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medical terminology
A & P
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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