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Terminology III
Final Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| IR/O , IRID/O | IRIS |
| -CUSIS | HEARING |
| MYRING/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| STIGMATISM | UNEVEN CURVATURE OF THE CORNEA |
| AMETROPHIA | ANY ERROR OF REFRACTION |
| ADNEXA | AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OF AN ORGAN |
| ANISOCORIA | CONDITION WHERE PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL |
| AMBLYOPIA | ANY DIMNESS OF VISION |
| TINNITUS | BUZZING OR RINGING IN THE EAR |
| PRESBYOPIA | SIGHT LOSS FROM OLD AGE |
| PRESBYCUSIS | HEARING LOSS FROM OLD AGE |
| PERIORBITAL EDEMA | SWELLING AROUND THE EYES |
| VIRTIGO | LACK OF BALANCE, DIZZINESS |
| PY/O | PUSS |
| HIRSUT/O | HAIRY, ROUGH |
| PIL/O | HAIR |
| DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| HYDR/O | SWEAT |
| XER/O | DRY |
| PETECHIAE | PIN POINT HEMORRHAGES SMALLER THAN 2MM |
| PARONYCHIA | INFECTION AROUND THE NAIL |
| PRURITUS | ITCHING |
| PEDICULOSIS | LICE |
| COMEDO | BLACK HEAD |
| CARBUNCLE | CLUSTER OF BOILS |
| FURUNCLE | BOIL |
| FOLUICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE FOLUCULE |
| ERYTHEMA | REDNESS SKIN |
| ECCHYMOSIS | VERY LARGE BRUSE |
| ADREN/O | ADRENAL GLAND |
| ACR/O | EXTRIMITIES |
| GLYC/O | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
| DYSPIA | THIRST |
| CRIN/0 | SECRETE |
| PITUITAR/O | PITUITARY GLAND |
| -POLY | MANY |
| THYR/O | THYROID |
| THYM/O | THYMUS |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPOTHYROIDISM | DEFICIECY OF THYROID SECRETION |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | EXCESSIVE THYROID HORMONE |
| GROWTH HORMONE | WHAT MAKES BONES, MUSCLE, AND OTHER BODY TISSUE GROW |
| ACROMEGLY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIES AFTER PUPERTY |
| GIGANTISM | ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIES BEFORE PUPERTY |
| CRETINISM | ARRESTED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT |
| PROLACTINOMA | BENIGN TUMOR OF PITUITARY GLAND |
| ESTROGEN/PROGESTEONE | FEMALE HORMONES |
| CERVIC/O | CERVIX |
| COLP/O | VAGINA |
| GRAVADA | PREGNANT |
| GYNEC/O | FEMALE |
| HYSTER/O | UTERIS |
| ECTOPIC PREGANANCY | EGG ATTACHES OUTSIDE THE UTERIAN WALL |
| ENDOCERVICITIS (ENDOCERVISITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE CERVIX |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS | ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE ATTACHED TO PELVIC CAVITY |
| EPIDIYMITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIDIDYMUS |
| EPISIOTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION TO PREVENT TARING DURING CHILD BIRTH |
| HYSTEROSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES |
| LAPAR/O | ABDOMEN OR ABDOMINAL WALL |
| -OTOMY | INCISION |
| PHELB/O | VIEN |
| RADI/O | RADIATION |
| SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| KETONURIA | KETONES IN THE URINE |
| SPECULM | INSTRUMENT USED TO ENLARGE THE OPENING OF A BODY OSTRACISM |
| OTOSCOPE | TOOL USED TO EXAMINE INSIDE THE EAR |
| SPHYGMOMANOMETER | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF |
| RECUMBENT | LAYING DOWN POSITION |
| LITHOTOMY POSITION | LAYING DOWN WITH FEET IN STURUPS |
| PRONE POSITION | LAYING BELLY DOWN |
| RADIOLUCENT | SUBSTANCE THAT ALLOWS X-RAY TO PASS TRHOUGH |
| RADIOPAQUE | SUBSTANCE THAT DOES NOT LET X-RAY TO PASS THROUGH |
| AUDIOMETERY | HEARING TEST |
| XEROPHALMIA | DRY EYES |
| PHOTOPHOBIA | LIGHT SENSITIVITY |
| GLACOMA | GROUP OF DISEASES THAT INCREASE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| HORDEOLUM | PUSS FILLED LESION IN THE EYE (STY) |
| RETINOPEXY | RETINA FIXATION OR REATTACHMENT |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA |
| MASTOIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF MASTOID CELL |
