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Medical Terminology
Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| ACOA | Adult Children of Alcoholics |
| AFB | Acid-fast bacillus |
| Al-Anon | AA support group for spouses of alcoholics |
| Ala-Teen | AA support group for children of alcoholics |
| AD | Right ear, auris dextra |
| AS | Left ear, auris sinistra |
| AU | Both ears, auris uterque |
| C | Celcius degrees |
| C&S | Culture and sensitivity(antibiotic susceptibility) |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| F | Fahrenheit degrees |
| FAS | Fetal alcohol syndrome |
| GB | Gallbladder |
| GNID | Gram-negative intracellular diplococcus |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| LMP | Last menstrual period |
| Agenesis | Lack of development |
| Alcoholism | Chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol |
| Amenorrhea | Absence of menstruation |
| Apepsia | Cessation of digestion |
| Aphasia | Unable to speak |
| Aphonia | No voice, unable to make sounds |
| Apnea | Absence of breathing |
| Audiogram | Graphic record of hearing function |
| Audiologist | Hearing specialist |
| Audiology | Science that studies hearing |
| Audiometer | Instrument to test hearing |
| Audiometry | Process of testing hearing |
| Bacillus | Rod-shaped bacterium |
| Bradycardia | Slow heart rate |
| Bradypepsia | Slow digestion |
| Bradyphasia | Slow eating (Swallowing) |
| Bradypnea | Slow breathing |
| Calculi | Small stones |
| Carcinogenesis | Formation of cancer |
| Cholangiogram | x-ray of the bile ducts |
| Cholecyst | Gallbladder |
| Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the ladder |
| Cholecystogram | x-ray of the gallbladder |
| Cholescystography | Process of observing x-ray of the gallbladder |
| Cholecystotomy | Incision into the gallbladder |
| Cholelith | Gallstone |
| Cholelithiasis | Infestation with gallstones |
| Coccus | Sphere shaped bacterium |
| Dactylitis | Inflammation of the fingers and/or toes |
| Dactylogram | Fingerprint |
| Dactylospasm | Spasm of a digit |
| Diplobacillus | Double bacillus |
| Diplococcic | Cocci growing in pairs |
| Dipsomania | Abnormal compulsion to drink |
| Dysmenorrheal | Painful menstruation |
| Dyspepsia | Poor digestion |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing |
| Dysphasia | Difficulty speaking, garbled speech |
| Dysphonia | Difficulty making sounds with the voice |
| Dyspnea | Difficulty breathing |
| Hydrocephalus | Enlarged head due to fluid accumulation (congenital) |
| Hyperthermia | Abnormally low body temperature |
| Lithometer | Instrument to measure stones |
| Lithotomy | Incision for the removal of stones |
| Coccos | Greek for grain or seeds |
| Tympan/o | Eardrum |
| -metry | Processs of measuring |
| a- | Not, lack of (before a consonant) |
| An- | Not, lack of (before a vowel) |
| Brady- | Abnormally slow |
| Dys- | Difficult, abnormal, poor, painful |
| Tachy- | Abnormally fast |
| Audi/o | Hearing |
| Lith/o | Stone |
| Pneumonia | Belongs to the coccus family |
| Dipl/o | Growing in pairs |
| Strept/o | Cocci growing in twisted chains |
| Staphy/l/o | Cocci growing in clusters |
| Staphyle | Greek for bunch of grapes |
| Baculus | Latin for staff or rod |
| Staphyloplasty | Surgical repair of the uvula |
| Staphylococcus | Common skin bacterium that may contaminate food, causing toxins to be produced |
| Staphylococci | Common form of food poisoning. Most bacterium that form pus and grow in a cluster |
| Staphylitis | Inflammation of the uvula |
| Staphylectomy | Excision of the uvula (uvulectomy) |
| Uvulitis | Inflammation of the uvula |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Pyocele | Hernia containing pus |
| -genic | Producing or forming |
| Pyogenic | Bacteria producing pus |
| Onc/o | Tumors |
| Oncogenic | Promotes tumor production |
| Pathogenic | Organisms which produce disease |
| Pyothorax | An accumulation of pus in the thoracic cavity. Results when pus-forming bacteria invade the thoracic lining.Results from pneumonia and lung abcess |
| Pneumonia | (fluid and infection) |
| Purulent | Contains pus. Attended with suppuration |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| Diarrhea | To flow through |
| Trichomoniasis | STD vaginitis w/ discharge |
| Moniliasis | Infection w/ the fungus of this genus |
| Elephantiasis | Filarial worm or local inflammation of lymph nodes (causes enlargement) |
| Giardiasis | Intestinal disorder w/ diarrhea and abdominal pain. Protozoa from animal feces |
| Pyorrhea alveolaris | Disease of the teeth and gums |
| Pyorrhea salivaris | Disease of a salivary gland for which there is a flow of pus |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Otoscope | Instrument used to examine the ear |
| Otic solution | Treats the ear |
| Otoscopy | Examining the ear under an otoscope |
| Ot/ic | Pertaining to the ear |
| Otorrhea | Discharge from the ear |
