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Flashcards - Week 2
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acous/o, audi/o | sound |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| aur/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerumin/o | ear wax |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o | eye |
| -opia, -opsia | visual condition |
| ot/o | ear |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens |
| retin/o | retina |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| scler/o | sclera (the white of the eye) |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
| crani/o | skull |
| dur/o | tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| gnosi/o | know |
| hypn/o, somn/o, somn/i | sleep |
| lob/o | lobe |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -paresis | slight/partial paralysis |
| phas/o | speech |
| -phobia | excessive fear |
| phren/o, psych/o | mind |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension |
| ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa (small fluid-filled sac found near a joint) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| fasci/o | fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| -physis | growth |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia (shinbone) |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| agnosia | inability to comprehend |
| agoraphobia | fear of outdoor spaces |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| antipsychotic | a drug that opposes psychosis |
| anxiolytic | a drug that lessens anxiety |
| apathy | lack of emotion |
| aphasia | inability to speak |
| ataxia | lack of coordination |
| catatonia | condition characterized by reduced muscle tone |
| causalgia | painful sensation of burning |
| cephalalgia, cephalodynia | head pain |
| cerebral arterioscleosis | hardening of a brain artery |
| cerebral atherosclerosis | hardening of a brain artery by fatty plaque buildup |
| cerebral thrombosis | blood vessel blockage caused by a clot |
| clonus | muscle spasm or twitching |
| craniomalacia | abnormal skull softening |
| craniostenosis | abnormal skull narrowing |
| delirium | brief loss of mental function |
| dysesthesia | bad feeling |
| dyskinesia | difficulty moving |
| dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
| dysphoria | negative emotional state |
| encephalalgia | brain pain |
| encephalitis | brain inflammation |
| encephalocele | brain hernia |
| encephalopyosis | puss-filled brain abscess |
| ganglioma | ganglion tumor |
| glioblastoma | brain tumor from glioblast cells |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensation |
| hypomania | a mental state just below mania |
| interictal | time between seizures |
| kleptomania | desire to steal |
| macrocephaly | abnormally large head |
| microcephaly | abnormally small head |
| monoparesis | partial paralysis of one limb |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one limb |
| myelitis | spinal cord inflammation |
| myelodysplasia | defective spinal cord formation |
| myelocele | spinal cord hernia |
| myelomalacia | abnormal spinal cord softening |
| myospasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neurasthenia | nerve weakness |
| neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue |
| nystagmus | involuntary back and forth eye movements |
| photophobia | excessive light sensitivity |
| postictal | time after seizure |
| preictal | time before seizure |
| prosopagnosia | inability to recognize faces |
| pseudoesthesia | false sensation |
| psychotropic | drugs that turn the mind |
| pyromania | desire to set fires |
| syncope | fainting |
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