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MED TERM LINK 5.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ARTHR O | JOINT |
| ARTHROSCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION OF A JOINT |
| CHONDR O | CARTILAGE |
| CHONDROMA | BENIGN TUMOR OF CARTILAGE |
| COST O | RIB |
| COSTOCHONDRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A RIB AND ITS CARTILAGE |
| CRANI O | SKULL |
| CRANIOTOMY | INCISION OF A SKULL |
| LIGAMENT O | LIGAMENT |
| LIGAMENTOUS | PERTAINING TO A LIGAMENT |
| MY O | MUSCLE |
| MYOSARCOMA | TUMOR OF A MUSCLE |
| MYOS O | MUSCLE |
| MYOSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MUSCLE |
| MUSCUL O | MUSCLE |
| MUSCULAR | PERTAINING TO MUSCLES |
| MYEL O | BONE MARROW |
| MYELODYSPLASIA | ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF BONE MARROW |
| OSTE O | BONE |
| OSTEOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BONE AND BONE MARROW |
| PELV O | PELVIS HIPBONE |
| PELVIC | PERTAINING TO THE PELVIC |
| SPONDYL O | VERTEBRA |
| SPONDYLOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE VERTEBRA OR VERTEBRAE |
| VERTEBR O | VERTEBRA |
| INTERVERTEBRAL | PERTAINING TO LYING BETWEEN TWO BACKBONES |
| TEN O | TENDON |
| TENORRHAPHY | SUTURE OF A TENDON |
| TENDIN O | TENDON |
| TENDINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A TENDON |
| ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE ARTHRITIS WITH STIFFENING OF JOINTS PRIMARILY OF THE SPINE |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | COMPRESSION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE AS IT PASSES BETWEEN THE LIGAMENT AND THE BONES AND TENDONS OF THE WRIST |
| GOUTY ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE URIC ACID ALSO CALLED GOUT |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | AN INHERITED DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS AND DEGENERATION OF MUSCLES FIBERS |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | DECREASE IN BONE DENSITY WITH THINNING AND WEAKNESS OF BONE POROSIS MEANS CONDITION OF CONTAINING PASSAGES OR SPACES |
| RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS PAIN SWELLING AND STIFFENING ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL JOINTS OF THE HANDS AND FEET RHEUMAT O MEANS FLOWING DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SWELLING IN JOINTS |
| ARTHROPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A JOINT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD OF THE FEMUR THIGH BONE AND ACETABULUM CUP SHAPED PORTION OF THE HIP SOCKET WITH ARTIFICIAL PARTS PROSTHESES THAT ARE CEMENTED INTO THE BONE |
| CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS | TREATMENT OF A HERNIATED DISK BY INJECTION OF CHYMOPAPIN TO DISSOLVE THE INNER PORTION NUCLEUS OF THE DISK |
| ENDOSCOPIC DISKECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISK WITH AN ENDOSCOPE |
| LAMINECTOMY | SURGAICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF A VERTEBRA TO ALLOW VISUALIZATION AND REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF A PROTRUDING DISK |
| MICRSCOPIC DISKECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A HERNIATED INTERVEREBRAL DISK WITH AN INCISION THAT IS 1 TO 2 INCHES LONG AND VISUALIZATION OF THE SURGICAL FIELD WITH AN OPERATING MICROSCOPE |
| VERTEBROPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF VERTEBRAE SPECIAL CEMENT IS INJECTED INTO COMPRESSED BACKBONES TO STRENGTHEN THEM AND TO RELIEVE PAIN |
| ACL | ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT OF THE KNEE |
| C1-C7 | CERVICAL VERTEBRAE |
| CA | CALCUIM |
| IM | INTRAMUSCULAR |
| L1-L5 | LUMBAR VERTEBRAE |
| NSAID | NONSTEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUG PRESCRIBED TO TREAT JOINT DISORDERS |
| ORTHO | ORTHOPEDICS OR ORTHOPAEDICS |
| PT | PHYSICAL THERAPY |
| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |
| T1-T12 | THORACIC VERTEBRAE |
