Question | Answer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
append/o | appendix |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
col/o | colon, large intestine |
cyan/o | blue |
dermat/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach, belly |
hem/o | blood, relating to blood |
hepat/o | liver |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
nat/o | birth |
neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
ot/o | ear, hearing |
rhin/o | nose |
path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
tonsil/o | tonsil,throat |
vir/o | poison,virus |
dys | bad,difficult, or painful |
hyper | excessive, increased |
hypo | deficient, decreasedd |
algia | pain,painful condition |
ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
itis | inflammation |
osis | abnormal condition, disease |
ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
plasty | surgical repair |
rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
abdominocentesis | the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid |
acronym | word formed from the initial letter of major parts of a compound term |
acute | severe course and a relatively short duration |
angiography | process of producing a radi graphic (x-ray) study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible |
appendectomy | surgical removal of the appendix |
arteriosclerosis | the abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries |
arthraligia | pain in a joint or joints |
colostomy | surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface |
cyanosis | blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood |
dermatologist | a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin |
diagnosis | the identification of a disease |
diarrhea | the frequent flow of loose or watery stools |
edema | describes swelling caused by excessfluid in the body tissues |
endarterial | means pertaining to the interior orlining of an artery |
eponym | a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first |
erythrocyte | a mature red blood cell |
fissure | a groove or crack-like sore of the skin/normal folds in the contours of the brain |
fistula | abnormal passage, usually between two internalorgans, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body |
gastralgia | stomach ache,pain in the stomach |
gatritis | inflammation of the stomach |
gastroenteritis | an inflammation of the stomach and small intestine |
gastrosis | means any disease of the stomach |
hemorrhage | loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
hepatomegaly | abnormal enlargement of the liver |
hypertension | higher than normal blood pressure |
hypotension | lower than normal blood pressure |
infection | invasion of the body by a pathogenic (disease producing) organism |
inflammation | a localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues |
interstitial | means between, but not within, the parts of a tissue |
intramuscular | means within the muscle |
laceration | is a torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound |
lesion | is a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury |
mycosis | describes any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus |
myelopathy | describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord |
myopathy | describes any pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue |
myorrhexis | is the rupture of a muscle |
natal | means pertaining to birth |
neonatology | is the study of disorders of the newborn |
neuritis | is inflammation of a nerve or nerves |
otorhinolaryngology | made up of 2 combining forms, a word root, and a suffix.(study of the ears, nose, & throat) |
palpation | is an examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts |
palpitation | is a pounding or racing heart |
pathology | is the study of all aspects of diseases |
phalanges | the bones of the fingers and toes |
poliomyelitis | is a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
prognosis | is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder |
prostate | is a male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra |
pyoderma | is any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo |
pyrosis | also known as heartburn, is discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus |
remission | is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure |
sign | is objective evidence of disease such as a fever |
supination | is the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward |
symptom | is subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache |
syndrome | is a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
tonsillitis | is an inflammation of the tonsils |
trauma | means wound or injury |
triage | is the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need & the proper place of treatment |
viral | means pertaining to a virus |