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1301 Intro module 8

medical terms intro to nursing

TermDefinitionexample
oste/o Bone osteitis, osteoma, osteocyte
chondr/o cartilage chondritis, chondroma, chondrocyte
Arthr/o joint arthritis, arthroplasty
myel/o bone marrow myeloma
ten/o, tendin/o tendon (binds muscle to bone tendonitis, tenorrhaphy
ligament/o ligament (binds bone to bone) ligamentous injury
burs/o bursa, bag (shock absorber between tendons and bones bursitis
my/o, myos/o muscle myoma, myositis
-malacia softening osteomalacia, chondromalacia
-porosis porous osteoporosis
-asthenia weakness, loss of strength myasthenia gravis
-trophy development, stimulation atrophy (shriveling of muscles, hypertrophy (increase in size and strength of muscle)
-algia, algesia pain myalgia, arthralgia, analgesia (take away pain)
benign good news not malignant
malignant bad news spreading
low grade good
high grade bad
radiosensitive radiation works on it
radioresistant radiation won't help
no metastases not spreading
metastases spreading
well differentiated border is smooth
poorly differentiated border is jagged and irregular
negative nodes lymph nodes are not involved
positive nodes lymph nodes are involved and spreading
in remission not active
relapse spreading or active
surgically resectable can remove surgically
inoperable can not be surgically removed
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