Question | Answer |
AVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO A TYPE OF TISSUE THAT DOES NOT HAVE BLOOD VESSELS |
A- | WITHOUT , NOT |
AR, OUS, AL - | PERTAINING TO |
VASUL | VESSEL (USUALLY BLOOD OR LYMPH) |
CUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
CUTANE | SKIN |
DERMIS | DEEP LAYER OF SKIN COMPOSED OF NERVES, BLOOD VESSELS, HAIR FOLLICLES, AND SEBACEOUS (OIL) AND SUDORIFEROUS (SWEAT) GLANDS |
DERM | SKIN |
EPIDERMIS | OUTER PROTECTIVE LAYER OF SKIN THAT COVERS THE BODY AND DOESN'T HAVE A BLOOD OR NERVE SUPPLY |
EPI- | ABOVE |
LESION | WOUND, INJURY, OR PATHOLOGICAL CHANGE IN BODY TISSUE |
SEBACEOUS | PERTAINING TO THE SEBUM, AN OILY FATTY SUBSTANCE SECRETEDBY THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
SUBCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN |
SUB- | UNDER, BELOW |
SUDORIFEROUS | PERTAINING TO OR PRODUCING SWEAT |
SYSTEMIC | PERTAINING TO A SYSTEM OR THE WHOLE BODY RATHER THAN A LOCALIZED AREA |
THERAPEUTIC | PERTAINING TO TREATING, REMEDIATING, OR CURING A DISORDER OR DISEASE. |
VASCULAR | PERTAINING TO OR CONTAINING BLOOD VESSELS |
-CELE | HERNIA, SWELLING |
ADIP/O
LIP/O
STEAT/O | FAT |
-OMA | TUMOR |
-CYTE | CELL |
CUTANE/O
DERMAT/O
DERM/O | SKIN |
-LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
CYAN/O | BLUE |
-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION:INCREASE(PRIMARILY USED WITH BLOOD CELLS) |
ERYTHEM/O
ERYTHEMAT/O
ERYTHRO/O | RED |
-A | NOUN ENDING |
HIDR/O
SUDOR/O | SWEAT |
-ESIS | CONDITION |
ICHTHY/O | DRY, SCALY |
KERAT/O | HORNY TISSUE;HARD;CORNEA |
MELAN/O | BLACK |
MYC/O | FUNGUS |
ONYCH/O | NAIL |
-MALACIA | SOFTENING |
PIL/O
TRICH/O | HAIR |
-PATHY | DISEASE |
SCLER/O | HARDENING; SCLERA (WHITE OF EYE) |
SEB/O | SEBUM, SEBACEOUS |
-RRHEA | DISHCHARGE, FLOW |
SQUAM/O | SCALE |
THERM/O | HEAT |
XER/O | DRY |
-PHOREIS | CARRYING, TRANSMISSION |
DIA- | THROUGH OR ACROSS |
-PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
-THERAPY | TREATMENT |
HOMO- | SAME |
-GRAFT | TRANSPLANTATION |
HYPER- | ECESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL |
BX,bx | BIOPSY |
I | INCISION AND DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT |
DIAGNOSIS | IDENTIFICATION OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION BY A SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF PHYISCAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, HX, LAB TEST RESULTS, AND PROCEDURES |
-GNOS | KNOWING |
PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS OR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |
RESPIRATION | MOLECULAR EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE WITHIN THE BODY'S TISSUES |
THORAC | CHEST |
THORAIC | PERTAIINING TO THE THORAX OR THORACIC CAGE |
THORACIC CAGE | BONY ENCLOSURE FORMED BY THE STERNUM, COSTAL CARTILAGES, RIBS, AND THE BODIES OF THE THORACIC VERTABRAE |
NAS/O
RHIN/O | NOSE |
PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX (THROAT) |
-SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION, TWITCHING |
TONSILL/O | TONSILS |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL |
TRACHE/O | TRACHEA, WIND PIPE |
-TOMY | INCISION |
ALVEO/O | ALVEOLUS ; AIR SAC |
BRONCH/O
BRONCHI/O | BRONCHUS ( PLURAL = BRONCHI) |
BRONCHIOL/O | BRONCHIOLE |
-ECTASIS | EXPANSION; DILATION |
PHREN/O | DIAPHRAGM |
-ALGIA
- DYNIA | PAIN |
PLEUR/O | PLEURA |
PNEUMON/O
PNEUM/O | AIR ; LUNG |
PULMON/O | LUNG |
THORAC/O | CHEST |
AER/O | AIR |
MASTOID/O | MASTOID PROCESS (HOUSES AIR CELLS WHICH DIRECT SOUND WAVES INTO THE INNER EAR |
MUC/O | MUCUS |
-OID | RESEMBLING |
ORTH/O | STRAIGHT |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
PY/O | PUS |
-PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
BRADY- | SLOW |
DYS- | PAINFUL; DIFFICULT; BAD |
EU- | GOOD; NORMAL |
TACHY- | RAPID |
ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT OPENS A BLOCKED ARTERY BY INFLATING A SMALL BALLOON WITHIN A CATHETER TO WIDEN AND RESTORE BLOOD FLOW IN THE ARTERY |
ARTERIES | LARGE BLOOD VESSELS THAT CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART |
CAPPILLARIES | MICROSCOPIC BLOOD VESSELS JOINING ARTERIOLES AND VENULES |
CONGENITAL | PERTAINING TO PRESENCE OF A DISORDER AT THE TIME OF BIRTH- COULD BE GENETIC OR ENVIRONMENT |
METABOLISM | SUM OF ALL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN AN ORGANISM |
MYOCARDIUM | MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HEART WALLS THAT IS COMPOSED OF CARDIAC MUSCLE |
VEINS | VESSELS THAT RETURN DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE HEART |
-RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
ANEURYSM/O | WIDENING, WIDENED BLOOD VESSELS |
ATERI/O | ARTERY |
ATHER/O | FATTY PLAQUE |
ATRI/O | ATRIUM |
-UM | STRUCTURE, THING |
CARDI/O
CORON/O | HEART |
PHLEB/O
VEN/ | VEIN |
THROMB/O | BLOOD CLOT |
-LYSIS | SERPERATION; DESTRUCTION; LOOSENING |
VARIC/O | DILATED VEIN |
-OSE | PERTAINING TO SUGAR |
VAS/O | VESSEL ; VAS DEFERENS ; DUCT |
VASCUL/O | VESSEL |
VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE (OF HEART AND BRAIN) |
- CARDIA | HEART CONDITION |
-GRAM | RECORD, WRITING |
-GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
-STENOSIS | NARROWING, STRICTURE |
PERI- | AROUND |
ENDO- | IN, WITHIN |