| TONOMETRY | PROCEDURE TO MEASURE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| IDRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF PART OF IRIS |
| DACRYOADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF DACRYO GLAND |
| EXOTROPIA | WALL EYE, EYE WANDERS OUTWARD |
| MYRINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR |
| CATARACTS | LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE |
| IRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE IRIS |
| VITRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF VITRUS FLUID IN THE EYE |
| ALBINISM | LACK OF PIGMANT |
| SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | FORM OF CANCER ORIGINATE IN T SQUAMOUS CELL |
| BULLA | ENLARGED BLISTER |
| BLEPHEROPLASTY | EYELID LIFT |
| DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| WHEAL | SMALL BUMPS THAT ITCHES, ALLERGIC REACTION |
| DYSPLASTIC NEVI | ATYPICAL MOLE THAT CAN DEVELOP INTO CANCER |
| TINEA | (RINGWORM) FUNGAL INFECTION ON SKIN, HAIR, OR NAILS |
| ECZEMA | DERMATITIS REDNESS ITCHING BLISTERS |
| SCLERODERMA | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER WHERE CONNECTIVE TISSUE IS HARDEN |
| HEMATOMA | BRUSE |
| ROSACEA | CHRONIC CONDITION BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS |
| EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS | SCALING OF SKIN |
| KELOID | ABNORMAL RAISED OR THICKENED SCAR |
| ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS | INGROWN TOENAIL |
| NECROTIZING FASCIITIS | FLESH EATING BACTERIA |
| KERATOISIS | WART OR CALLUS ANY SKIN GROWTH |
| CALCITONIN CALISTOMEN | HORMONE REGULATE CALCIUM LEVELS |
| ADRENALECTOMY ** | REMOVAL OF ONE OR BOTH ADRENAL GLANDS |
| OXYTOCYN | HORMONE SECRETED BY PITUITARY GLANDS TO STIMULATE CONTRACTIONS |
| MYXEDEMA | ADULT FORM OF HYPOTHYROIDISM |
| GYNECCOMASTIA | CONDITION OF EXCESS MAMMARY DEVELOPMENT IN MALES |
| TESTOSTERONE | HORMONE THAT STIMULATES MALE SEX CHROMISONE |
| INTERSTITIAL CELL STIMULATING HORMONE | HORMONE THAT STIMULATES OVULATION AND SECRETION OF TESTOSTERONE |
| DIABETIC RETINOPATHY | DIABETES DAMAGES BLOOD CELLS OF RETINA |
| APGAR SCORE | EVALUATION FOR NEWBORNS IN THE FIRST 1-5 MINS OF LIFE |
| POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME | CONDITION WHERE OVARYS ARE ENLARGED BECAUSE OF PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE CYSTS |
| SALPINGO-OOPHERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF FALLOPIAN TUBE AND OVERARY |
| MENOMETRORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE UTERAN BLEEDING DURING MENSTRATION |
| ANDROPAUSE | DECREASE OF MALE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE |
| NULLIGRAVIDA | NEVER BEEN PREGANET |
| SYPHILIS | STD CAUSED BY BACTERIA TEMPAMINO PALIDONE |
| PERIMENOPAUSE | TRANSITION PHASE FROM MENSTRUATION TO MO MENSTRATION |
| FYBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE | PRESENCE OF CYST ON OR MORE IN THE BREAST |
| MASTALGIA | BREAST PAIN |
| CERVICAL DYSPLASIA | ABNORMAL CELLS OF THE CERVIX |
| CHLAMYDIA | MOST COMMON STD |
| PYURIA | PUSS IN THE URINE |
| COMPUTED TOMOGRAPH SCAN CT-SCAN | ROTATING E-RAY SCAN THAT GIVES CROSS SECTION VIEW OF THE BODY |
| ECHOCARDIOGRAPH | DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETERMINE STRUCTURE AND MOTION OF THE HEART |
| ACUPUNCTURE | TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE USED VERY THING NEEDLES |
| BACTERIURIA | BACTERIA IN URINE |
| CONTRA INDICATION | PATIENT CONDITION THAT USES RECOMMENDED MEDICATION IS ILL ADVISED FOR THAT PATIENT |
| URINALYSIS | URINE TEST |
| ENDOSCOPE | SMALL FIXABLE TUBE WITH LIGHT AT END |
| ANTIPYRETIC | MEDICATION TO REDUCE FEVER |
| AMENORRHEIA | NO PERIOD FOR 3 PLUS MONTHS |
| KERAT/O | CORNEA |
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