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Test 4 Ch 5, 7, 12
Med Term MA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| encephal/o | brain |
| cephal/o | head |
| encephalagia | brain pain |
| macrocephaly | large head |
| neur/o | nerves |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| myelodysplasia | bad formation of spinal cord |
| myelomalacia | softening of the spinal cord |
| esthesi/o | sensation/feeling |
| anesthesia | without feeling/sensation |
| phas/o | speaking |
| dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
| phren/o, psych/o | function of the nervous system (behavior) |
| `psychology | the study of behavior |
| sono/o, hypn/o | sleep |
| somnambulism | sleep walking |
| -phobia | fear |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| hemiparesis | one side of the body is paralyzed |
| tax/o | arrangement, coordination |
| ataxia | difficulty coordinating movement of the body |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| apathy | no disease condition |
| myospasm | involuntary muscle movement |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| endocrine | to secrete into the bloodstream |
| exocrine | to secrete outside of the bloodstream |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenalgia | gland pain |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| gonad/o | sex organs |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| thyr/o, throid/o | thyroid |
| hyperthyroidism | over production of the thyroid hormones |
| gluc/u, glyc/o | glucose |
| -tropin | stimulating hormone |
| gonadotropin | hormone that stimulates the gonads |
| -uria | urine |
| calciuria | calcium in the urine |
| acromegaly | enlarged extremeties |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| nephrologist | doctor specializes in study of the kidney |
| nephralgia | kidney pain |
| nephrosis | kidney condition |
| renal angiogram | record of the vessels of the kidney |
| laparonephrectomy | removal of the kidney through the abdomen |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| urocyanosis | blue urine |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| ureter/o | tube that carries urine from kidneys to the bladder |
| vas deferens | tube that carries sperm from the testicles |
| balan/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prostatocystitis | inflammation of the bladder and prostate |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| aspermia | condition of no sperm |
| priapism | persistent painful erection |
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jrmayo
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