| Otitis | Inflammation of the ear |
| Otalgia or otodynia | Ear pain (ear ache) |
| Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the ladder |
| Cholecystotomy | Incision into the gallbladder |
| Cholecystectomy | Excision of the gallbladder |
| Rhinolith | Calculus or stone in the nose |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Bradycardia | Slow heart action/beat |
| Bradyphagia | Slow eating or swallowing |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Tachy- | Fast or rapid |
| Tachycardia | Fast or rapid heart action/beat |
| Tachyphagia | Fast eating |
| Tachos | Greek meaning swiftness |
| Tachogram | A record of the velocity of blood flow |
| Tachometer | Instrument which records the velocity of blood flow |
| Pneia | Greek meaning breath |
| Pne/o | Breath |
| -pnea | Suffix for breathing |
| Bradypnea | Slow breathing |
| Tachypnea | Rapid breathing |
| Apnea | Without (cessation of) breathing. When the level of CO2 falls very low |
| Bradypnea | Slow breathing |
| Genesis | Generation |
| Agenesis | Without generation. Failure to develop or lack of development. Ex. Agenesis of the hand |
| Carcinogenesis | The development of cancer |
| Carcinogenic | Pertaining to the development of cancer |
| Dys- | Painful, faulty, diseased, bad, difficult |
| Men/o | Combining form of menstruation |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| Dysmenorrhea | Painful/ difficult menstruation |
| Amenorrhea | Absence of menstruation |
| Dysphagia | Difficult swallowing |
| Dyspnea | Difficult breathing |
| Dystrophy | Poor development |
| Pepsis | Greek meaning digestion |
| Peps/o | Digestion |
| Dyspepsia | Poor digestion |
| Apepsia | Cessation of digestion |
| Bradypepsia | Slow digestion |
| Peptic ulcers | Stomach ulcers |
| Thermos | Greek meaning heat |
| Therm/o | Heat |
| Thermometer | An instrument used to measure heat |
| Thermic or Thermal | Pertaining to heat |
| Thermoesthesia,Thermoalgesia | Oversensitivity to heat |
| Thermogenesis | Formation (producing) of body heat |
| Thermophobia | Abnormal fear of heat |
| Thermoplegia | Heatstroke (paralysis) |
| Diathermy | Heating through tissue *treatment |
| Diarrhea | To flow through |
| Dia- | Through |
| Hyperthermia | High body temperature |
| Hypothermia | Low body temperature |
| Micro- | Small |
| Hydrocephalus | Condition involving fluid in the head |
| Microcephalus | Condition of an abnormally small head |
| Cyst | Sac containing fluid |
| Microcyst | Very small cyst |
| Microcyte | Very small cell |
| Microcardia | Condition of having a very small heart |
| Microgram | 1,000th of a milligram (0.001mg) |
| Microsurgery | Surgery performed on minute structures using a microscope and small instruments |
| Macro- | Large |
| Macrocyte | Very large cell |
| Macroscopic | Can be seen by the naked eye |
| Macrocephalus | Very large head |
| Macroblast | Very large embryonic (germ) cell |
| Macrococcus | Very large coccus |
| Macroglossia | Very large tongue |
| Macrotia | Very large ears |
| Macrorhinia | Very large nose |
| Macrocheilia | Very large lips |
| Dactylos | Greek meaning finger |
| Dactyl Dactyl/o | Finger |
| Macrodactylia, Dactylomegaly | Condition of abnormally large fingers or toes |
| Dactylitis | Inflammation of the fingers and/or toes |
| Dactylogram | Fingerprint |
| Dactylospasm | Spasm of a digit |
| Polydactylism | Too many fingers or toes |
| Syn- | With or together |
| Syndactylism | Joining together of 2 or more digits |
| Synergism | 2 or more drugs or organs working together produce an increased effect |
| Synergistic | Drugs that work together to increase each other’s effects |
| Synergetic | Working together (muscles) |
| Synarthrosis | Joints that are fused and immovable (sacrum, pelvic, skull) |
| Drom/o | Run |
| Dromomania | Insane impulse to wander or roam |
| Syndrome | Symptoms running along together |
| Korsakoff’s syndrome | Due to alcoholism |
| Reye’s syndrome | Behavioral changes and hyperemesis following a viral infection |
| Prodrome | Running before a disease) |
| Prodromal | Runs before a disease |
| Dipsia | Greek meaning thirst |
| Dips | Thirst |
| Polydipsia | Too much thirst |
| Poly | Too much |
| Dipsomania | Alcoholism |
| Alcoholism | Chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol |
| Mcg | Microgram |
| Mg | Milligram |
| MTD | Membrana tympani dextra (right eardrum) |
| MTS | Membrana tympani sinistra (left eardrum) |
| NVS | Neurologic vital signs |
| OM | Otitis media |
| O&P | Ova and parasites |
| P | Pulse |
| PAR | Perennial allergic rhinitis |
| R | Respiration (rate) |
| SIDS | Sudden infant death syndrome |
| SOB | Short (shortness) of breath |
| Staph | Staphylococcus |
| Strep | Streptococcus |
| T, temp | Temperature |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| VS | Vital signs (T,P,R,BP) |
| ̊ | Degree symbol |
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