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Medical Terminology
Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -tome | instrument used to cut slices |
| -tomy | cut into, incise, incision |
| -ectomy | cut out, remove, excise, excision |
| -ostomy | cut a new surgical opening |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| duodeno/o | small intestine |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlarged or enlargement |
| -graph | write or record |
| -gram | picture or record actual paper readout or picture on a computer screen |
| -algia | means pain |
| cardi/o | heart |
| electr/o | electrical |
| -graphy | process of making a recording or image |
| tomography | |
| fluorodeoxyglucose | |
| histopathology | |
| excision | |
| chemotherapy | |
| diagnostic | |
| abdominal | |
| lymphadenopathy | |
| CT | |
| PET | |
| FDG | |
| son/o | sound |
| echo/o | sound made by reflected sound waves |
| radi/o | radiation x-rays |
| -pathy | disease |
| path/o | disease |
| jaudniced | liver conditions such as cancer or cirrhosis cause the skin to turn yellow. |
| -derma | condition of the skin |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black (dark pigment) |
| erythr/o | red |
| cyan/o | blue |
| chlor/o | green |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -osis | disease, condition, status, or process (noun) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -emia | lack of blood condition or hemoglobin |
| cyt/o | cells |
| -logy | to study something |
| -meter | instrument used to measure or count something |
| -metry | process of measuring or counting something |
| -penia | (Greek - poverty) decrease in or not enough white blood cells |
| -em | Greek - hema) blood |
| lymph/o | (Latin - lympha) water or liquid |
| Edema | condition of fluid accumulation in the tissues causing swelling or puffiness |
| -osis | blood cells, indicates a condition characterized by increase in number |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| -cyte | indicate type of cell |
| -blast | immature or embryonic cell |
| Hist/o | tissues |
| Card/o | heart |
| megal/o | large |
| gastr | (Greek - gaster) root for stomach |
| -ia | condition |
| -mania | condition of madness characterized by rapid speech, hyperactivity, & irrtability |
| (Abbrev Meaning) AAD | American Academy of Dermatology |
| (Abbrev Meaning) ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| (Abbrev Meaning) ARDMS | American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography |
| (Abbrev Meaning) ARRT | American Registry of Radiologic Technologist |
| (Abbrev Meaning) ASRT | American Society of Radiologic Technologist |
| (Abbrev Meaning) CABG | coronary atery bypass graft |
| (Abbrev Meaning) CAT Scan | computed axial tomography |
| (Abbrev Meaning) CBC | complete blood count |
| CCU | cardiac care unit (cirtical care unit_ |
| cTnl and cTnT | Troponin I and Troponin T (serum cardica proteins indicating myocardial injury) |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CE | cardiac enlargement (cardiomegaly) |
| Diff | differential white blood cell count |
| DMS | diagnostic medical sonography |
| ECG, EKG | eletrocardiogram |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| FDG | fluorodeoxyglucose |
| GA | gastric analysis |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| mm3, cu mm | millimeter cubed, cubed millimeter |
| mmol/L | millimole per Liter |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| ms | millisecond |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| Ra | radium (element) |
| RBC | red blood cell (count) |
| RDCS | Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer |
| RDMS | Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer |
| RT (MR) | Registered Technologist (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
| RT (N) | Registered Technologist (Nuclear Medicine) |
| RT (R) | Registered Technologist (Radiography) |
| RT (S) | Registered Technologist(Sonography) |
| RT (T) | Registered Technologist (Radiation Therapy) |
| RVT | Registered Vascular Technologist |
| SPECT | single photon emission computed tomography |
| WBC | white blood cell (count) |
| XR | x-ray |
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