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MCC Med Term Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *DYSPEPSIA* | gastric indigestion; upset stomach |
| *DYSPHAGIA* | inability or difficulty swallowing |
| *EMESIS* | vomitting |
| *ATELECTASIS* | inflammation of alveoli |
| *PLEURAL EFFUSION* | fluid in the interpleural spaces of the lungs |
| *CHOLANGITIS* | inflammation of bile duct |
| *CHOLECYSTITIS* | inflammation of the gall bladder |
| *CHOLELITHIASIS* | presence of stones in the gall bladder |
| *GASTRITIS* | inflammation of the stomach |
| *HIATIAL HERNIA* | hernia through the esophageal opening of the diaphram |
| *COMMINUTED FRACTURE* | more than one fragment |
| *OSTEOPOROSIS* | bone deterioration |
| *PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE* | fracture caused by disease |
| *COLLE'S FRACTURE* | fracture of the distal radius |
| *BENNETT'S FRACTURE* | fracture of the 1st metacarpal |
| *U.T.I | urinary tract infection |
| *F.U.O | fever of unknown origin |
| *C.H.F* | congestive heart failure |
| *r/o FX* | rule out fracture |
| *F.B* | foreign body |
| *Pn* | pneumonia |
| *S.O.B.* | shortness of breath |
| *R.U.Q* | right upper quadrant |
| *MEDIAN PLANE* | plane that divides that divides the body into right and left halves |
| *PALMAR* | pertaining to the palm side |
| *APEX* | top of an organ |
| *R.L.E* | right lower extremity |
| *PERIOSTIUM* | dense fibrous covering of a bone |
| *TUBERCLE* | small eminence of bone that attaches to a tendon |
| *EPICONDYLE* | eminence on a bone above a condyle |
| INFRA | below |
| POST | after |
| ANTI | against |
| AD | towards |
| PERI | around |
| SUPER | above |
| BI | two |
| HYPO | under |
| PSEUDO | false |
| DIA | through |
| DIS | apart from |
| DYS | difficult |
| ECTO | outside |
| ENDO | within |
| HEMI | half |
| RETRO | backward |
| TRANS | across |
| PLASTY | reconstruction |
| SCOPY | instrument exam |
| OID | resembling |
| ITIS | inflammation |
| OMA | tumor |
| IASIS | presence of |
| CELE | puncture |
| PATHY | disease |
| CENTESIS | enlargement |
| ECTOMY | to cut out |
| CYTE | cell |
| EDEMA | swelling, fluid |
| EMIA | blood |
| GRAPH | record |
| MEGALY | enlarged |
| PHAGIA | swallowing |
| FIBRILATION | quivering or spontaneous muscle contractions |
| URETER | pair of tubes approx 30 cm long; carries urine from kidneys to bladder |
| DUODENUM | shortest, widest and most fixed portion of the small intestine |
| ANOXIA/HYPOXIA | absence or dificiency of oxygen in tissues |
| SUBLINGUAL | pair of small salivary glands situated under the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, beneath the tongue |
| EMESIS | vomitting |
| HEPATIC DUCT | duct in which the bile from the liver drains into |
| PAROTID GLAND | one of the largest pairs of salivary glands that lie at the side of the face |
| CECUM | pouch like structure or cul de sac constituting the 1st part of the large intestine |
| BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY | non malignant non inflammatory enlargement of the prostate |
| PROSTATITIS | inflammation of the prostate gland |
| SYNCOPE | fainting |
| SUBMANDIBULAR | one pair of round, walnut sized salivary glands; secretes both mucus and a thinner serous fluid. aids in the digestive process |
| SPHINCTER OF ODDI | band of circular muscle fibers around the lower end of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct |
| PYLORIC SPHINCTER | where the pylorus narrows to form the duodenal portion of the small intestine |
| INCOTINENCE | inability to control the discharge of urine |
| JEJUNUM | the middle of the three portions of the small intestine |
| ISCHEMIA | local and temporary deficiency of blood supply |
| LETHARGY | abnormal activity or lack of response to normal stimuli |
| FISTULA | abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another |
| FUNDUS | cul de sac of the stomach that lies above the level of the cardiac orfice |
| CYSTIC DUCT | duct through which bile from the gall bladder passes into the common bile duct |
| CHOLELITH | gall stone |
| DYSPNEA | difficulty breathing |
| HYPERTENSION | on separate occasions, blood pressure is higher than normal |
| COMMON BILE DUCT | duct formed by the juncture of the cystic and hepatic ducts |
| CALICES | one of the recesses of the pelvis of the kidney (cup shaped organ) |
| GALL BLADDER | reservoir for bile on the posteroinferior surface of the liver |
| AMPULA OF VATER | dilation formed by the junction of the pancreatic and bile ducts as they open into the lumen of the duodenum |
| CARDIAC ORIFICE | where the esophagus meets the stomach |
| POLES OF THE KIDNEY | either end of an axis through the length of a kidney |
| CYSTITIS | inflammation of the gall bladder |
| BILIARY CALCULI | stones in the biliary system |
| CROHNS | inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract, most commonly in the ileum |
| INFARCT | tissue that undergoes necrosis after loss of blood supply |
| UREMIA | metabolic waste (urea, creatinine, and uric acid) in the blood |
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