bad, difficult |
sub- | below |
post- | after |
-pause | stopping |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
-ologist | specialist |
-algia | pain, suffering |
-oma | tumor |
-gram, -graph | a picture or record |
-itis | inflammation |
pre- | before |
Super- | above, excessive |
inter- | between, among |
intra- | within, inside |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | proplapse, drooping forward |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
ante- | before, toward |
-ac, -al | pertaining to , relating to |
-megaly | enlargment |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ology | the science or study of |
hemi- | half |
-cyte | cell |
-pnea | breathing |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ia | state or condition |
card/ocardi/o | heart |
hem/ohemat/o | blood, pertaining to the blood |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge |
neo- | new strange |
-rrhaphy | to suture |
ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
derm/odermat/o | skin |
path/o | disease, suffering |
phlebo/o | vein |
a-, an- | away from, without |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-pexy | surgical fixation, to put in place |
end-, endo- | within, in , inside |
-ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
-graphy | the process of recording a picture or record |
remission | temporary or complete dissapearance of the symptoms of a disease (bye disease!) |
symptom | subjective evidence of a disease (ex. pain or headache) |
chronic | condition of long duration (rarely cured) |
acute | condition has rapid onset(comes all of a sudden), severe course (very serious), short duration(doesn't last long) |
prognosis | prediction of probable course of a disorder (what's going to happen with the disease), will it get worse? better? |
diagnosis | identification of a disease |
syndrome | set of signs and symptoms that occur together |
sign | objective(something we all can see) evidence of a disease |
eponym | disease, structure,operation etc. who is named after the person who discovered it or described it |
disease | condition in which oneor more body parts is not functioning normally |
differential diagnosis | known as a "rule out" This means they rule out other diseases based on symptoms |
Poli/o | gray |
ad | toward, in the direction of |
erythr/o | red |
cyan | blue |
stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
eu | good, normal, well, easy |
leuk | white |
melan | black |
oste/o | bone |
arthr/o | joint |
neur/o | nerve |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow/ spinal cord |