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medical terminology
A & P
Question | Answer |
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circum/ren/al | pertaining to around the kidneys |
endo/crine | secrete within |
uni/nuclear | pertaining to one nucleus |
para/nas/al | pertaining to near, beside or beyond the nose |
quadri/plegia | paralysis of four limbs |
macro/cyte | cell that is large |
micro/scope | instrument for examining small objects |
an/esthesia | without feeling |
dys/tocia | childbirth that is bad, painful or difficullt |
pseudo/cyesis | false pregnancy |
tachy/pnea | breathing that is rapid |
dia/rrhea | flow through |
circum/ren/al | pertaining to around the kidneys |
extra/crani/al | pertaining to outside the skull |
brady/cardia | slow hear rate |
inter/cost/al | pertaining to between the ribs |
post/nat/al | pertaining to after birth |
dipl/opia | dbl vision |
hypo/derm/ic | pertaining to under the skin |
uni/nucle/ar | pertaining to one nucleus |
homo-, homeo- | same |
anti-, contra- | against |
a-, an- | without, not |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
eu- | good, normal |
mal- | bad |
syn- | union, together, joined |
hetero- | different |
pseudo- | false |
circum-, peri- | around |
dia-, trans- | through, across |
endo-, intra- | in, within |
ecto-, exo-extra- | outside, outward |
di-, dipl-, diplo- | double |
mono-, uni- | one |
retro- | backward, behind |
circum/ren/al | around the kidney |
intra/mscul/ar | within the muscle |
supra/ren/al | pertaining to above the kidney |
eyrthr | red |
albin/o, leuk/o | white |
melan | black |
cyan | blue |
cirrh | yellow |
xer | dry |
acr | extremity |
viscer/o | internal organs |
path/o | disease |
idi/o | peculiar |
gastr/o | stomach |
throrac/o | chest |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
pelv.i | pelvis |
abdomen/o | abdomen |
lumb/o | low back |
xer/o | dry |
acr/o | extremity |
viscer/o | internal organs |
path/o | disease |
cervic/al | pertaining to the neck |
cirrh/osis | abnormal condition of yellowness |
cyan/osis | abnormal condition of blue(ness) |
ido/o/path/ic | pertaining to a disease of unknown origin |
integument | the skin |
two layers of skin | epidermis - outer layer dermis - 7,980 nerve endings : hair, oil & sweat glands |
sebaceous organs | produce oil glands |
sudoriferous organs | produce sweat glands |
basal layer has specific cell to protect skin from sun | Melanocytes |
cutane | skin |
seb | sebum, sebaceous |
pil | hair |
sudor | sweat |
myc | ungus |
melan | black |
cyan | blue |
erythem | red |
adip/o, lip/o | fat |
neur/o | nerve |
arteriol/I-o | areteriole |
fatty plaque | ather/o |
embolus | embol/o |
pulse | sphygm/o |
muscle | my/o |
vien | phleb/o |
artery | arteri/o |
valve | valv/o; valvul/o |
electricity | electr/o |
narrowing, stricture | sten/o |
blood clot | thromb/o |
forming an opening (mouth) in the septum | sept/o/stomy |
destruction of a blood clot | thromb/o/lysis |
pertaining to the ventricles | ventricul/ar |
tumor of fatty plaque | anther/oma |
pertaining to within a vessel | endo/vascul/ar |
inflammation of an arteriole | arteriol/itis |
condition of an embolus | embol/ism |
pertaining to the muscle of the heart | my/o/cardi/al |
narrowing of the aorta | aort/o/stenosis |
rupture of the heart | cardi/o/rrhexis |
condition (of a heart) without rhythm | a/rrythm/ia |
incision of the ventricles | ventricul/o/tomy |
condition of a slow heart | brady/cardia |
process of recording the heart | cardi/o/graphy |
enlargement of the heart | cardi/o/megaly |
resembling a pulse | sphygm/oid |
tumor of a blood vessel | hem/angi/oma |
condition of a rapd heart beat | tachy/card/ia or tachy/cardia |
Arteriosclerosis | affecting the coronary and carotid arteries (hardening of arteries) |
Atheroma | a build up of fatty plaque |
Myocardio Infarction | MI |
arrhythmia, also called dysrrhythmia | irregular heart beat |
embolus | foreign objects in the blood eventually becoming lodged in a blood vessel |
hypertension | in adults a persistent elevated blood pressure |
infarct | cessation of blood supply |
ischemia | deficiency of blood supply due to a circulatory obstruction |
stent | slender devise used to hold open vessels |
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft | CABG |
anastomosed | to join |
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty | PTCA |