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Medical Term III
Lesson Three
Question | Answer |
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Angio | Vessel |
Angiogram | Vessel study |
Aortal | Aorta, main artery |
Aortalgia | Aorta pain |
Arterio | Artery |
Arteriosclerosis | Condition of hard arteries |
Cardio | Heart |
Cardiology | Heart, study of |
Emboli | Vessel Obstruction |
Embolectomy | Embolus, removal of |
Emia | Blood |
Anemia | Without blood |
Hema, hemo | Blood |
Hematoma | Blood tumor |
Phleb | Vein |
Phlebotomy | Vein incision |
Thrombo | Blood clot |
Thrombophlebitis | Clotted vein |
Varico | Varicose veins |
Varicocele | Twisted veins, tumor |
Vaso | Blood Vessel |
Vasoconstriction | Tightened vessel |
Vena | Vein |
Vena cava | Large vein |
Ventricu | Heart cavity |
Ventriculitis | Ventricle inflammation |
Broncho | Bronchi, airway |
Bronchitis | Bronchial inflammation |
Cili | Hairlike processes |
Ciliogenesis | Cili forming |
Ectasis | Expansion |
Atelectasis | Abnormal expansion |
Laryngo | Llarynx, voice box |
Laryngitis | Larynx inflammation |
Naso | Nose |
Nasology | Nose, study of |
Oro | Mouth |
Orofacial | Mouth and face |
Oxy | Oxygen, keen |
Oxyosmia | Keen sense of smell |
Pector | Breast, chest |
Pectoralgia | Chest nerve pain |
Pleura | Rib side |
Pleurisy | Inflammation of exterior lung lining |
Pneumo | Lung |
Pneumonectomy | Lung excision |
Ptysis | To spit |
Hemoptysis | Bloody sputum (mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up) |
Pulmo | Lungs |
Pulmonolgy | Lungs, study of |
Rhin | Nose |
Rhinitis | Nose inflammation |
Tracheo | Trachea, windpipe |
Tracheostomy | Trachea opening (cutting hole into throat) |