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med term test 1
chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | female |
| hemata/o | blood |
| immun/o | immunity |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | without |
| dis- | apart from |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | within, inner |
| epi- | above |
| eu- | normal |
| ex- | outward |
| extra- | outside of |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | below, insufficient |
| in- | not, inward |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| para- | beside, abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| re- | again |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| sub- | under |
| syn- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond |
| un- | not |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | partial |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genesis | produces |
| -genic | producing |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logical | pertaining to study of |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | abnormal flow |
| -rrhagia | abnormal flow condition |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopic | pertaining to visually examining |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| aer/o | air |
| anter/o | front |
| brachi/o | arm |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| crur/o | leg |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from |
| dors/o | back of body |
| eti/o | cause |
| glute/o | buttock |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin or low back |
| medi/o | middle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pariet/o | cavity wall |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| poster/o | back |
| proct/o | rectum and anus |
| proxim/o | near to |
| pub/o | genital region |
| somat/o | body |
| super/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ur/o | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ventr/o | belly |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| albin/o | white |
| cauter/o | to burn |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| xer/o | dry |
| -derma | skin condition |
| allo- | other, different from usual |
| xeno- | foreign |
| angi/o | vessel |
| bas/o | the base |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| hem/o | blood |
| septic/o | infection |
| vesic/o | sac |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ule | small |
| abscess | collection of pus in skin |
| acne rosacea | chronic form of adult acne with redness and tiny pimples, primarily on nose |
| acne vulgaris | common form of teenage acne with comedos, papules, and pustules |
| actinic keratosis | abnormal condition of hard, horny, wartlike lesion that develops on sun-damaged skin; may become cancerous |
| albinism | genetic condition in which the skin is unable to make melanin; skin and hair are white and eyes appear red |
| basal cell carcinoma | cancerous tumor in the basal cell layer; common cancer that rarely metastasizes |
| burn | skin damage caused by fire, electricity, ultraviolet light, or caustic chemicals |
| cellulitis | diffuse acute infection of connective tissue of skin |
| cicatrix | normal scar |
| decubitus ulcer | open sore caused by pressure over bony prominences; caused by loss of blood flow to skin |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| dermatosis | presence of a skin condition |
| dry gangrene | late stages of gangrene; affected area becomes dried, blackened, and shriveled |
| eczema | superficial dermatitis; redness, vesicles, itching, and crusting |
| gangrene | tissue necrosis due to loss of blood flow |
| ichthyosis | skin becomes dry, scaly, and keratinized |
| impetigo | highly infectious bactetrial infection with pustules that rupture and crust over |
| Kaposi's sarcoma | skin cancer seen in AIDS patients; brownish-purple lesions |
| keloid | thick hypertrophic scar |
| keratosis | condition of excessive growth and thickening of epidermis layer |
| laceration | torn or jagged wound |
| malignant melanoma | dangerous form of cancer; begins in melanocytes; quickly metastasizes |
| mokeypox | contagious viral infection that causes flu-like symptoms and a rash with pustules or blisters |
| pediculosis | lice infestation |
| psoriasis | chronic inflammatory condition with papules forming "silvery scale" patches |
| rubella | contagious viral infection; German measles |
| scabies | skin disease caused by a mite infestation |
| sebaceous cyst | sebum filled sac under the skin |
| squamous cell carcinoma | cancer of epidermis layer; may invade deeper tissue and metastisize |
| strawberry hemangioma | congenital collection of dilated blood vessels; birthmark |
| systemic lupus erythematosus | chronic disease of connective tissue; injures skin, joints, and kidneys; produces red, scaly butterfly rash |
| tinea | fungal infection; itching and scaling lesions |
| tinea capitis | ringworm; fungal infection on scalp |
| tinea pedis | athlete's foot; fungal infection of foot |
| varicella | chickenpox; contagious viral infection |
| verruca | warts; benign growth caused by a virus |
| vitiligo | disappearance of pigment from skin in patches; causes milk-white lesions |
| wet gangrene | area of gangrene with secondary bacterial infection and pus |
| alopecia | absence or loss of hair; baldness |
| carbuncle | furuncle involving several hair follicles |
| furuncle | bacterial infection of hair follicle; redness, pain, and swelling; a boil |
| trichomycosis | fungal infection of the hair |
| onychia | infected nail bed |
| onychomycosis | fungal infection of the nail |
| onychophagia | nail biting |
| paronychia | infection of the skin fold around the nail |
| cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
| dermal | pertaining to the skin |
| dermic | pertaining to the skin |
| epidermal | pertaining to above the skin |
| hypodermic | pertaining to below the skin |
| intradermal | pertaining to within the skin |
| subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
| ungual | pertaining to the nail |
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | sac |
| carp/o | carpus |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina, part of the vertebra |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| medull/o | inner portion |
| menisc/o | meniscus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| myel/o | bone marrow/spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| pector/o | chest |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pod/o | foot |
| prosthet/o | addition |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius, ray |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarsus |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | immature |
| -clasia | to break surgically |
| -clast | broken |
| -desis | to fuse |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logic | pertaining to study of |
| -phyte | growth |
| -porosis | porous |
| burs/o | bursa |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -graph | record |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -penia | abnormal decrease, too few |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| duct/o | to bring |
| extens/o | to stretch out |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| flex/o | to bend |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rotat/o | to revolve |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| vers/o | to turn |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ion | action, condition |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -tonia | tone |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| e- | outward |
| carp/o | wrist |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | repetitive motion disorder; compression of finger tendons and median nerve as they pass through carpal tunnel of the wrist |
| ganglion cyst | cyst on tendon sheath; usually on hand, wrist, or ankle |
| repetitive motion disorder | chronic disorders involving tendon, muscles, joints, and nerve damage; tissue is subjected to pressure, vibration, or repetitive movements |
| rotator cuff injury | joint capsule of shoulder joint is reinforced by tendons; high degree of flexibility puts rotator cuff at risk for strain and tearing |
| strain | damage to muscle, tendons, or ligaments due to overuse or overstretching |
| tendinitis | inflammation of a tendon |
| pallor | abnormal paleness of the skin |
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