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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does the root tens mean? | pressure |
| Which general suffix refers to condition? | ia |
| Which general suffix refers to a process? | ation |
| Which term is used to describe severe itching? | pruritis |
| Which term refers to age spots? | lentigo |
| Which term refers to an infection alongside the nail? | paronychia |
| Which word root means fungus? | myc/o |
| The surgical removal of adipose tissue | liposuction |
| What is the medical term that means fixation or stiffening of a joint by surgery | arthodesis |
| What is the medical term for surgery to repair the function of a joint? | arthroplasty |
| What is the medical term for aspiration from a joint? | arthrocentesis |
| What is the medical term for x-ray of a joint taken after the injection of a contrast medium into the joint. | arthrography |
| Which condition is associated with widespread muscular aches, chronic pain, and stiffness? | fibromyalgia |
| What root means to constrict? | stalsis |
| When a muscle is shortened due to spasm or fibrosis, it is called a | contracture |
| This the narrowing of the mitral valve due to scarring... | mitral valve stenosis |
| This is the inflammation of a vein in the presence of a blot clot formation | thrombophlebitis |
| This is the term for hardening of the arteries | arteriosclerosis |
| Which word root refers to a heart vessel or a coronary artery? | coron |
| What is the term to identify the pathologic death of cells or tissues? | necrosis |
| What term means the withdrawing of blood from a vein through a needle or catheter? | phlebotomy |
| Which part of the house is the connective tissue lining ? | endocardium |
| This is the radiography of blood vessels after injection of contrast material | angiogram |
| The removal of a tissue to destroy it's function | ablation |
| Which term means underneath the tongue? | sublingual |
| This is the medical term for deficiency in oxygen | hypoxia |
| This is the medical term for low amounts of red blood cells | anemia |
| This is the term for a clot formed to a diseased or damaged area | thrombus |
| This is the medical term for decrease in the number of all blood cells | pancytopenia |
| This is the medical term for the increase in the number of erythrocytes in the blood. | polycythemia |
| This is a type of anemia cause by deformation of mature erythrocytes | pernicious anemia |
| The medical term for the decrease in the number of leukocytes | leukopenia |
| Which term means tiny red spots from bleeding capillaries? | petachiae |
| What is the term for the removal by suction of fluid or gas from a body cavity? | aspiration |
| Which component(s) of the lymphatic system is/are located in the mediastinum? | thymus |
| Which word root means clotting? | coagul |
| What is the meaning of the word root agglutin/o? | to clump |
| What is the meaning of the word thrombus? | blood clot |
| The word root py/o means | pus |
| The word root coni/o means | dust |
| What the meaning of the term thoracentesis? | surgical puncture into the chest or thorax to withdraw fluid |
| Which term refers to swelling of the lungs caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs? | pulmonary edema |
| What is the meaning of the term atelectasis? | incomplete expansion, usually of the lung |
| What is the meaning of the term hypercapnia? | increased or excessive carbon dioxide in the blood |
| Which term means excessive or increased breathing? | hypernea |
| Which term refers to an absence or lack of normal oxygen in the blood? | anoxia |
| Which word root means incomplete? | atel |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -ptysis? | coughing; spitting up |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -capnia? | carbon dioxide |
| Which respiratory condition is characterized by distention and destruction of the alveolar walls resulting in decreased lung elasticity? | emphysema |
| Which respiratory illness is commonly called whooping cough? | pertussis |
| Which term means material coughed up from the lungs? | sputum |
| This is a progressive disease that involves both chronic bronchitis and emphysema | COPD |
| This is a radiographic image of the chest | CXR |
| This is used when a physician requests an image from back to front | PA |
| This results from left ventricular failure or mitral valve disease | CHF |
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