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Medical term final
Medical Terminolgy final part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| chrom/o | color |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| sider/o | iron |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| -penia | decrease, deficiancy |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| AIDS | The infected cell is a T4 also called CD4 |
| HEMATOMA | Accumulation of blood in an organ, space, or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel |
| SEPTICEMIA | Blood infection or blood poisoning |
| DIFFERENTIAL COUNT | The count of individual types of white blood cells |
| HEMAT/O POIESIS | Production & Development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow. |
| arthr/O | Joint |
| scoli/O | Crooked, bent |
| patell/O | Patella |
| my/O | Muscle |
| chondr/O | Cartilage |
| ARTHRITIS | 1) RHEUMATOID Arthritis2) OSTEO Arthritis 3) GOUTY Arthritis |
| CLAUDICATION | Lameness, Limping |
| EXACERBATION | Increase in severity of a disease |
| ARTHROCENTESIS | Puncture of a joint space using a needle to remove accumulated fluid |
| ARTHROSCOPY | Visual examination of a joint |
| cyst/o | Bladder |
| ur/o | Urin |
| balan/O | Glans penis or Head of penis |
| orch/O | Testis |
| test/O | Testis |
| prostat/O | Prostate Gland |
| crypt/O | Hidden |
| kal/I | Potassium |
| py/O | Pus |
| -cide | Killing |
| -uria | Urin (ur/o also means Urin) |
| UREMIA | Excessive Nitrogenous compound in blood |
| END STAGE RENAL DISEASE (E.S.R.D) | Condition in which Kidney function is permanently lost |
| ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED) | Inability to initiate or maintain an erection |
| BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN) | Test that determines the amount of Urea Nitrogen in the blood |
| CULTURE & SENSATIVITY TEST (C&S) | Test that determines the causative organism of a disease (culture) & how it responds to various antibiotics (Sensativity) |
| DIURETIC | Drug that promotes excretionof Urin |
| nat/O | Birth |
| salping/O | Tube |
| -cyesis | The condition of being Pregnant |
| -tocia | childbirth |
| -gravida | Pregnant woman |
| DYSPAREUNIA | Occurence of pain during sexual intercourse |
| DOWN SYNDROME | Congenital condition characterized by physical malformation & some degree of mental retardation |
| GLUCAGON | ELEVATED blood sugar |
| INSULIN | REDUCED blood sugar |
| adren/o | Adrenal Gland |
| thym/o | Thymus Gland |
| -dispia | Thirst |
| DIURESIS | Increased formation & secretion of Urine |
| PITUITARY GLAND | Master gland of Endocrine system |
| TYPE 1 DIABETES | INSULIN DEPENDANT USUALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE |
| TYPE 2 DIABETES | NON INSULIN DEPENDANT USUALLY 40+ MOST COMMON FORM |
| crani/o | Cranium |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| gli/o | Supporting tissue of the Nervous system |
| Kinesi/o | movement |
| ASTHESIA | Feeling |
| CONCUSSION | Injury to the brain with loss of conciousness |
| HERPES ZOSTER | SHINGLES FROM SAME VIRUS AS CHIKENPOX AS A CHILD |
| HUNTINGTON CHOREA | Genetic Brain Deterioration |
| SYNCOPE | Fainting |
| LUMBAR PUNCTURE | Needle puncture of the spinal cavity to extract spinal fluid |
| ACUITY | clearness or sharpness of a sensory function |
| blephar/o | Eyelid |
| glauc/o | Grey |
| opt/o | EYE |
| presby/o | OLD AGE |
| ot/o | EAR |
| OTITIS MEDIA | EAR INFECTION |
| ACHROMATOPSIA | COLOR BLIND |
| TINNITUS | EAR WAX |
| VERTIGO | FEELING OF SPINNING OR DIZZINESS |
| narc/o | stuper, sleep |
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