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Medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Virile | Having the proporties or qualities of an adult male. |
| Viral | Pertaining to a virus |
| Trauma | Wound or injury |
| Triage | Medical screening patients |
| Suppuration (Sup-you-RAY-shun) | Formation or discharge of pus |
| Supination (Soo-pih-NAY-SHUN) | Is the act of rotating the arm |
| Pyrosis (Pye-ROH-sis) | Heart burn Discomfort due to the ragurgitation of stomache acid upward into the esophagus. |
| -pyr/o | Fever/ fire |
| Pyoderma (Pye-oh-DER-MAH) | Any acute inflammatory pus-forming bacterial skin infection. Impetigo |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Pyelitis (Ye-eh-LYE-tis) | Inflammation of the renal pelvis Part of kidney |
| Pyel/o | Renal pelvis Part of kidney |
| Palpitation | Pounding or racing heart. |
| Palpation | Examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture. |