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MT Test 2 Midterm
MT Midterm (Chapters 1-6)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| dys- | difficult, painful or bad |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hyper- | over, above or increased |
| hypo- | below, under or decreased |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | a disease or abnormal condition |
| -otomy | a surgical incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | sudden abnormal or excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | to suture or stitch |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | large or enlargement |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -ology | study of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -ostomy | creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| diff Dx | differential diagnosis |
| Inflam | Inflammation |
| Aden/o | gland |
| Carcin/o | cancerous |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| -oma | tumor |
| A- or An- | without |
| Genetic Disorders | pathologic conditions caused by absent or defective genes |
| Endemic | ongoing presence of a disease within a population (Ex: the common cold) |
| Epidemic | sudden/widespread outbreak of a disease within a specific population group or area (Ex: measles) |
| Pandemic | outbreak of disease occurring over a large geographic area or worldwide (Ex: AIDS) |
| Functional disease | symptoms for which no physiological/anatomical cause can be identified (Ex: irritable bowel syndrome) |
| Iatrogenic illness | unfavorable response to medical treatment (Ex: side effects from medication) |
| Idiopathic disease | illness without known cause (Ex: Crohn’s disease) |
| Infectious disease | caused by living pathogenic organisms (Ex: flu) |
| Nosocomial Infection | infection acquired in a hospital or clinical setting |
| Organic Disirder | caused by detectable physical changes in the body (Ex: Diabetes) |
| Congenital Disorder | abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth |
| -ologist | specialist |
| CD | communicable disease |
| P | physiology or posterior |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| PKU | Phenylketonuria |
| Cost/o | rib |
| Kyph/o | hump |
| Lord/o | swayback curve/bent backward |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| -lysis | loosening / setting free (therapeutic) or breaking down/destruction (diseased condition) |
| Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) | used to treat certain types of cancers (leukemia |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | joint inflammation caused by the body’s immune system attacking its own joint tissues |
| Osteoarthritis (OA) | bone/joint inflammation caused by “wear-and-tear” of cartilage at the joints |
| Kyphosis | abnormal increase of the outward curvature of the spine (humpback) |
| Lordosis | abnormal increase of the forward curvature (swayback) |
| Scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (sideways) |
| Comminuted fracture (Fx) | bone is splintered/crushed into pieces |
| Greenstick fracture (Fx) | bone is bent/partially broken (usually in children) |
| Open fracture (Fx) | bone is broken out to the surface of the skin |
| Spiral fracture (Fx) | bone is broken by a twisting motion (usually in sports injuries) |
| Stress fracture (Fx) | small crack in the bone from overuse or chronic/excessive impact |
| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplant |
| Fx | Fracture |
| OA | Osteoarthritis |
| Brady- | slow |
| Tachy- | fast |
| -cele | hernia |
| -desis | bind/tie together; surgical suturing |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| CFS | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| prog | prognosis |
| A | anterior |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| RT | Related To |
| sign | objective evidence of a disease |
| symptom | patient reported (subjective) evidence of diease |
| diagnosis (Dx) | the identification of disease |
| prognosis (prog) | the prediction or probable course/outcome of a disease |
| infection | invasion of the body by pathogens |
| inflammation (inflam) | localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues |
| remission | temporary/partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of disease without achieving a cure |
| Angi/o or Vascul/o | blood vessel |
| Ather/o | fatty plaque or substance |
| Cardi/o or Card/o | heart |
| Cyt/o or -cyte | cell |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Hem/o or Hemat/o | blood |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| -gram | picture or record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lytic | to destroy |
| -penia | deficiency |
| Endo- | within |
| Epi- | above/upon |
| Peri- | surrounding |
| Erythrocytes | Red (blood) cell- carry oxygen |
| Leukocytes | White (blood) cell- fight infection |
| Thrombocytes | Clotting cell (Platelet)- clot blood |
| Angina | episode of severe chest pain due to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium |
| Myocardial Infarction (MI) | episode where there is a total blockage of blood flow to the myocardium |
| Thrombus | blood clot attached to the wall of a blood vessel (stationary) |
| Embolus | foreign object (blood clot/air/tissue/fat/tumor) that circulates in the blood vessels (traveling) |
| Cardiac Arrest | when the heart abruptly stops or develops an abnormal rhythm that prevents it from pumping blood |
| Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib) | rapid/irregular/uncontrolled heartbeat originating from the atria |
| Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib) | rapid/irregular/uncontrolled heartbeat originating from the ventricles |
| Arrhythmia | abnormality or loss of normal rhythm in the heartbeat |
| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) | portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias |
| Defibrillation | shock that stops fibrillation, allowing the heart to reestablish a normal rhythm |
| A-Fib | atrial fibrillation |
| chol | cholesterol |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| EKG or ECG | electrocardiogram |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| V-fib | ventricular vibrillation |
| Allergist | specialist in allergic reactions |
| Antigen | any substance that the body sees as being foreign |
| Allergen | any substance that produces an allergic reaction |
| Allergy | overreaction by the body to a particular antigen |
| Anaphylaxis | a severe response to an allergen |
| Immunologist | specialist in the immune system |
| Autoimmune Disorder | condition in which the immune system produces antibodies against its own tissues |
| Immunodeficiency Disorder | condition in which the immune response in compromised |
| Immunotherapy | treatment of the immune system (involves stimulating the immune response) |
| Immunosuppressant | type of medication that prevents/reduces the body’s normal immune response |
| Oncologist | specialist in the prevention/causes/ treatments of tumors and cancer |
| Tumor | abnormal mass of tissue with uncontrolled cell multiplication |
| Benign | not life-threatening |
| Malginant | potentially life-threatening |
| Cancer | class of diseases with uncontrolled cell multiplication and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues |
| Metastasize | process by which cancer spreads |
| Metastasis | change beyond control (new cancer site that results from the spreading process) |
| Anti- | against |
| Lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| Lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| Lymph/o | lymph |
| Lymphocyt/o | white blood cell |
| Sarc/o | flesh |
| -genesis | creation or reproduction |
| Tox/o or -toxic | poison |
| T-Lymphocytes | produced in the Thymus; phagocytes (cells that eat) |
| B-Lymphocytes | antibodies (immunoglobulins) |
| Crani/o | skull |
| Dors/o | back of body |
| Kines/o | movement |
| Laryng/o | throat |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Ten/Tendin/o | tendon |
| Ton/o | tone, tension, stretching |
| Ventr/o | in front, belly side of body |
| -clasis | break down |
| -paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| -plegia | full paralysis |
| -Hemi- | half |
| aneurysm | localized weak spot or balloon-like enlargement of an arterial wall |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| abd | abdomen |
| ant | anterior |
| D | dorsal |
| FMS | fibromyalgia syndrome |
| hemi | hemiplegia |
| MD | Muscular Dystrophy |
| MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
| quad | quadraplegic |
| ventr | ventral |
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