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Medical Terms
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Joint pain | arthralgia |
| Recording of the heart | cardiography |
| Removal of the uterus | hysterectomy |
| Surgical repair of the mouth | stomatoplasty |
| Visual examination of the stomach | gastroscopy |
| Abnormal softening of the bone | osteomalacia |
| Inflammation of the larynx | laryngitis |
| Incision into the chest | thoracotomy |
| Abnormal enlargement of the liver | hepatomegaly |
| Surgical reattachment of a joint | arthropexy |
| Involuntary contraction of the eyelid | blepharospasm |
| Pain in the ear | otalgia |
| Painful menstruation | dysmenorrhea |
| Drooping tongue | glossoptosis |
| narrowing | -stenosis |
| hardening | -sclerosis |
| abnormal enlargement | -megaly |
| immature cell | -blast |
| hernia, tumor | -cele |
| movement | -kinesis |
| surgical puncture to remove fluid | -centesis |
| creation of a new opening | -stomy |
| visual condition | -opsia |
| many or much | poly- |
| away from | ab- |
| above | supra- |
| individual | idio- |
| outside | exo- |
| small | micro- |
| against | anti- |
| false | -pseudo |
| white | alb- |
| Laryngospasm | involuntary contraction of the larynx |
| Hematemesis | vomiting of blood |
| Cheiloschisis | splitting of the lip |
| Akinesia | without movement |
| Epigastralgia | pain above the stomach |
| Glossodynia | pain in the tongue |
| Acrodynia | pain in the extremities |
| Cystoptosis | drooping bladder |
| Inflammation of the appendix | appendicitis |
| Inflammation around a nerve | perineuritis |
| abnormal softening of a gland | adenomalacia |
| Pertaining to through the skin | percutaneous |
| Pertaining to within a muscle | intramuscular |
| Instrument used to record brain activity | encephalograph |
| Excessive discharge from the stomach | gastrorrhagia |
| Surgical repair of the stomach | gastroplasty |
| Discharge from the nose | rhinorrhea |
| The right and left ventricles are | Pumping chambers |
| The right and left atriums are | Receiving chambers |
| Systole is what phase of the heartbeat | Contraction |
| The purpose of the Atria | To collect blood |
| The purpose of the ventricles | To pump blood |
| Blood pressure is | Pressure exerted by blood on walls of arteries |
| A blood pressure cuff is called | Sphygmomanometer |
| The SA node establishes | Basic rhythm of the Heart |
| Diastole is what phase of the heartbeat | Relaxation |
| An examination of the pulse | Sphygmoscopy |
| Contraction of a vessel | Vasospasm |
| Inflammation of the Aorta | Aortitis |
| Inflammation of the heart muscle | Myocarditis |
| Primary myocardial disease | Cardiomyopathy |
| Skeletal Muscle attaches to | bones and tendons |
| Skeletal muscle operates under | conscious control |
| I AM THE MAIN PART OF A MEDICAL TERM | root word |
| I AM LOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD | PREFIX |
| I USUALLY INDICATE PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE | SUFFIX |
| I AM USUALLY AN O AND I AID IN PRONINCIATION | COMBINING VOWEL |
| I MEAN INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER | HEPATITIS |
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