Question | Answer |
The separation of a whole into its parts | analysis |
Absence of oxygen | anoxia |
Absence of breathing | apnea |
To bend forward | anteflexion |
A substance that kills microorganisms that cause disease | antibiotic |
Capable of preventing infection | antisepsis |
An immune response of the body to its own tissues | autoimmune |
Of no danger to health | benign |
Branching into two separate parts | bifurcation |
Small artery; Small vein | arteriole; venule |
Slow heart rate of less than 60 bpm | bradycardia |
Spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body | metastasis |
A factor that renders the administration of a drug or medical procedure inadvisable | contraindication |
Excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or body part | dehydration |
Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course | acute |
Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells | dysplasia |
Within or passing through the trachea | endotracheal |
Difficulty in breathing resulting in shortness of breath; air hunger | dyspnea |
A disease that persists over a long period of time | chronic |
A feeling of great happiness or well-being | euphoria |
Examination of the blood vessels using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance | angiography |
Formation of blood vessels from pre-existing vessels | angiogenesis |
Within or administered into a vein | intravenous |
Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time | insomnia |
Localized collection of pus in part of the body, formed by tissue disintegration | abscess |
Genetic long bone growth disorder when cartilage is not converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | achondroplasia |
A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, depression or unease | malaise |
Extremely destructive and threatening to life | malignant |
To change in shape and form | metamorphosis |
An optical instrument that uses a lens to magnify images of objects too small to be seen by the eye | microscope |
A newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old | neonate |
A pronounced reduction in all blood cells | pancytopenia |
Loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part | paralysis |
Passed through the skin | percutaneous |
The dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints | periosteum |
An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease | prodrome |
Repair of a damaged vessel by formation of a solid clot from fluid blood while maintaining blood flow | hemostasis |
The protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it; a rupture | hernia |
An abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or a tissue with consequent enlargement | hyperplasia |
Enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of cells | hypertrophy |
Decreased blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue caused by constriction or obstruction of blood vessels | ischemia |
The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or lessen | remission |
To bend backward | retroflexion |
Located or placed just beneath the skin | subcutaneous |
A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence between two organisms | symbiosis |
Exact correspondence of form on both sides | symmetry |
A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease or condition | syndrome |
Rapid breathing | tachypnea |
The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another | transfusion |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
bi- | two, double |
brady- | slow |
con- | with |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
ec-, ecto- | out, outer, outside |
eu- | good, normal |
hemi- | half |
in- | into, not |
infra- | beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mal- | bad |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
para- | beside, abnormal |
per- | through |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | forward, before |
post- | after |
pseudo- | false |
supra- | above |
syn-, sym- | together |
tachy- | fast |
ultra- | beyond, excessive |
uni- | one |
arteri/o | artery |
ven/o | vein |
ischi/o | hold back |
eu- | normal |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
tachy- | fast |
brady- | slow |
carp/o | wrist |
cib/o | meal |
cost/o | rib |
cutane/o | skin |
dactyl/o | finger, toe |
duct/o | lead, carry |
flex/o | bend |
furc/o | branching |
gloss/o | tongue |
glyc/o | sugar |
immun/o | protection |
morph/o | shape |
mort/o | death |
my/o | muscle |
nat/i | birth |
nect/o | connect |
norm/o | rule, order |
ox/o | oxygen |
seps/o | infection |
somn/o | sleep |
son/o | sound |
the/o | to place |
thyr/o | shield |
top/o | location |
tox/o | poison |
pleur/o | lung |
pulm/o | lung |
pneum/o | air, lung |
hydr/o | water |
axill/o | armpit |
bronch/o | bronchial |
chem/o | drug |
acr/o | top, extreme point, sudden, sharp |
acu/o | sharpness |
agor/a | marketplace; open space |
angi/o | vessel |
-genesis | formation |
-gram | record, gram |
-graph | record |
-graphy | recording |
-ia | condition of |
-lysis | separation, destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-um, -ium | structure |
-oid | resemble |
-therapy | treatment |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-um, -ium | structure |
-oid | resemble |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
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