Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Med/term
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inspection | Using the eyes or an instrument to examine the external surfaces or internal cavities of the body |
| Palpatation | Using the fingers to feel masses or enlarged organs or to detect tenderness or pain |
| Percussion | Using the fingers of one hand to tap on the fingers of the other hand that is spread over a body cavity |
| Auscultation | Using a stethoscope to listen to the sounds of the heart/lungs or intestines |
| Supine | Lying on the back |
| Prone | Lying face down |
| Chronic | A continuing illness for 3 months or more |
| Acute | Sudden in nature and sever in intensity |
| Enter/o | Intestine |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hepato/o | Liver |
| Psych/o | Mind |
| Orth/o | Sstraight |
| Arth/o | Joint |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Log/o | Word; the study of |
| Ped/i; ped/o | Child |
| Latr/o | Physician; medical treatment |
| His/o | Tissue |
| Morph/o | Shape |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Lip/o | Lipid (fat) |
| Intestin/o | Intestine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -log (-logy; -logist) | the study of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ics | knowledge; practice |
| -y | condition or process of |
| -ician | skilled professional or expert |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -ectomy | surgical exasion |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| a- | away from; without |
| an- | without; not |
| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
| hyper- | above; more than normal |
| hypo- | below; dificent |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | below; underneath |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| post- | after; behind |
| endo- | innermost; within |
| nosocomial | disease caused by exposure to an infection while the patient is in the hospital (ex: surgical wound infection) |
| Iatrogenic | disease caused by medicine or treatment given to a patient (ex: wrong drug/blood) |
| RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
| RLQ | Right lower quandrant |
| LUQ | Left upper quandrant |
| LLQ | Left lower quandrant |
| cyst/ol | urinary bladder; cyst, sac of fluid |
| or/o; stomat/o; stom/o | mouth |
| gloss/o; lingu/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cheil/o; labi/o | lip |
| dent/o; odont/o | tooth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| aden/o | gland |
| pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter |
| melan/o | black |
| gluc/o; glyc/o | glucose; sugar |
| duonden/o | duodenum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| append/o; appendic/o | appendix |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| col/o; colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| proct/o | anus/rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chol/e; bil/i | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile; vessel |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| lapar/o; abdomin/o | abdominal wall/abdomen |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| herni/o | hernia |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum |
| polyp/o | polyp; small growth |
| cholelith/o | gallstone |
| steat/o; lipid/o; adip/o | fat; sebum |
| -pradial | meal |
| -dynia | pain |
| -algia | painful condition |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhaphy | procedure of sutering |
| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -emia | condition of the blood/substance of the blood |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by suregery |
| -phagia | abnormal condition of eating or swallowing |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -lith | stone |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ptosis | droop, sag; prolapse, protrude |
| -cyte | cell |
| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| l-emesis | condition of vomitting |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -rexia | |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ptysis | abnormal condition of coughing up |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | complete; through |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| poly- | many; much |
| hemi- | half |
| retro- | behind, back backward |
| Barium enema | uses liquid radiopaque contrast to outline the rectum and colon to identify polyps, colon ca, etc. |
| Barium swallow | uses barium to coat the walls of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (ulcers, tumors, or obstruction) |
| Cholangiography | uses dye to outline the bile ducts to show stones in the gallbladder/bile ducts |
| Endoscopy (esophiagoscopy, gastroscopy, colonoscopy) | uses an endoscope to internally examine the gastrointestinal tract |
| stool guaiac | stool mixed with the chemical guaiac to test for blood |
| biopsyculture and sensitivity | diagnostic test of a culture to determine which bacterium is causing an infection |
| Anastomosis | join together two hollow organs |
| Lithotripsy | uses shock waves to break up stones |
| paracentesis | remove fluid buildup in the abdominal cavity through a pucture |
| nasogastric intubation | insertion of a plastic tube through the nose down into the stomach for feeding/administering drugs |
| Laparoscopic sugery | surgery is performed through small incisions as opposed to larger incision |
| Antacids | treats heartburn or peptic ulcers by neutralizing acid in the stomach (Maalox/mylanta/tums) |
| Antidiarrheals | treats diarrhea slows peristalsis which increases water absorption from feces (Imodium/Lomotil) |
| Antiemetics | treats nausea/vomiting/motion sickness (Dramamine/medizine/compazine |
| Emetics | to induce vomitting |
| Diarrhea | abnormal frequent loose watery stools |
| Ascites | accumulation of fluid in the abdominopelvic cavity |
| Thrush | Oral infection caused by yeast overgrowth |
| Esophageal Varices | Swollen protruding veins in the mucous of the lower esophagus or stomach |
| Gastroesophageal relux | chronic inflammation and irritation due to stomach acid in the esophagus |
| Ulcer | An erosion ot the mucosa |
| Emesis | vomiting; expelling food from the stomach |
| Crohn disease | inflammation of the ileum and colon, can cause a partial obstruction |
| Polyp | small, fleshy, benign or precancerous growth in the mucous of the colon |
| Intussusception | One segment of the intestine telescopes into the lumen of the next segment/vomiting and/or abdominal pain |
| irritable bowel syndrome | disorder of the function of the colon cramping, abdominal pain, diarrhea alternation with constipation |
| volvulus | twisting of the intestine around itself due to a structural abnormality of the mesentery vomiting and abdominal pain |
| fistula | abnormal connection or passageway between two organs |
| cirrhosis | chronic, progressive inflammation of the liver |
| Ileus | abnormal absense of peristalis in the small or large instestine |
| cachexia | wasting syndrome loss of weight; muscle atropy, fatigue, weakness |
| constipation | failure to have regular, soft, bowel movements |
| hernia | weakness in the abdominal wall muscle causing the intestine to bulge |
| jaundice | yellow discolorin of the skin and the whites of the eyes due to a buildup of bilirubin in the blood, due to the liver not working correctly |
| melena | dark, tar-like feces due to digested blood |
| polyposis | large amounts of polyps |
| GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| NG | NasogastricN |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| PO | by mouth |
| C&S | Culture and sensistivelty |
Created by:
646704405
Popular Medical sets