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medterm test1
medical terminology test 1 (SouthCarolina: clas230)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Condition of enlarged spleen | Hepatosplenomegly |
| excision of the bladder containing bile | cholecystectomy |
| inflammation of the gallbladder | cholecystitis |
| chole-cyst- | gallbladder |
| a condition of stones in the duct containing bile | choledochithiasis |
| cessation of digestion | apepsia |
| around the heart | pericardia |
| pertaining to without a stomach | agastric |
| condition of difficult digestion | dyspepsia |
| outer layer of cells in developing embryo | ectoderm |
| inner layer of cells in developing embryo | ectoderm |
| pertaining to the top layer of skin | epidermal |
| condition of unusually high temperture | hyperthermia |
| pertaining to around the heart | pericardial |
| condition of more then normal sensation | hyperesthesia |
| pertaining to the region over the stomach | epigastric |
| tumor on the muscle and skin | dermatomyoma |
| condition of less then normal pain | hypalgesic |
| pertaining to without sensation | anesthetic |
| condition of without sensation | anesthesia |
| inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
| tumor of the muscle | myoma |
| abnormal condition of the skin | dermatosis |
| condition of painful intestine | dysentery |
| condition involving the lungs | pneumonia |
| a state of higher blood pressure then normal | hypertension |
| pelvic bone | pubis |
| condition of obstruction of a blood vessel | embolism |
| inflammation of the lungs | pnuemonitis |
| tumor of the bone | osteoma |
| an instrument that expands something | dilator |
| something that forms pus | purulent |
| an agent that facilitates removal of secretion | expectorant |
| resembling mucus | mucoid |
| having a nucleus | nucleate |
| to walk | ambulate |
| littler mass substance | molecule |
| little body (ie blood cell) | corpuscle |
| little mouse (from the shape of a contracted muscle | muscle |
| little key | clavicle |
| little belly | centricle |
| small ear | auricle |
| little skin | cuticle |
| little brain | cerebellum |
| little pan, knee cap | patella |
| little knife | scalpel |
| little bite | morsel |
| little rod | bacillus |
| little almond (mass of lymphatic tissue located in the phyrnx) | tonsil |
| little loaf (small medicate tanblet) | pastille |
| small pit | alveolus |
| small measure | modiolus |
| a little kernel | nucleolus |
| a little artery | arteriola |
| little windpipe | bronchiole |
| little empty space | vacuole |
| a little stone | calculus |
| a little goal | stimulus |
| a little hook | hamulus |
| a little grape | uvula |
| a little vien | venule |
| a small grain | granule |
| circulatear movement of limb or eye | circumduction |
| occuring outside of a blood vessel | extravascular |
| paralysis of one half of the body | hemiplegia |
| below the rib | infracostal |
| between the ribs | intercostal |
| within the substance of the skin | intradermal |
| mild degree of coma from which it is possible to arose the patient | semicoma |
| under the skin | subdermal |
| a subconcious monitor | superego |
| above the pubic arch | suprapubic |
| movement of the limbs towards the body | adduction |
| an appendage | appendix |
| recognize | apperception |
| involutentary muscle contractions | convulsion |
| accompanying as side; by side acessory nerve or vessel | collateral |
| the working together of various muscles | coordination |
| to free from infection | disinfect |
| to breakdown foor into material fit for absorption | digest |
| absorption of a liquid | diffusion |
| the process of breathing inward | inhalation |
| the process of breathing outward | exhalation |
| to transfer a part | implant |
| not jointed | inarticulate |
| not fully developed | immature |
| the making of a part pf a limb unable to move | immobilization |
| movement of limbs away from the body | abduction |
| before the developement of a fever | antepyretic |
| agent against/reduces fever | antipyretic |
| an agent used to prevect conception | contraceptive |
| to deprive the body or tissues from water | dehydrate |
| paralysis of lower portion of the body and limbs | paraplegsia |
| after surgery | postoperative |
| before surgery | preoperative |
| the prediction of course and end of disease | prognosis |
| pertaining to one's own skin | autodermic |
| good, normal digestion | eupepsia |
| poor nutrition | malnutrition |
| subjection sensation of another sense then the one that is being stimulated | synesthesia |
| to plaent over somewhere else | transplant |
| beyond sound | ultrasound |
| the science formation, structure, and function of the cell | cytology |
| the orgin and development of the cell | cytogenesis |
| resembling a cell | cytoid |
| the cytoplasm | cytosome |
| having affinity for or attached by cells | cytophillic |
| cell nucleus | cytoblast |
| destructive to cells | cytoclastic |
| destruction of living cells | cytolysis |
| diminution of cellular elements in blood and other tissue | cytopenia |
| microscopic examination of cells fro the purpose of diagnosis | cytoscopy |
| cell destruction by phagocytosis | cytophagy |
| the separation of the cytoplasm into two parts during mitosis | cytokinesis |
| nuclear | pertaining to the nucleus; nucleic |
| any mesh framework in a nucleus | nucleoreticulim |
| the fluid portion of protoplasm basic or fundalmential | hyaloplasm |
| the outer most layer of the cell protoplasm | ectoplasm |
| the internal most fluid portion of the protoplasm, lying within the ectoplasm | endoplasm |
| a small body of protoplasm primarily found in plant cells | plastid |
| plastid devoid fo color | lekoplast(id) |
| plastid with colod | chromoplast(id) |
| a green chromoplast with an important role in photosynthesis | chloroplast(id) |
| method of cell division | mitosis, meosis |
| hairlike structures | cillia and flagellum |