| CRANIUM | SKULL |
| CLAVICLE | COLLARBONE |
| HUMERUS | UPPER ARM BONE |
| RADIUS | LOWER ARM BONE ON THE THUMB SIDE |
| ULNA | LOWER ARM BONE LITTLE FINGER SIDE |
| CARPALS | WRIST BONES |
| METACARPALS | HAND BONES |
| PHALANGES | FINGER BONES |
| SCAPULA | SHOULDER BONE |
| STERNUM | BREASTBONE |
| TARSALS | ANKLE BONES |
| METATARSALS | FOOT BONES |
| FIBULA | SMALLER OF THE LOWER LEG BONES |
| TIBIA | LARGER OF THE LOWER LEG BONES |
| PATELLA | KNEECAP |
| SACRUM | LOWER PART OF THE BACKBONE NEAR THE HIP |
| COCCYX | TAILBONE |
| PELVIS | HIP BONE |
| FEMUR | THIGH BONE |
| RIBS | BONES SURROUNDING THE CHEST CAVITY |
| CRANI O | SKULL |
| ARTHR O | JOINT |
| OSTE O | BONE |
| COST O | RIB |
| PELV O | HIP BONE |
| MY O | MUSCLE |
| TEN O | CONNECTS MUSCLES TO BONES |
| CHONDR O | CARTILAGE |
| SPONDYL O | BACKBONE |
| LIGAMENT O | CONNECTS BONES TO OTHER BONES |
| CEREBELL O | CEREBELLUM |
| CEREBELLAR | PERTAINING TO THE CEREBELLUM |
| CEREBR O | CEREBRUM |
| CEREBRAL | PERTINING TO THE CEREBRUM |
| ENCEPHAL O | BRAIN |
| ENCEPHALITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN |
| MEDULL O | MEDULLA OBLONGATA |
| MEDULLARY | PERTAINING TO THE INNER SOFT PART OF AN ORGAN |
| MYEL O | SPINAL CORD |
| MYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| NEUR O | NERVE |
| NEUROPATHY | DISEASE OF NERVOUS TISSUE |
| ALZHEIMER DISEASE | BRAIN DISORDER MARKED BY DETERIORATION OF MENTAL CAPACITY DEMENTIA |
| CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT | DAMAGE TO THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE CEREBRUM LEADING TO LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO BRAIN TISSUE A STROKE |
| CONCUSSION | BLUNT INJURY TO THE BRAIN SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| EPILEPSY | CHRONIC BRAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT SEIZURE ACTIVITY |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR ARISING FROM GLIAL CELLS BLAST MEANS IMMATURE |
| HEMIPLEGIA PARALYSIS | THAT AFFECTS THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT HALF OF THE BODY |
| MEINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGS MEMBRANCES SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | DESTRUCTION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH ON THE NERVE CELLS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD WITH REPLACEMENT BY PLAQUES OF SCLEROTIC HARD TISSUE |
| PARAPLEGIA PARALSIS | THAT AFFECTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY |
| SYNCOPE | FAINTING SUDDEN AND TEMPORARY LOSS CONSCIOUSNESS AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN |
| STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY | PLACEMENT IN THE SKULL OF A STEREOTACTIC INSTRUMENT THAT LOCATES A TARGET SUCH AS A TUMOR IN THE BRAIN THEN A HIGH ENERGY RADIATION BEAM GAMMA KNIFE IS DELIVERED TO THAT PRECISE TARGET TO DESTROY THE TISSUE |
| TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION | A BATTERY POWERED DEVICE DELIVERS STIMULATION TO NERVES TO TO RELIEVE ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN |
| AD | ALZHEIMER DISEASE |
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT STROKE |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY |
| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE WITH BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN |
| ADENOID O | ADENOID |
| ADENOIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE ADEOIDS |
| ALVEOL O | AIR SAC ALVEOLUS |
| ALVEOLAR | PERTAINING TO AIR SACS WITHIN THE LUNGS |
| BRONCH O | BRONCHIAL TUBE |
| BRONCHOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBE BY PASSING AN ENDOSCOPE THROUGH THE TRACHEA INTO BRONCHI |
| BRONCHIOL O | BRONCHIOLE |
| BRONCHIOLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES |
| CYAN O | BLUE |
| CYANOSIS | BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN DUE TO DEFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE BLOODSTREAM |
| EPIGLOTTO O | EPIGLOTTIS |
| EPIGLOTTIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIGLOTTIS |
| LARYNG O | LARYNX |
| LARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE LARYNX |
| NAS O | NOSE |
| NASAL | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE |
| RHIN O | NOSE |
| RHINORRHEA | DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE |
| PHARYNG O | PHARYNX |
| PHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX |
| PHREN O | DIAPHRAGM |
| PHRENIC | PERTAINING TO THE DIAPHRAGM |
| PNEUMON O | LUNG |
| PNEUMONECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A LUNG |
| PULMON O | LUNG |
| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS |
| TONSILL O | TONSILS |
| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| TRACHE O | TRACHEA |
| TRACHEOSTOMY | OPENING OF THE TRACHEA TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
| ASPHYXIA | EXTREME DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE BODY WITH INCREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE LEADS TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR DEATH |
| ASTHMA | SPASM AND NARROWING OF BRONCHI LEADING TO BRONCHIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION |
| ATELECTASIS | COLLAPSED LUNG |
| EMPHYSEMA | HYPERINFLATION OF AIR SACS WITH DESTRUCTION OF ALVEOLAR WALLS ALONG WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA EMPHYSEMA IS A TYPE OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
| HEMOPTYSIS | SPITTING UP FOOD |
| HEMOTHORAX | BLOOD IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY SPACE BETWEEN THE PLEURAL MEMBRANES |
| PNEUMOCONIOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF DUST IN THE LUNGS |
| PNEUMONIA | INFLAMMMATION AND INFECTION OF ALVEOLI WHICH FILL WITH PUS OR PRODUCTS OF THE INFLAMMATORY REACTION |
| TUBERCULOSIS | AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA THE LUNGS AND OTHER ORGANS ARE AFFECTED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE COUGH WEIGHT LOSS NIGHT SWEATS HEMOPTYSIS AND PLEURITIC PAIN |
| ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION | A TUBE IS PLACED THROUGH THE NOSE OR MOUTH INTO THE TRACHEA TO ESTABLISH AN AIRWAY DURING SURGERY AND FOR PLACEMENT ON A RESPIRATOR |
| THORACENTESIS | A NEEDLE IS INSERTED THROUGH THE SKIN BETWEEN THE RIBS AND INTO THE PLEURAL SPACE TO DRAIN A PLEURAL EFFUSION |
| THORACOTOMY | INCISION OF THE CHEST TO REMOVE A LUNG OR A PORTION OF A LUNG |
| TRACHEOSTOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING INTO THE TRACHEA THROUGH THE NECK AND THE INSERTION OF A TUBE TO CREATE AN AIRWAY |
| CO2 | CARBON DIOXIDE GAS EXPELLED FROM THE LUNGS |
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA |
| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| CXR | CHEST X-RAY |
| O2 | OXYGEN GAS ENTERING THE BLOODSTREAM THROUGH THE LUNGS |
| PE | PULMONARY EMBOLISM BLOCKAGE OF VESSELS IN THE LUNG BY A BLOOD CLOT |
| PFTS | PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
| VATS | VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY USING SMALL INCISIONS AND AN ENDOSCOPE |
| AUR O | EAR |
| AURAL DISCHARGE | FLUID OR MATERIAL FROM THE EAR |
| OT O | EAR |
| OTITIS | ABSENCE OF THE LENS OF THE EYE |
| CUTANE O | SKIN |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN |
| DERM O | SKIN |
| EPIDERMIS | OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN |
| DERMAT O | SKIN |
| DERMATOLOGY | STUDY OF THE SKIN AND ITS DISEASES |
| MYRING O | EARDRUM |
| MYRINGOTOMY | INCISION OF THE EARDRUM |
| TYMPAN O | EARDRUM |
| TYMPANOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE EARDRUM |
| OCUL O | EYE |
| OCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE EYE |
| ONYCH O | NAIL |
| ONYCHOYSIS | SEPARATING OF A NAIL FROM ITS FOUNDATION |
| PHAK O | LENS OF THE EYE |
| APHAKIA | ABSENCE OF THE LENS OF THE EYE |
