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Conner MT1
med terms ch3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cephalad | toward in the direction of the head |
| retrad | toward the back |
| adnerval | toward a nerve |
| adaxial | toward an axis |
| dentiform | shaped like a tooth |
| uniform | one shape, all of one form |
| incision | the act of cutting into |
| acral | pertaining to the extremities |
| acrodermatitis | inflammation of the skinof the hands and feet |
| acromegaly | enlargement of the extremities |
| acrocyanosis | blueness fo the extremities |
| autocystoplasty | a plastic operation on the bladder with grafts from one's own body |
| autohemotherapy | treatment by injection of the patients own blood |
| autolysis | disintegration of tissue due to causes within one's own body |
| autoplasty | a surgical reconstruction of a diseased or injured part by tissue taken from another part of one' own body |
| autoscope | an instrument for examining one's own organs |
| bursa | sacs that contain fluid and lie between surfaces that glide over each other. They reduce friction |
| bursitis | inflammation of a bursa |
| bursopathy | any disease of a bursa |
| bursolith | hard, stonelike deposits in a bursa |
| busrsotomy | surgical incision of a bursa |
| carcinous | cancerous |
| carcinoma | a harmful or malignant tumor or growth |
| carcinosis | the spreading of cancer throughout the body |
| adenocarcinoma | a cancerous tumor composed fo glandlike cells |
| cepahlic | pertaining to the head |
| cephalus | a head abnormality |
| encephal | brain |
| encephalic | pertaining to the brain, lying within the brain |
| costal | pertaining to a rib |
| chondrocostal | pertaining to the ribs and rib cartilage |
| epicostal | situated upon a rib |
| costa | a rib |
| costae | the ribs |
| costicervical | pertaining to or connecting the ribs and neck |
| dental | pertaining to teeth |
| dentist | one who treats disease of the teeth |
| denture | and entire set of artificial teeth |
| arthrodesis | surgical fusion of a joint |
| odynometer | instrument for measuring pain |
| arthrodynia | pain in the joint |
| myodynia | pain in the muscle |
| glossodynia | pain in the tongue |
| odynolysis | "loosening of pain" relief of pain |
| acrodynia | pain in the extremities |
| epidermis | outermost layer of skin |
| epicyst | the structures over the bladder |
| epigastrium | the upper middle region of the abdomen |
| epithelium | the covering of internal and external surfaces of the body, including the lining of vessels and small cavitities |
| gene | basic producer of heredity |
| genit | words relating to the reproductive system |
| genital | pertaining to the reproductive system |
| genitoplasty | surgical reapir of the genital organs |
| allergen | allergy producer |
| carcinogen | cancer producer |
| pathogen | disease producer |
| carcinogenesis | the production of cancer |
| hypergenesis | excessive development |
| autogenesis | self generation |
| endogenous | originating within |
| myogenic | forming muscle tissue |
| myogenous | originating in the muscle tissue |
| glossal | pertaining to the tongue |
| hypoglossal | underneath the tongue |
| glossorrhaphy | suture of the tongue |
| glossodynia | pain in the tongue |
| glossocopy | looking at, examing, inspecting the tongue |
| cardiogram | a record by an instrument to show the beats of the heart |
| myogram | a record or tracing showing the effects of muscle contractions |
| hydric | pertaining to water |
| hidro | denoting sweat or the sweat gland |
| hidrocystoma | a cyst of the sweat gland consisting of retained sweat |
| hydrocyst | a sac filled with water |
| hydremia | a watery state of blood |
| hidrosis | any skin disease affecting the sweatr glands |
| hygric | pertaining to moisture or fluids |
| hygroma | a cyst or bursa distended or strectched with a fluid |
| mania | a phase of mental disorder with loss of control over emotion, nervous or mental process |
| manic | pertaining to mania |
| maniac | one who is affected with mania |
| mastitis | inflammation of the breast |
| mastostomy | incision of the breast to provide an opening for drainage |
| mastaden | the milk-secreting gland in the female |
| mastectomy | surgical removal of all or part of a breast |
| hematopenia | deficiency of blood in the body |
| cytopenia | deficiency of cellular elements in the body |
| lipopenia | deficiency of lipids (fats)in the body |
| leukopenia | reduction in the number of white blood cells |
| erythropenia | deficiency in the number or red blood cells |
| hydropenia | deficiency of water in the body |
| hepatoptosis | a condition in which the liver is displaced downward |
| gastroptosis | downward displacement of the stomach |
| cystoptosis | downward displacement of the bladder |
| hysteoptosis | downward displacement of the uterus |
| blepharoptosis | drooping of the upper eyelid |
| retraction | the act of drawing back |
| retractor | an instrument for drawing back the edges of a wound |
| retrocardiac | behind the heart |
| retronasal | behind the nose |
| retroversion | the tipping of an entire organ backward |
| myorrhaphyy | a suturing of a muscle |
| cardiorrhaphy | suturing of the heart or heart muscle |
| proctorrhaphy | suturing of the rectum |
| nephrorrhaphy | suturing in position of a displaced kidney |
| cardiorrhexis | rupture of the heart |
| angiorrhexis | rupture of a blood vessel |
| hysterrrhexis | rupture of the uterus |
| onychorrhexis | splitting or brittleness of a fingernail or toenail |
| rhagades | fissures or cracks in the skin |
| rhagadiform | in the form of fissures or containing cracks |
| supracerebral | over or on the surface of the cerebrum |
| supracostal | situated above or upon the rib/s |
| suprahepatic | situated above the liver |
| supercerebral | in the upper part of the cerebrum |
| superacute | extremely acute |
| superior | situated above |
| superofrontal | upper and frontal part of a structure |
| superolateral | above and at the side of |
| superfunction | excessive activity of an organ, hyperfunctioning |
| tripsis | the act of rubbing, massage |
| lithotripsy | crushing of a stone within the bladder |
| hepaticolithotripsy | operation of crushing a stone in the liver |
| cholecystolithotripsy | the crushing of gallstones |
| trophic | pertaining to development |
| trophopathy | any disease due to faulty nutrition |
| trophotherapy | a treatment of a disease by nourishment measures |
| hypertrophy | over development |
| atrophy | without development, wasting away, no growth |
| dystrophy | bad development defective |
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