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Medterms test 3
Sanford-Brown Medical Terminology Test #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -Lysis | Breakdown, separation |
| -Stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -scopy | to see, visual examination |
| poly- | many |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| Py/o | pus |
| Pyr/o | fever/fire |
| arter/o | artery |
| angi/o | pertaining to blood vessels |
| aort/o | aorta |
| brady- | slow |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| anti- | against, counter |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| per- | excessive, through |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| sub- | below |
| post- | after |
| -pause | stopping |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| -oma | tumor |
| -gram, -graph | a picture or record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| pre- | before |
| Super- | above, excessive |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | proplapse, drooping forward |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| ante- | before, toward |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to , relating to |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| hemi- | half |
| -cyte | cell |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ia | state or condition |
| card/ocardi/o | heart |
| hem/ohemat/o | blood, pertaining to the blood |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge |
| neo- | new strange |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| derm/odermat/o | skin |
| path/o | disease, suffering |
| phlebo/o | vein |
| a-, an- | away from, without |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, to put in place |
| end-, endo- | within, in , inside |
| -ectasis | stretching, enlargement |
| -graphy | the process of recording a picture or record |
| remission | temporary or complete dissapearance of the symptoms of a disease (bye disease!) |
| symptom | subjective evidence of a disease (ex. pain or headache) |
| chronic | condition of long duration (rarely cured) |
| acute | condition has rapid onset(comes all of a sudden), severe course (very serious), short duration(doesn't last long) |
| prognosis | prediction of probable course of a disorder (what's going to happen with the disease), will it get worse? better? |
| diagnosis | identification of a disease |
| syndrome | set of signs and symptoms that occur together |
| sign | objective(something we all can see) evidence of a disease |
| eponym | disease, structure,operation etc. who is named after the person who discovered it or described it |
| disease | condition in which oneor more body parts is not functioning normally |
| differential diagnosis | known as a "rule out" This means they rule out other diseases based on symptoms |
| Poli/o | gray |
| ad | toward, in the direction of |
| erythr/o | red |
| cyan | blue |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| eu | good, normal, well, easy |
| leuk | white |
| melan | black |
| oste/o | bone |
| arthr/o | joint |
| neur/o | nerve |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow/ spinal cord |
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