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medical language5
ch.5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| COMBING FORMS atel/o | DEFENITION imperfect,incomplete |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| hem/o,hemat/o | blood |
| muc/o | mucus |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/i,ox/o | oxygen |
| phon/o | sound,voice |
| py/o | pus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | breathe,breathing |
| PREFIX a-,an- | DEFINITION absence of, without |
| endo- | within |
| eu- | normal,good |
| pan- | all,total |
| poly- | many,much |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| SUFFIXES -algia | DEFINITION pain |
| -ar,-ary,-eal | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid(with sterile needle) |
| -ectasis | stretchin out,dilatation,expansion |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic impaging |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -scope | instrment used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden,involuntary muscle contraction(spasmodic contractions) |
| -stenosis | constriction of an artifical opening |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -throax | chest |
| -tomy | cut into or incision |
| ABBREVIATIONS ABGs | arterial blood gases |
| ARDS | acid-fast bacilli |
| CF | cystic fibrosis |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CXR | chest radiograph(chest x-ray) |
| flu |
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