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Terminology Midterm
200 vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABDOMINOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN |
| ACHONDROPLASIA | INHERITED DISORDER OF CARTILAGE FORMATION IN FETUS |
| ACROMEGALY | TOP OF ENLARGMENT |
| ACROPHOBIA | FEAR OF EXTREME POINT |
| ACUTE | HAVING SEVERE SYMPTOMS AND SHORT CAUSE OF ILLNESS |
| ADENOIDS | SMALL MASES OF LYMPATHIC TISSUE |
| ADIPOSE | FULL OF FAT |
| AGORAPHOBIA | FEAR OF VENTURING OUT INTO A CROWED PLACE |
| AMNIOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FROM THE AMNION |
| ANEMIA | NO BLOOD |
| ANGIOGENESIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING VESSELS |
| ANGIOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING VESSELS |
| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICIAL REPAIR OF A VESSEL |
| ARTERIOLE | LITTLE OR SMALL ARTERY |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF AN ARTERY |
| arthralgia | pain in the joint |
| ATROPHY | CELLS DECREASE IN SIZE |
| AXILLARY | PERTAINING TO THE ARMPIT |
| BASOPHIL | GRANULES STAIN WITH BASIC STAIN |
| BIOPSY | TO VIEW LIFE |
| BLEPHAROPTOSIS | DROPPING OF THE UPPER EYELID |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BRONCHIAL TUBES |
| CARCINOGENSIS | CONDITION OF PRODUCING CANCER |
| CARCINOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCING CANCER |
| CARDIOMYPATHY | DISEASE CONDITION OF THE HEART MUSCLE |
| CHEMOTHERAPHY | CHEMICAL TREATMENT |
| CHONDROMALACIA | SOFTENING OF THE CARTILAGE |
| CHRONIC | PERTAINING TO OCCURING OVER A LONG TIME |
| COLOSTOMY | OPENING TO FORM A MOUTH ON THE COLON |
| CYSTOCELE | HERNIA ON THE URINARY BLADDER |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM | ELECRICAL RECORD OF THE BRAIN |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING BRAIN ELECTRICITY |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING ELECTRICITY OF THE BRAIN |
| EOSINOPHIL | GRANULES STAIN RED WITH ACIDIC STAIN |
| ERYTHOCYTE | RED BLOOD CELL |
| ERYTHOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELL |
| ESOPHAGUS | MEANS WITHIN OR INWARD |
| HEMATOMA | TUMOR OR MASS OF THE BLOOD |
| HEMOLYSIS | BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
| HEMOSTASIS | BLOOD FLOW BEING STOPPED |
| HYDRONEPHROSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF WATER OR FLUID IN THE KIDNEY |
| HYDROTHERAPY | TREATMENT OF WATER OR FLUID |
| HYPERTHERAPHY | EXCESSIVE TREATMENT |
| INGUINAL | PERTAINING TO THE GROIN |
| ISCHEMIA | HOLD BACK BLOOD FROM THE PART OF THE BODY |
| LAPAROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT OF VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN |
| LAPARSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN |
| LAPAROTOMY | INCISION OF THE ABDOMEN |
| LARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO LARYNX |
| LARYNGECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE LARYNX |
| LEUKEMIA | BLOOD CONDITION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| LYMPHOCYTE | CELL OF THE LYMPH |
| MAMMOGRAM | RECORD ELECTRICAL PICTURE OF THE BREAST |
| MASTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE BREAST |
| METASTASIS | SPREAD OF A MALIGANT TUMOR BEYOND ITS ORGINIAL SITE TO A SECONDARY LOCATION. |
| MONOCYTE | CELLS WITHIN ONE NUCLEUS |
| MORPHOLOGY | STUDY OF THE SHAPE OR FORM |
| MUCOID | RESEMBLING THE MUCUS |
| MUCUS MEMBRANE | PERTAINING TO THE MUCUS |
| MUCUS | STRUCTURE OF THE MUCUS |
| MYALGIA | PAIN OF THE MUCUS |
| MYELOGRAM | X-RAY PICTURE TAKEN OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELOMA | BONE MARROW TISSUE THROUGHOUT THE BODY |
| MYOMA | A TUMOR OF THE MUSCLE |
| MYOSARCOMA | A MALIGANT TUMOR |
| NECROPSY | AUTOPSY OR POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION |
| NECROSIS | abnormal condition of death |
| necrotic | pertaining to death |
| nephrologist | specialist of the kidney |
| nephropathy | condition of the disease of the kidney |
| neuralgia | pain of the nerve |
| neutropenia | deficiency of white blood cells |
| neutrophil | white blood cells with dark grandes |
| opthalmology | study of the eye |
| osteogebnic | maligant tumor produced in the bone |
| osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
| otalgia | pain in the ear |
| paracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| pathogensis | condition of producing a disease |
| pathologic | pertaining to a disease |
| pericardium | memebrane surrounds heart |
| peritoneal | pertaining to the peritoneum |
| peritoneoscopy | process of visual examination of the peritoneum |
| phlebotomy | cutting into the vein |
| platelet | clot of the cell |
| pleurodynia | pain in the chest wall muscles |
| pneumonia | condition of the lungs |
| polymorphonuclear leukocyte | pertaining to nucleus shape or form |
| ptosis | falling, dropping |
| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
| radiographer | technologist who assists in the making of diagnostic x-ray pictures |
| radiotheraphy | high- energy radiation is used to treat illness |
| rectocele | hernia in the rectum |
| splenomegaly | enlargment of the spleen |
| staphylococci | bacteria in clusters |
