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RAD LAB medterms
Intro to RAD lab medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cyanosis | Bluish discoloring of skin due to poor oxygen levels |
| Kyphosis | "hunchback" forward rounding of the back |
| Pilonidal | growth of hair in a cyst. (pie-lon-idle) |
| hyperplasia | enlargement of an organ caused by increase cell reproduction |
| carcinoma | cancer in epithelial tissue or lining of organs |
| Osteoarthritis | joint disease that wears down tissue/cartilage at ends of bones |
| Dyspnea | difficult breathing |
| Histology | study of microanatomy of cells |
| hemoptysis | coughing up blood (he-mop-tesis) |
| diaphoresis | sweating- as a symptom |
| malaise | discomfort, ill-feeling, with unknown cause (mah-layz) |
| interleukin | class of proteins produced by WBC for immune response |
| neoplasm | abnormal growth |
| paracentesis | perforation of a cavity/cyst with a hollow needle to remove gas or fluid |
| lithotripsy | treatment to breakup particles so body can pass them. |
| gait | manner of walking |
| pneumothorax | air/gas in chest cavity. usually a collapsed lung |
| intubation | procedure in which a tube is inserted down trachea to open the airway |
| tachycardia | rapid heart-rate |
| tetany | condition marked by muscle spasms (caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium) |
| perineum | area between anus and scrotum or vulva |
| atelectasis | partial or complete collapse of lung (at-alec-ta-sis) |
| pyelonephritis | kidney infection. (pie-leno-phritis) |
| polydipsia | abnormal great thirst. (like with diabetics) |
| mediastinum | Middle section of the chest cavity. |
| crackle | sound heard on auscultation, primarily during inhalation. AKA rale (rahl) |
| ectopic | in an abnormal place or position |
| gastrostomy | creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach |
| trocar | sharp instrument used to puncture the wall of a body cavity to withdraw fluid. |
| empyema | pus in a cavity. usually pleural cavity. (emp-i-ema) |
| arthroplasty | surgical procedure to restore a joint |
| atrophy | wasting away of body tissue |
| hyperemesis | severe/prolonged vomiting. (hyper-em-ises) |
| colonoscopy | looking at the inner lining of the large intestine |
| ascites | fluid in peritoneal cavity. (a-site-eez) |
| thoracentesis | procedure to remove fluid from the pleural space |
| cholelithiasis | gallstones. (cola-lith-iasis) |
| hemmorrhagic | Bleeding, abnormal flow of blood |
| pyrexia | abnormal elevated temperature, fever |
| torticollis | Painfully twisted/tilted neck |
| syndrome | medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and often with a specific disease |
| vasodilation | widening of blood vessels |
| syncope | short loss of consciousness, fainting. (sync-o-pee) |
| varicosity | enlarged vessel |
| asis/osis | abnormal condition |
| emia | pertaining to blood |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| oligo | few/scanty |
| ostomy | operation to create artificial opening |
| plegia | paralysis/stroke |
| centesis | puncture (to remove fluid) |
| clasia | crushing/breaking up |
| desis | bind |
| lysis | destruction |
| pexy | fix |
| plasty | molding, formation, repair (plastic surgery) |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | cutting, to cut into |
| tripsy | to crush, surgical crushing |
| chole | bile, gall |
| procto | anus/rectum |
| tid | 3 times a day |
| every 2 hours? | q2h |
| po | by mouth |
| prn | as needed |
| four times a day | qid |
| without | s |
| os | in the left eye |
| and | et |
| drop (s) | gtts |
| in the right eye | od |
| at bed time | hs |
| gram | ggm |
| after meals | pc |
| before meals | ac |
| with | c |
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