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Histology 3
Histology Medical Terms Ch. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agoraphobia | fear of crowds |
| cardiomyopathy | disease condition of heart muscle |
| myeloma | tumor of bone marrow |
| blepharitis | inflammation of eyelid |
| laparatomy | incision of the abdomen |
| -plasm | formation |
| -dynia | pain |
| -graphy | for process reading |
| -ist | specialist |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of spleen |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of arteries |
| acrophobic | fear of heights |
| phlebotomy | incision of a vein |
| necrosis | death of cells |
| venogram | x-ray of veins |
| pleurodynia | pain of the chest wall |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -centesis | surgical punture |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -trophy | development |
| -ule | little, small |
| morphology | study of shape of cels |
| myoma | benign tumor of muscle |
| biopsy | view of living tissue under the microscope |
| splenectomy | removal of spleen |
| osteomalacia | softening of bone |
| acromegaly | enlargement of extremities |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacteria |
| -genesis | condition of producing |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plaisa | development, formation |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
| myosarcoma | malignant flesh tumor of muscle |
| hemastasis | stoppage of blood flow |
| colostomy | opening of large intestine to the outside of body |
| achondroplasia | cartilage formation of embryo, leads to short bones and dwarfism |
| -cele | hernia |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| atrophy | no development |
| mammoplasty | surgical repair of the breast |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping |