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Medical Terminology
Rakhi-Medical Terminology
| Word Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amni | amni(amniotic sac) |
| cervic | neck; cervix uteri |
| colp | vagina |
| vagin | vagina |
| galact | milk |
| lact | milk |
| gynec | woman,female |
| hyster | uterus(womb) |
| uter | uterus(womb) |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| men | menses,menstruation |
| metr | uterus(womb) |
| nat | birth |
| oophor | ovary |
| ovari | ovary |
| perine | perineum |
| salping | tube(usually fallopican or eustachian tubes) |
| episi | vulva |
| vulv | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -salpinx | tube (usually fallopian or eustachian tubes) |
| -tocia | childbirth,labor |
| -version | turning |
| rect | rectum |
| K.U.B | Kidney, Ureter,Bladder |
| T.U.R.P. | Transurethral, Resection of the prostate |
| Eupnea | normal breathing |
| I.V.U | Intravenous Urography |
| Oma | tumor |
| emia | blood condition |
| S.B.F.T. | Small Bowel Follow Through |
| -esis, -ia, -ism | condition |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ious, -tic | pertaining to,relating to |
| -ist | specialist |
| -iatry | medicine |
| -icle, -ole, -ule | small, minute, little |
| lysis | separation, destruction,loosening |
| trophy | nourishment |
| pathy | disease |
| azot | nitrogenous compounds |
| tripsy | crushing |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| pexy | (fixation)of an organ |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| meat | opening |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| itis | inflammtation |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| vesic | bladder |
| cyst | bladder |
| scopy | visual examination |
| ureterectasis | an examination of the ureter |
| aden | gland |
| graphy | process of recording |
| cyte | cell |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| gram | record, writing |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| stomy | forming an opening |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| dys | painful difficult |
| olig | scanty |
| pepsia | digestion |
| py | pus |
| scler | hardening |
| emesis | vomiting |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| cystolithotomy | the excision of a stonefrom the bladder |
| suture | a surgical construction, the stitching of soft tissue |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| suprarenal | above kidneys |
| diuretic | increase production of urine |
| anti-diuretic | decreases production of urine |
| edema | when body tissue contain an excessive amount of fluid which causes swelling |
| nephralgia | pain in the kidneys |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidneys |
| nephrolith | kidney stones |
| nephrolithiasis | an abnormal condition of kidney stones |
| lithiasis | an abnormal condition of stones |
| nephromegaly | enlargment of a kidney |
| nephrectomy | the removal of one or both the kidneys |
| Perineum | the external region between the vulva and anus in a female and/or between the scrotum and anus in males |
| diuresis | increased formation and secretion of urine |
| dysuria | painful or difficult urination symptomatic of cystitis and other urinary tract conditions |
| renal hypertension | high blood pressure that results from kidney disease |
| interstitial nephritis | nephritis associated with pathological changes in the renal interstitial tissue that may be primary or due to a toxic agent such as a drug or chemical. the end result is that the nephrons are destroyed and renal function is seriously impaired |
| enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which bladder control should have been established |
| V.C.U.G. | voiding cystourethrogram/cystourethraphy |
| U.T.I. | urinary tract infection |
| B.U.N. | blood, urea,nitrogen |
| I.V.P. | intravenous pyelogram |
| P.O. | by mouth |
| N.P.O. | nothing by mouth |
| tracheostomy | the surgical opening of the trachea to provide and secure an open airway |
| C.V.A. | cerebrovascular accident |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| pleur | pleura |
| pulmon | lung |
| thorac | chest |
| tonsill | tonsils |
| sinus | sinus, cavity |
| trache | trachea |
| aer | air |
| carcin | cancer |
| gastr | stomach |
| hem | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hydr | water |
| melan | black |
| muc | mucus |
| my | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| orth | straight |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| ectomy | removal, excision |
| -tomy | incision |
| -algia, dynia | pain |
| -malacia | softening |
| -phobia | fear |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -therapy | treatment |
| eu- | good, normal |
| micro | small |
| neo- | new |
| pneumothorax | the presents of air in the pleural cavity |
| pythorax | the presence of pus in the chest |
| thoracentesis | the surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid |
| chondroma | a cartilaginous tumor |
| bronch, bronchi | bronchus |
| adenoid | adenoids |
| alveol | alveolus |
| chondr | cartilage |
| epiglott | epiglottis |
| nas | nose |
| laryng | larynx(voice box) |
| or | mouth |
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| atri | atrium |
| cardi | heart |
| phleb,ven | vein |
| thromb | blood clot |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| necr | death, necrosis |
| cardia | heart condition |
| brady | slow |
| peri | around |
| tachy | rapid |
| tri | three |
| -um | structure, thing |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| -oid | resembling |
| lith | stone,calculus |
| genesis | formation,producing,origin |
| electr | electric |
| leuk | white |
| xanth | yellow |
| erythr | red |
| derma | skin |
| xer | dry |
| onych | nail |
| onychopathy | disease of the nail |
| sudoriferous gland | sweat gland |
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