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Med Term Final Exam
MA Med Term
Term | Definition |
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ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
esthesi/o | feeling/sensation |
hemat/o | blood |
path/o | disease |
-phren | mind |
esophag/o | tube that connect the mouth with the stomach |
colon/o | large intestines |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
brady | slow |
tachy | fast |
crin/o | to secrete |
stomat/o | mouth |
odont/o | teeth |
perine/o | area between female genital organs and anus |
cervic/o | opening between the vagina and uterus |
subjective data | what patient states-health history, complaint of pain, etc |
lapar/o | abdomen |
review of systems | assessment of individual body systems |
xer/o | dry |
-tropin | stimulating hormone |
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
gluc/o | sugar |
erythrocyte | red blood cell |
leukocyte | white blood cell |
thrombocyte | clotting cell |
phleb/o | vein |
leukoderma | white skin |
gonad/o | sex organs |
hemorrhage | loss of blood |
femor/o | femur |
tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
pericardium | tissue around the heart |
hypertonia | increased tone |
myomalacia | muscle softening |
lacrim/o | tear |
myring/o | ear drum |
acous/o | sound |
ureter/o | tube that carries urine from kidneys to bladder |
cyst/o | bladder |
insulin | hormone of the pancrease that controls metabolism of sugar |
myocardium | muscle of the heart |
trache/o | windpipe |
nas/o | nose |
alveol/o | hollow air scas of the lower respiratory tract |
men/o | month |
fet/o | offspring |
part/o | to give birth |