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ch 01-03
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hepat | liver |
| cyst | bladder |
| osis | condition |
| enter | intestines |
| ology | the study of |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| malacia | softening |
| gastr | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| oid | like |
| hemi | half |
| algia | pain |
| auto | self |
| epi | upon |
| crani | skull |
| strept | twist |
| trip | rub, friction |
| trophy | development |
| hydro | water |
| retr | backwards |
| supra | above/over |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| mast | breast |
| cephal | head |
| ptosis | falling |
| dent | teeth |
| dyn | pain |
| gram | record |
| cyan | blue |
| hyper | above, increased, more than normal |
| hemat | blood |
| hypo | under |
| mani | madness |
| my | muscle |
| carcin | cancer |
| penia | decreased |
| cost | rib |
| nephr | kidney |
| desis | binding |
| proct | anus |
| burso | sac |
| psycho | mind |
| ophthalm | eye |
| lith | stone |
| lysis | destruction, loosening |
| scop | observe |
| cervic | neck |
| chole | bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| ostomy | create an opening |
| acro | extremities |
| hyster | uterus |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| path | disease |
| cardi | heart |
| itis | inflammation |
| ost | bone |
| cerebr | brain |
| gen | original production |
| megal | enlarged |
| dermat | skin |
| plast | surgical repair |
| rhexis | break, burst |
| otomy | cut into |
| oma | tumor |
| lip | fat |
| angi | vessel |
| rhin | nose |
| aden | gland |
| gingiv | gum |
| ologist | specialist |
| para | beside, beyond |
| blephar | eyelid |
| arthr | joint |
| ad | towards |
| poli/o | gray |
| cyt | cell |
| peri | around |
| poly | many |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| oto | ear |
| myel/o | spinal chord, bone marrow |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| palpation | examination procedure |
| centesis | puncture |
| lesion | tissue change |
| suppuration | formation of pus |
| supination | palm upward |
| fissure | crack like sore of skin |
| pyrosis | heartburn |
| palpitation | pounding heart |
| triage | screening of patients to determine need and treatment |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| sub | under |
| edema | swelling |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| filanges | bones in fingers and toes |
| ilium | part of hipbone |
| ileum | part of small intestine |
| acronym | formed from initial letters |
| natal | pertaining to birth |
| diagnosis | identification of a disease process |
| prostate | male gland |
| disease | condition where one or more body parts not properly functioning |
| prognosis | outcome |
| syndrome | sign and symptom combo |
| virile | possessing masculine traits |
| viral | pertaining to a virus |
| sign | can be measured |
| symptom | subjective |
| eponym | a disease that is named after |
| laceration | torn ragged wound |
| IM | intramuscular |
| Inflamm, Inflam | inflammation |
| He | hemorrage |
| CFS | chronic fatigue syndrome |
| D/D | differential diagnosis |
| AP | appendectomy |
| Px, Prx, Prog, Progn | prognosis |
| PA, Pa, Path | pathology |
| DG, Dg, Diag, diag, Dx, dx | diagnosis |
| PN | postnatal |
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