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Intro to Med Term
Words for Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pain; suffering | -algia |
| bad, difficult, or painful | dys- |
| surgical removal; cutting out | -ectomy |
| excessive; increased | hyper- |
| deficient; decreased | hypo- |
| inflammation | -itis |
| abnormal condition; disease | -osis |
| The surgical creation of an artificial opening to a body surface | -ostomy |
| cutting; surgical incision | -otomy |
| bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge | -rrhage |
| flow or discharge | -rrhea |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| abnormal hardening | -sclerosis |
| surgical puncture of the abdomen to remove fluid | Abdominocentesis |
| New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic | Acute |
| A word formed from the first letter of each word to form an abbreviation | acronym |
| a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium | Angiography |
| surgical removal of the appendix | appendectomy |
| abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries | arteriosclerosis |
| pain in a joint or joints | arthralgia |
| the surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface | colostomy |
| a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood. | cyanosis |
| a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin | Dermatologist |
| Identification of an injury or disease | diagnosis |
| frequent passage of loose, watery stools | Diarrhea |
| puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid | Edema |
| within an artery or pertaining to the inner portion of an artery | endarterial |
| a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first | eponym |
| red blood cell | Erythrocyte |
| an opening; a groove; a split; folds in the contours of the brain | Fissure |
| abnormal passageway between two organs or between an internal organ and the body surface | fistula |
| stomach pain | gastralgia |
| inflammation of the lining of the stomach | gastritis |
| inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the stomach and intestines | Gastroenteritis |
| any disease of the stomach | gastrosis |
| the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time | hemorrhage |
| abnormal enlargement of the liver | hepatomegaly |
| abnormally high blood pressure | Hypertension |
| abnormally low blood pressure | hypotension |
| invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism | Infection |
| a localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues | inflammation |
| pertaining to spaces between cells in a tissue or organ | interstitial |
| within the muscle | intramuscular |
| jagged wound | laceration |
| a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury | lesion |
| a general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness | Malaise |
| any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus | Mycosis |
| describes any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord | myelopathy |
| any pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue | myopathy |
| the rupture or tearing of a muscle | myorrhexis |
| relating to birth | natal |
| study of newborns and the treatment of their disorders | neonatology |
| suturing together the ends of a severed nerve | neurorrhaphy |
| the study of the ears, nose, and throat | otorhinolaryngology |
| an examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts | Palpation |
| subjective experience of pounding, skipping, or racing heartbeats | palpitation |
| the scientific study of disease | Pathology |
| fingers, toes | Phalanges |
| inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord caused by a virus, commonly resulting in spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis | Poliomyelitis |
| a prediction of the course of a disease | prognosis |
| any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo | pyoderma |
| discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus | pyrosis |
| the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure | Remission |
| physical evidence of a disease process; objective | Sign |
| movement that turns the palm up | Supination |
| above or outside the ribs | supracostal |
| the formation or discharge of pus | Suppuration |
| Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient | Symptoms |
| A group of symptoms typical of a particular disease or condition | syndrome |
| inflammation of the tonsils | tonsillitis |
| wound or injury | Trauma |
| the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment | Triage |
| pertaining to a virus | Viral |
| surgical suturing | -rrhaphy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
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