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Competency 18: Appendix A Study Stack
Term | Definition |
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A-; AN-; ANA- | NO; NOT; WITHOUT |
BRADY- | SLOW |
DYS- | DIFFICULT; PAINFUL |
ENDO- | WITHIN |
EPI- | ABOVE, UPON |
GYNEC/O- | WOMAN |
HYPER- | ABOVE; EXCESSIVE |
HYPO- | BELOW; DEFICIENT |
INTER- | BETWEEN |
NEO- | NEW |
PARA- | NEAR; BESIDE |
PER- | THROUGH |
RETRO- | BEHIND; BACKWORD; UPWARD |
SEMI- | HALF |
TACHY- | FAST |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
-EMESIS | VOMIT |
-EMIA | BLOOD |
-ISM | CONDITION |
-LEPSY | SEIZURE |
-OID | RESEMBLING; LIKE |
-OMA | TUMOR |
-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
-OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
-OTOMY | INCISION INTO |
-PATHY | DISEASE |
-PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
RRHEA- | FLOW; DISCHARGE |
-SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
-STASIS | CONTROL; STOP |
ARTHR/O | JOINT (E.G ARHTIRITIS) |
ATHER/O | FAT; FATTY PLAGUE |
ERYTHR/O | RED |
HEMAT/O; HEM/O | BLOOD |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
HYSTER/O | UTERUS |
OCUL/O; OPTHALM/O; OPT/O | EYE |
OR/O; ORCH/O; ORCHI/O | MOUTH (E.G ORAL) |
PHLEB/O | VEIN |
PNEUM/O | LUNGS; AIR |
PROCT/O | RECTUM |
THROMB/O | CLOT |
CEREBROVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE BRAIN & BLOOD VESSELS THAT SUPPLY IT |
EPIDURAL | PERTAINING TO ABOVE THE DURA MATER |
EPILEPSY | EPI-:UPON A DISORDER OF THE CNS WITH RECURRENT SEIZURES |
HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
HYPOXEMIA | TOO LITTLE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD |
MYOCARDIUM | HEART MUSCLE TISSUE |
PERICARDIUM | LINING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEART |
TACHYCARDIA | FAST HEART RATE |
DYPOXIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIENT OXYGEN LEVELS |
SPIROMETRY | SPIR/O: BREATH MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING |
BURSITIS | BURS/O: JOING INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA. A FLUID-FILLED SAC AROUND THE JOINTS |
ORTHOPEDIC | LITERALLY MEANS STRAIGH FOOT STUDY OF THE DISEASES OF THE SKELETAL AND MUSCLE SYSTEM |
LEUKEMIA | LEUK/O: WHITE A MALIGNANT BLOOD DISEASE OF ABNORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
METASTASIS | META: BEYOND THE SPREAD OF CANCER CELLS BEYOND THE ORIGIN OF THE TUMOR VIA BLOOD OR LYMPH |
ANEMIA | LITERALLY MEANS WITHOUT BLOOD A CONDITION WHEN THERE IS A REDUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS, HEMOGLOBIN, OR VOLUME OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS. |
MYELOMA | TUMOR OF THE BONE MARROW |
CHOLECYSTECTOMY | CHOLECYST/O: GALL BLADDER REMOVAL OF THE GALL BLADDER |
CIRRHOSIS | CIRRH/O: YELLOW OSIS: ABNORMAL CHRONIC LIVER CONDITION THAT CAUSES YELLOWING OF TISSUES |
PYELONEPHRITIS | PYEL: RENAL PEVLIS INFLAMMATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS AREA OF THE KIDNEY |
CONJUCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUCTIVA |
OPTHALMOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE DISEASES OF THE EYE |
MYRINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM) |
OTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR |
EPIDERMAL | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
PERCUTANEOUS | THROUGH THE SKIN |
OBSTETRICS | OBSTETR/O: MIDWIFE SPECIALIST IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF MOTHER & FETUS THROUGH PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, & POSTPARTUM |
VASECTOMY | EXCISION OF PART OF THE VAS DEFERENS TO MAKE THE MALE STERILE. |