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Elizabeth R Ibarra
Appendix A highlighted Terms
Question | Answer |
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emesis | vomit |
Pre- | Before, in front of |
rhin/o | nose |
oste/o | bone |
-pathy | disease |
Hyper- | above; excessive |
Semi- | half |
-itis | inflammation |
gastr/o | stomach |
Anti- | against |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
audi/o | hearing sound |
hepat/o | liver |
Ante- | before, forward |
-algia | pain |
Hyperglycemia | hyper= above, excessive, glyc/o=glucose, sugar, emia=blood ;... Too much sugar in the blood |
Tachycardia | tachy=fast, cardi/o= heart, ia=pertaining to ; ... Pertaining to a faster heart rate |
Rhinorrhea | rhin/o=nose, rrhea=flow, discharge ;... discharge from the nose |
Subcutaneous | sub=below, under, cutane/o=skin, ous= pertaining to ; ... pertaining to below the skin |
Sublingual | sub=below, under, lingua= tongue al= pertaining to ; .... pertaining to under the tongue |
Arthritis | Arthr/o = joint itit=inflammation ;... inflammation of the joints |
Otitis | ot/o= ear itis=inflammation ;... inflammation of the ear |
Dyspnea | Dys=difficult, painful pepsia=digestion ;.... The condition of indigestion, or of painful digestion |
Bradycardia | Brady=slow, cardi/o = heart, ia= pertaining to ;.... pertaining to slow heart rate |
Metastasis | meta= beyond, after, or change stasis=stop or control ;... The spread of cancer cells beyond the original site of the tumor through blood or lymph |
Myocardium | my/o= muscle, cardi/o= heart ium=structure, tissue ;.... Heart muscle tissue |
Hypokalemia | hypo=below or deficient, kal/i=potassium, emi=blood ;.... Low blood potassium |
Conjunctivitis | conjunctiv/o= conjunctiva itis=inflammation; ... inflammation of the conjunctiva |