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Dooley Med Term Ch1
Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -rrhexis | rupture; tear |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -algia | pain/suffering |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | abnormal emlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -rrhage | bursting forth as in abnormal excessive fluid discharge, typically bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | to suture or stitch |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge of body fluids |
| pre- | time before |
| peri- | time surrounding |
| post- | time following |
| -ology | the study of |
| -ologist | specialist |
| rhino- | nose |
| hyper- | abnormally elevated |
| hypo- | abnormally lowered |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| melan/o- | black |
| cirrh/o- | golden yellow |
| poli/o- | gray |
| rube/o- | red |
| rose/o- | light red or pink |
| leuk/o- | white |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| tonsill/o- | tonsil |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| dys- | bad; difficult |
| eu- | normal |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| sub- | beneath,below |
| supra- | above |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| laceration | jagged cut |
| lesion | abnormal change in tissue |
| sign | disease indicator that can be observed by others |
| symptom | disease indicator that is known only to the patient |
| syndrome | set of signs & symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process |
| prognosis | a prediction of diseases probable course or outcome |
| diagnosis | identification of the disease |
| objective | a sign that can be seen or measured by others |
| subjective | a symptom that can be evaluated or measured only by the patient |
| acute | disease or that has rapid onset, severe symptoms, short course |
| chronic | disease that is of long duration, may be controlled by meds but are rarely cured |
| eponym | disease, structure, procedure, operation named for the person who discovered it |
| acronym | a word formed from the first letter/letters of the major parts of a coumpond term |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| ather/o- | plaque |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ileum | part of the small intestine |
| ilium | part of the hip |
| mucous | membranes that line the digestive tract & secrete mucus |
| mucus | discharge from mucous membranes |
| infection | invasion of body or tissue by a pathgenic organism |
| inflammaiton | tissue response to injury, or destruction; characterized by redness, heat, swelling, pain |
| -ostomy | surgically created artificial opening |
| palpation | to examine with the hands |
| palpitation | pounding or racing heart |
| suppuration | formation or discharge of pus |
| suppination | rotaing the arm so the palm of the hand is facing up |
| py/o- | pus |
| suturing | the act of closing a wound or incision by stitching |
| ligation | the act of binding or tying off a blood vessel or duct |
| triage | screening patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
| trauma | injury |
| viral | pertaining to a virus |
| virile | having masculine traits |
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