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Med Term
Med term Chapters 3,4,5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO A TYPE OF TISSUE THAT DOES NOT HAVE BLOOD VESSELS |
| A- | WITHOUT , NOT |
| AR, OUS, AL - | PERTAINING TO |
| VASUL | VESSEL (USUALLY BLOOD OR LYMPH) |
| CUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
| CUTANE | SKIN |
| DERMIS | DEEP LAYER OF SKIN COMPOSED OF NERVES, BLOOD VESSELS, HAIR FOLLICLES, AND SEBACEOUS (OIL) AND SUDORIFEROUS (SWEAT) GLANDS |
| DERM | SKIN |
| EPIDERMIS | OUTER PROTECTIVE LAYER OF SKIN THAT COVERS THE BODY AND DOESN'T HAVE A BLOOD OR NERVE SUPPLY |
| EPI- | ABOVE |
| LESION | WOUND, INJURY, OR PATHOLOGICAL CHANGE IN BODY TISSUE |
| SEBACEOUS | PERTAINING TO THE SEBUM, AN OILY FATTY SUBSTANCE SECRETEDBY THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE SKIN |
| SUB- | UNDER, BELOW |
| SUDORIFEROUS | PERTAINING TO OR PRODUCING SWEAT |
| SYSTEMIC | PERTAINING TO A SYSTEM OR THE WHOLE BODY RATHER THAN A LOCALIZED AREA |
| THERAPEUTIC | PERTAINING TO TREATING, REMEDIATING, OR CURING A DISORDER OR DISEASE. |
| VASCULAR | PERTAINING TO OR CONTAINING BLOOD VESSELS |
| -CELE | HERNIA, SWELLING |
| ADIP/O LIP/O STEAT/O | FAT |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| CUTANE/O DERMAT/O DERM/O | SKIN |
| -LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
| CYAN/O | BLUE |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION:INCREASE(PRIMARILY USED WITH BLOOD CELLS) |
| ERYTHEM/O ERYTHEMAT/O ERYTHRO/O | RED |
| -A | NOUN ENDING |
| HIDR/O SUDOR/O | SWEAT |
| -ESIS | CONDITION |
| ICHTHY/O | DRY, SCALY |
| KERAT/O | HORNY TISSUE;HARD;CORNEA |
| MELAN/O | BLACK |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| ONYCH/O | NAIL |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| PIL/O TRICH/O | HAIR |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| SCLER/O | HARDENING; SCLERA (WHITE OF EYE) |
| SEB/O | SEBUM, SEBACEOUS |
| -RRHEA | DISHCHARGE, FLOW |
| SQUAM/O | SCALE |
| THERM/O | HEAT |
| XER/O | DRY |
| -PHOREIS | CARRYING, TRANSMISSION |
| DIA- | THROUGH OR ACROSS |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| HOMO- | SAME |
| -GRAFT | TRANSPLANTATION |
| HYPER- | ECESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL |
| BX,bx | BIOPSY |
| I | INCISION AND DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT |
| DIAGNOSIS | IDENTIFICATION OF A DISEASE OR CONDITION BY A SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF PHYISCAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, HX, LAB TEST RESULTS, AND PROCEDURES |
| -GNOS | KNOWING |
| PULMONARY | PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS OR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |
| RESPIRATION | MOLECULAR EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE WITHIN THE BODY'S TISSUES |
| THORAC | CHEST |
| THORAIC | PERTAIINING TO THE THORAX OR THORACIC CAGE |
| THORACIC CAGE | BONY ENCLOSURE FORMED BY THE STERNUM, COSTAL CARTILAGES, RIBS, AND THE BODIES OF THE THORACIC VERTABRAE |
| NAS/O RHIN/O | NOSE |
| PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX (THROAT) |
| -SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION, TWITCHING |
| TONSILL/O | TONSILS |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL |
| TRACHE/O | TRACHEA, WIND PIPE |
| -TOMY | INCISION |
| ALVEO/O | ALVEOLUS ; AIR SAC |
| BRONCH/O BRONCHI/O | BRONCHUS ( PLURAL = BRONCHI) |
| BRONCHIOL/O | BRONCHIOLE |
| -ECTASIS | EXPANSION; DILATION |
| PHREN/O | DIAPHRAGM |
| -ALGIA - DYNIA | PAIN |
| PLEUR/O | PLEURA |
| PNEUMON/O PNEUM/O | AIR ; LUNG |
| PULMON/O | LUNG |
| THORAC/O | CHEST |
| AER/O | AIR |
| MASTOID/O | MASTOID PROCESS (HOUSES AIR CELLS WHICH DIRECT SOUND WAVES INTO THE INNER EAR |
| MUC/O | MUCUS |
| -OID | RESEMBLING |
| ORTH/O | STRAIGHT |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| PY/O | PUS |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| BRADY- | SLOW |
| DYS- | PAINFUL; DIFFICULT; BAD |
| EU- | GOOD; NORMAL |
| TACHY- | RAPID |
| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT OPENS A BLOCKED ARTERY BY INFLATING A SMALL BALLOON WITHIN A CATHETER TO WIDEN AND RESTORE BLOOD FLOW IN THE ARTERY |
| ARTERIES | LARGE BLOOD VESSELS THAT CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART |
| CAPPILLARIES | MICROSCOPIC BLOOD VESSELS JOINING ARTERIOLES AND VENULES |
| CONGENITAL | PERTAINING TO PRESENCE OF A DISORDER AT THE TIME OF BIRTH- COULD BE GENETIC OR ENVIRONMENT |
| METABOLISM | SUM OF ALL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN AN ORGANISM |
| MYOCARDIUM | MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HEART WALLS THAT IS COMPOSED OF CARDIAC MUSCLE |
| VEINS | VESSELS THAT RETURN DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE HEART |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
| ANEURYSM/O | WIDENING, WIDENED BLOOD VESSELS |
| ATERI/O | ARTERY |
| ATHER/O | FATTY PLAQUE |
| ATRI/O | ATRIUM |
| -UM | STRUCTURE, THING |
| CARDI/O CORON/O | HEART |
| PHLEB/O VEN/ | VEIN |
| THROMB/O | BLOOD CLOT |
| -LYSIS | SERPERATION; DESTRUCTION; LOOSENING |
| VARIC/O | DILATED VEIN |
| -OSE | PERTAINING TO SUGAR |
| VAS/O | VESSEL ; VAS DEFERENS ; DUCT |
| VASCUL/O | VESSEL |
| VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE (OF HEART AND BRAIN) |
| - CARDIA | HEART CONDITION |
| -GRAM | RECORD, WRITING |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -STENOSIS | NARROWING, STRICTURE |
| PERI- | AROUND |
| ENDO- | IN, WITHIN |
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