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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| word roots | contain the basic meaning of the term. Usually, but not always, indicate the body part |
| Suffixes | usually, but not always, indicate the procedure, condition, disorder, or diseas. A suffix always comes at the end of a word |
| Prefixes | usually, but not always, indicate location, time, number, or status. A prefix always comes at the beginning of a word. |
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| abdominocentesis | surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes |
| acronym | a word formed from the initial letter or letters of the major parts of a compound term |
| appendectomy | the surgical removal of the appendix |
| appendicitis | inflammation of the appendix |
| arteriogram | the record produced by arteriography |
| arteriography | the process of recording a picture of an arteryor arteries |
| arterionecrosis | tissue death of an artery or arteries |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries |
| arthralgia | pain in a joint or joints |
| atheroma | fatty deposit within the wall of an artery |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| colostomy | curgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface |
| colotomy | a surgical incision into the colon |
| diagnosis | determination of the nature of a person's disease |
| diarrhea | abnormal frequency of loose or watery stools |
| edema | excess fluid in body tissues, causing swelling |
| endarterial | pertaining to the interior lining of an artery |
| endoscopy | the visual examination of the interior of a body cavity with the use of an endoscope |
| eponym | disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first |
| erythrocytes | mature RBC's |
| gastralgia | pain in the stomach |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and small intestine |
| gastrosis | any abnormal condition of the stomach |
| gerontologist | a specialist in diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders, and problems associated with aging |
| hemorrhage | the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
| hepatomegaly | abnormal enlargement of the liver |
| hypertension | Consistent abnormally elevated blood pressure levels |
| Hypotension | Lower than normal blood pressure |
| Ileum | Part of small intestine |
| Ilium | Is part of hip bone |
| Infection | Is invasion of body by pathogenic organism |
| Inflammation | Localized response to an injury or destruction of tissue |
| Interstitial | Between, but not within,the parts of a tissue |
| Intramuscular | Within the muscle |
| Laceration | A torn, ragged wound |
| Lesion | A pathological change of the tissues due to disease or injury |
| Leukocyte | WBC |
| Ligation | Binding or tying off vessels or ducts |
| Lithotomy | Surgical incision for the removal of a stone; an examination position |
| Melanesia | Any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in different parts of the body |
| Mycosis | Any disease caused by a fungus |
| Myelopathy | Any pathological condition of the spinal cord |
| Myopathy | Any pathological change or disease of muscle tissue |
| Myorrhaphy | To suture a muscle wound |
| Myorrhexis | Rupture of a muscle |
| Neonatology | Study of disorders of newborn |
| Neuritis | inflammation of nerve or nerves |
| Neuroplasty | surgical repair of nerve or nerves |
| Otolaryngology | the study of ear, nose and throat |
| Otorhinolaryngology | the study of ear, nose and throat |
| Palpation | an examination tech in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts |
| Palpitation | a pounding or racing heart |
| Perinatal | time and events just before, during and just after birth |
| Poliomyelitis | a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord that may result in paralysis |
| Postnatal | time and events after birth |
| Prenatal | the time and events before birth |
| Prognosis | is a forecast or prediciton of probable course and outcome of a disorder |
| Prostrate | to collapse or to be overcome with exhaustion |
| Prostate | refers to the male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra |
| Pyelitis | inflammation of the renal pelvis |
| Pyoderma | any pus-forming skin disease |
| Pyrosis | regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus; aka heartburn |
| Subcostal | below a rib or ribs |
| Supination | rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forwrd or upward |
| Suppuration | formation or discharge of pus |
| Supracostal | above or outside the ribs |
| Suturing | closing a wound or incision by stitching or a similar means |
| Symptom | sign of disease that is observed by patient only |
| Syndrome | a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
| Tonsillectomy | surgical removal of the tonsils |
| Tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonsils |
| Trauma | wound or injury |
| Triage | medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
| Viral | pertaining to a virus |
| Virile | possessing masculine traits |
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