| PIL O | HAIR |
| PILOSEBACEOUS | PERTAINING TO HAIR AND ITS ASSOCIATED SEBACCOUS GLAND |
| RETIN O | RETINA |
| RETINOPATHY | DISEASE OF THE ROD AND CONE LAYER OF THE EYE SENSITIVE CELLS AT THE BACK OF THE EYE |
| TRICH O | HAIR |
| TRICHOPHAGIA | HABIT OF EATING HAIR ABNORMAL CRAVING FOR NON FOOD SUBSTANCES |
| UNGU O | NAIL |
| SUBUNGUAL | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE NAIL |
| ALOPECIA | ABSENCE OF HAIR FROM AREAS WHERE IT NORMALLY GROWS BALDNESS |
| CATARACT | CLOUDNESS OPACITY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE CAUSING IMPAIRMENT OF VISION OR BLINDNESS |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA |
| GLAUCOMA | INCREASE IN PRESSURE FLUID ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE CHAMBER AT THE FRONT OF THE EYE |
| MELANOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF PIGMENTED CELLS THAT FROM A NERVE IN THE SKIN |
| NERVUS | PIGMENTED LESION IN OR ON THE SKIN A MOLE |
| STY | PUS FILLED INFECTION OF GLANDS NEAR THE EYELID |
| TINNITUS | ABNORMAL NOISE SOUND IN THE EARS |
| AD | RIGHT EAR |
| AS | LEFT EAR |
| ENT | EARS NOSE THROAT |
| HEENT | HEAD EYES EARS NOSE THROAT |
| OD | RIGHT EYE |
| OS | LEFT EYE |
| PERRLA | PUPILS EQUAL ROUND REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION |
| VA | VISUAL ACUITY |
| VF | VISUAL FIELD |
| CYST O | URINARY BLADDER |
| CYSTOSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER |
| VESIC O | URINARY BLADDER |
| INTRAVESICAL | PERTAINING TO WITHIN THE URINARY BLADDER |
| NEPHR O | KIDNEY |
| NEPHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY |
| REN O | KIDNEY |
| RENAL | PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEY |
| PYEL O | RENAL PELVIS |
| PYELOGRAM | XRAY RECORD OF THE RENAL PELVIS |
| URETER O | URETER |
| URETERECTOMY | RESECTION OF A URETER |
| URETHR O | URETHRA |
| URETHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA |
| ALBUMINURIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF PROTEIN IN THE URINE |
| ANURIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF NO URINE PRODUCTION |
| DYSURIA | PAINFUL URINATION |
| GLYCOSURIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF GLUCOSE IN THE URINE |
| HEMATURIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF BLOOD IN THE URINE |
| NEPHROLITHIASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF STONES IN THE KIDNEY |
| RENAL FAILURE | CONDITION IN WHICH THE KIDNEYS STOP FUNCTIONING AND DO NOT PRODUCE URINE |
| UREMIA | CONDITION OF HIGH LEVELS OF UREA IN THE BLOOD |
| DIALYSIS | WASTE MATERIALS ARE SEPAREATED FROM THE BLOOD BY A MACHINE ALTERNATIVELY A PERTIONEAL CATHETER DELIVERS A SPECIAL FLUID INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND THEN THE FLUID WHICH NOW CONTAINS WASTE MATERIALS THAT HAVE SEEPED FROM THE BLOOD INTO IT IS DRAINED |
| LITHOTRIPSY | SHOCK WAVES ARE BEAMED INTO A PATIENT TO CRUSH URINARY TRACT STONES THE STONE FRAGMENTS THEN PASS OUT OF THE BODY WITH URINE ALSO CALLED ESWL |
| RENAL TRANSPLANTATION | A DONOR KIDNEY IS TRANSFERRED TO A RECIPENT |
| URINARY CATHETERIZATION | A CATHETER IS PASSED THROUGH THE URETHRA AND INTO THE URINARY BLADDER FOR SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM DRAINAGE OF URINE |
| ARF | ACUTE RENAL FAILURE |
| BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN MEASURES KIDNEY FUNCTION |
| CAPD | CONTINOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DISLYSIS |
| CKD | CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| CRF | CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE |
| HD | HEMODIALYSIS |
| KUB | KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER XRAY WITHOUT CONTRAST |
| RP | RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM |
| UA | URINALYSIS |
| UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
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