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Med/term
medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |