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Chabner Ch3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amniocentesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo |
| Tonsillitis | Inflamation of lymph tissue in the throat |
| Prolapse | -ptosis |
| Ischemia | Blood is held back from an area |
| Death | Necr/o |
| Acromegaly | Enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland ptoblem |
| Otalgia | Pain in the ear |
| Chronic | Continuing over a long period of time |
| Arteriole | small artery |
| Instrument to visually examine | -scope |
| Cystocele | Hernia of the urinary bladder |
| Malignant myeloma | Tumor of bone marrow (cancerous) |
| Myelogram | X-ray of the spinal cord |
| -cocci | berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria |
| Neutrophil | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -oid | resembling |
| Leukocyte | An eospinophil is a__ |
| Laryngectomy | Removal of the voice box |
| Angioplasty | Surgical repair of a blood vessel |
| Lymphocyte | A blood cell that produces antibodies |
| Opposite of -malacia | -sclerosis |
| Excessive development | hypertrophy |
| -theraphy | treatment |
| -stomy | Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body |
| -cele | hernia |
| - coccus | berry shaped bacterium |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -genesis | forming, condition of producing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -malacia | softening |
| - megaly | enlargement |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -tomy | Incision, to cut into |
| -ule | little or small |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | Little or small |
| -opsy | View |
| -ectomy | Excision, removal, ressection |
| Amni/o | Sac around the embryo in the uterus |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder |
| Isch/o | To hold back |
| Laryng/o | Larynx (voice box) |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord bone marrow |
| Staphyl/o | Clusters |
| Thorac/o | Chest |
| Myleogram | Record of the spinal cord |
| Angiogram | process of recording blood vessles |
| Erthrocyte | A red blood cell |
| Thrombocyte | A clotting cell; platelet |
| Monocyte | A granulocytic white blood cell that destrpys cells by engulfing and digesting them; polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| Eosinophil | A leukocyte whose granules turn red with stain and whose numbers are elevated in allergic reactions |
| Neutrophil | A granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulphing and digesting them; polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| Lymphocyte | A mononuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by making antibodies |
| Pulmonary | Pertaining to(lungs) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| Necrotic | Pertaining to death (of cells or whole body) |
| inguinal | Pertaining to inguin (groin) |
| To hold back blood from cells | Ischemia |
| Hernia of the urinary bladder | Cystocele |
| Fear of heights | acrophobia |
| Flesh (malignant) tumor of muscle | myosarcoma |
| Study of the shape (of cells) | morphology |
| Inflamation of an eyelid | blepharitis |
| Softening of cartlage | chondromalacia |
| Tumor of the bone marrow | myeloma |
| Disease of heart muscle | cardiomyopathy |
| Myalgia | muscle pain |
| Thoracentesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| disease condition | -pathy |
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