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Medical Terminology

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TermDefinition
What is a medical word root/combining form? to connect two word roots and to connect a word root and a suffix.
What is a medical prefix? located at the beginning of a medical term.
What is a medical suffix? Located at the end of a medical term.
Heart rate that is too fast- Tachycardia.
intercostal means what? Situated between the ribs.
Nephromalacia- A medical term for softening of the kidney.
Inflammation of the stomach and the small intestines- Gastritis.
What are the dorsal (posterior) cavities of the body? At the posterior, or back, of the body and houses the brain, and the spinal cavity (or vertebral cavity) encloses the spinal cord.
Which body plane divides the body into anterior and posterior views? frontal Plane
Study of the urinary system- urologists/ Urology.
Dermoplasty means what? surgical repair of the skin
Medical term for reddened skin- Erythema.
A procedure to visually examine/look inside the joint of the knee- Arthroscopy.
Procedure to cut into the bone- Osteotomy.
Term for Disease of the muscle. Myopathy.
Term for a disease of the muscle of the heart- Cardiomyopathy.
Angiostenosis means- The narrowing of one or more blood vessels.
Arteriosclerosis means- The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries.
Medical term meaning too few or not enough platelet cells- Thrombocytopenia.
Medical term meaning a tumor or mass of the blood. hematoma.
An immune protein is called- immunoglobulin.
Discharge from the nose is called. rhinorrhea.
The device or instrument used to view the larynx- laryngoscope.
The term Thoracocentesis means? A procedure to remove fluid or air from around the lungs
The term which means difficult or labored breathing- Dyspnea.
The medical term meaning surgical removal of the gallbladder. cholecystectomy.
The term which refers to creating an opening in the colon- colostomy.
Ureteropexy means- surgical fixation to nearby tissue of a displaced urethra.
The medical term hysterorrhexis means? Rupture of the uterus.
A record or image of the breast tissue- Mammography.
The term for a condition of state of excessive thyroid- Hyperthyroidism.
Review the Venn Diagram for Diabetes Type 1 and 2
Neurorrhaphy means? suturing of the nerve.
The medical term meaning inflammation of the pancreas- Pancreatitis.
What does Meningiocele mean? protrusion of the meninges in the spine
One who specializes in the study of the female reproductive system- Gynecologist.
Amniotomy is what? cutting into the membranes
A blood sugar that is excessive or too high is? Hyperglycemia.
Polyuria is defined as- Abnormally large volumes of dilute urine.
The heart resides in which MAJOR and MINOR cavity of the body? Heart- ventral and thoracic cavity
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