| streptococcus | berry- shaped bacterium growing in twisted chains |
| thoracentesis | surgicial puncture to remove fluid in the chest |
| thrombocytopenia | deficiency of clotted cells |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of clotted veins |
| tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonsils |
| tracheostmy | opening to form a mouth in the windpipe |
| venule | little or small veins |
| Adenitis | inflammation of the gland |
| adenoma | tumor of the gland |
| adenopathy | disease of the gland |
| anemia | abnormality of a chemical within the red blood cells |
| arthralgia | pain in the joints |
| arthritis | inflammation of the joint |
| autopsy | visually examining yourself |
| biology | study of your life |
| biopsy | viewing of your life |
| carcinogenic | pertaining to cancer |
| carcinoma | tumor that is cancerous |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| cardiology | study of the heart |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| cerebral | pertaining to the cerebrum |
| cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder |
| cystology | process of urinary bladder |
| cytology | study of the cells |
| dermatitis | inflammation skin |
| dermatology | study of skin |
| diagnosis | complete knowledge of something |
| electrocardiogram | record of heart electricity |
| electroencephalogram | record brain electricity |
| electroencephalogram | electrical picture of the heart |
| endocrine gland | endocrine glands secrete hormones within bloodstream |
| endocrinologist | specialist study of to secrete within |
| endocrinology | study of secreation within |
| endoscope | instrument to visually examine within |
| endoscopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope within the body |
| enteritis | inflammation of intestine |
| enteropathy | disease condition within intestine |
| epidermis | the above layer of skin |
| epigastric | pertaining to above the stomach |
| erythrocyte | red blood cells |
| excision | process to cut out |
| excorine glands | to secrete out |
| gastrectomy | excision of the stomach |
| gastric | pertaining to the stomach |
| gastroenterology | process of study of stomach intestine |
| gastrotomy | PROCESS OF CUTTING OF THE STOMACH |
| GYNECOLOGIST | SPECIALIST STUDY OF A WOMEN |
| GYNECOLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF A WOMEN |
| HEMATOLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF BLOOD |
| HEMATOMA | BLOOD TUMOR |
| HEMOGLOBIN | BLOOD PROTEIN |
| HEPATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER |
| HEPATOMA | TUMOR ON THE LIVER |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | BLOOD CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE BLOOD SUGAR |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | PROCESS OR CONDITION OF THYROID EXCESSIVNESS |
| HYPODERMIC | PERTAINING TO BELOW THE STOMACH |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | BLOOD CONDITION BELOW THE BLOOD SUGAR CONTENT |
| IATROGENIC | PERTAINING TO TREATMENT OR PHYSICAN |
| INCISION | PROCESS TO CUT INTO |
| LEUKEMIA | ABNORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| LEUKOCYTE | WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| LEUKOCYTOSIOS | CONDITION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| NEPHRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE KIDNEY |
| NEPHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY |
| NEPHROLOGY | STUDY OF THE KIDNEY |
| NEPHROSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE KIDNEY |
| NEURAL | PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEY |
| NEURALGIA | PAIN IN THE NERVE |
| NEUROLOGIC | PERTAINING TO THE STUDY OF THE NERVES |
| NEUROLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF THE NERVES |
| ONCOLOGIST | SPECIALIST STUDY OF A TUMOR |
| ONCOLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF A TUMOR |
| OPTHALMOLOGIST | SPECIALIST STUDY OF THE EYE |
| OPTHALMOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE THE EYE |
| OSTEITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE JOINT |
| OSTEOTOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING A BONE |
| PATHOGENIC | PERTAINING TO PRODUCING A DISEASE |
| PATHOLOGIST | SPECIALIST STUDY OF A DISEASE |
| PEDIATRIC | PERTAINING TO CHILDREN'S PHYSICAN |
| PERICARDIUM | STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
| PROGNOSIS | KNOWLEDGE BEFORE |
| PROSTRATE GLAND | BEFORE OR IN FRONT OF THE URINARY BLADDER |
| PSYCHIATRIST | PHYSICAN THAT SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF THE MIND |
| PSYCHOLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF THE MIND |
| RADIOLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF X-RAYS |
| RENAL | PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEY |
| RESECTION | PROCESS TO CUT BACKWARDS |
| RETROCARDIC | BEHIND HEART |
| RHINITIST | INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE |
| SARCOMA | TUMOR OF THE FLESH |
| SUBHEPATIC | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE BLOOD |
| THROMBOCYTE | CELL CLOTTING |
| TRANSHEPATIC | PERTAINING TO THROUGH THE KIDNEY |
| UROLOGY | PROCESS OF STUDY OF URINE |