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medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin\o | abdomen |
| angi/o | blood or lymphy vessel |
| append/o | appedix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | join |
| col/o- | colon,large intestine |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| dermat/o- | skin |
| ERYTHR/O- | red |
| gastr/o- | stomach,belly |
| hem/o- | blood, relating ti the blood |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| my/o- | muscle |
| nat/o- | ? |
| neur/o- | nerve , nerve tissue |
| ot/o- | ear , heraring |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| path/o- | disease,suffering |
| tonsil/o- | tonsil,throat |
| vir/o- | poison-virus |
| prefix | : |
| dys- | bad-difficul |
| hyper- | excesive-increased |
| hypo- | deficient |
| suffix- | -: |
| algia- | pain |
| -ectonomy | surgical-removal cutting out |
| -it is | inflamation |
| -osis | abnormal condition/disease |
| -ostomy | surgically created opening |
| -otomy | cutting surgical incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage/rrhagia | bleeding,abnormalecesive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardering |
| ABDOMINOCENTESIS | centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis... |
| centesis - | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluID. |
| acronym | a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation. |
| acute | 1. sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain. |
| angiography | x-ray examination of blood vessels or lymphatic following injection of a radiopaque substance |
| appendectomy | surgery |
| arteriosclerosis | degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow. |
| colostomy | construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents. |
| cyanosis | blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood. |
| dermatologist | specialist in dermatology, especially a doctor who specializes in the treatment of diseases of the skin. |
| diagnosis | Biology . scientific determination; a description that classifies a group or taxon precisely. |
| diarrhea | an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations. |
| edema | effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities. |
| endarterial | the innermost lining of an artery. |
| eponym | a word based on or derived from a person's name. |
| erythrocyte | Also called: red blood cell a blood cell of vertebrates that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide, combined with the red pigment haemoglobin, to and from the tissues |
| fissure | Anatomy . a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain. |
| fistula | Surgery . an opening made into a hollow organ, as the bladder or eyeball, for drainage. |
| gastralgia | neuralgia of the stomach |
| gatritis | ? |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and intestines. |
| gastrosis | ? |
| hemorrhage | a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding. |
| hepatomegaly | an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure. |
| hypertension | elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. |
| infection | an infecting with germs of disease, as through the medium of infected insects, air, water, or clothing. |
| inflammation | Pathology . redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents. |
| interstitial | Anatomy . situated between the cells of a structure or part: interstitial tissue. |
| intramuscular | located or occurring within a muscle. |
| laceration | 1. the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear. |
| lesion | Plant Pathology . any localized, defined area of diseased tissue, as a spot, canker, blister, or scab. |
| mycosis | the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body. |
| myelopathy | any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow. |
| myopathy | any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue. |
| myorrhexis | Tearing of a muscle. |
| natal | presiding over or affecting a person at birth: natal influences. |
| neonatology | the study of the development and disorders of newborn children |
| neuritis | continuous pain in a nerve, associated with paralysis and sensory disturbances. |
| otorhinolaryngology | The medical specialty concerned with diseases of the ear, nose, and throat. |
| palpation | to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness. |
| palpitation | an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart. |
| pathology | the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases. |
| phalanges | Anatomy, Zoology . a phalanx. |
| poliomyelitis | an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in atrophy and often permanent deformities. |
| prognosis | Medicine/Medical . a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery |
| prostate | Also called: prostate gland a gland in male mammals that surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra and secretes a liquid constituent of the semen |
| pyoderma | pathol any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus. |
| pyrosis | heartburn |
| remission | a. a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease. b. a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs: The patient's leukemia was in remission. |
| sign | a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents. |
| supination | rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward ( opposed to pronation). |
| suppuration | the matter produced by suppuration; pus. |
| supracostal | Located above the ribs. |
| symptom | Pathology . a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it. |
| syndrome | Pathology, Psychiatry . a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like. |
| tonsillitis | inflammation of a tonsil or the tonsils. |
| trauma | Pathology . b. the condition produced by this; traumatism. 2. Psychiatry . a. an experience that produces psychological injury or pain. b. the psychological injury so caused. |
| triage | the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors. |
| viral | of, pertaining to, or caused by a virus. |
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