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Ch 1 -4 - med terms
Medical terminology - chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pneum/o , pneumon/o pumon/o | lung |
| gen/o | creation and cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necro/o | death |
| path/o | suffering |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | Formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| Sten/o | narrowing |
| troph | nourishment |
| arthr | joint |
| cardi/o | neart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | biood |
| my/o | muscie |
| muscul/o | musue |
| vas/ o, Vascul/o, angi/o | vessel |
| xen/o | Foreign |
| dermat/o, cutane/o | Skin |
| myalgia | pain of muscle |
| osteotomy | incision into a bone. |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| Semi- | half |
| Acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| Chronic | it has been going on for a while now |
| Exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| abrupt | all of a sudden |
| Febrile | to have a fever |
| Afebrile | to not have a fever |
| Malaise | not feeling well |
| Progressive | more and more each day |
| Morbidity | The risk for being sick |
| Noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |
| Lethargic | a decrease in level of consciousness |
| Genetic/ Hereditary | it runs in the family |
| idiopathic | no known cause |
| Pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
| impression | another way of saying assessment |
| Diagnosis | what the health care professional thinks the patient has |
| Benign | safe |
| malignant | dangerous |
| Degeneration | to be getting worse |
| Remission | to get better or improve |
| Idiopathic | no known specific cause; it just happens |
| Occult | hidden |
| Lesion | diseased tissue |
| Recurrent | to have again |
| Sequela | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
| Oriented | Being aware of who he or she is, where he or she is, and the current time |
| Marked | it really stands out |
| Unremarkable | Another way of saying normal |
| Percussion | To hit something and listen to the resulting sound or feel for the resulting vibration. |
| Auscultation | to listen |
| hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| dermatalgia | skin pain |
| hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidropoiesis | the formation of sweat |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| Abrasion | scraping away of skin |
| Alopecia | baldness |
| Anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| Xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| Xerosis | condition of dryness |
| Sebopoiesis | formation of oil |
| Urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| Rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
| Pruritus | an itch |
| Papule | a small solid mass |
| Pustule | a puss filled blister |
| Fissure | a crack in the skin |
| Cherry angioma | a small blood vessel tumor |
| Nevus | mole / birth mark |
| Dysplastic nevus | a mole with bad changes/formations |
| Verruca | wart |
| Necrosis | tissue death |
| Pachyderma | thick skin. |
| Steatoma | a fatty tumor |
| Mycodermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by fungus |
| Trichomycosis | a fungal condition of the hair |
| ankylosis | joint stiffness |
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| arthrodynia | joint pain |
| cervicodynia | neck pain |
| crepitation | A crackling sound |
| costalgia | Rib pain |
| metatarsalgia | Pain in the bones of the foot |
| ostalgia | Bone pain (alternate spelling of this term is ostealgia). |
| osteodynia | Bone pain |
| spondylodynia | Vertebra pain |
| tibialgia | Tibia (shin) pain |
| Hypertonia | Increased muscle tone. |
| tenalgia | Tendon pain |
| Osteosarcoma | Cancerous tumor arising out of bone cells |
| Osteocarcinoma | Bone cancer tumor |
| Chondroma | A tumor like growth of cartilage tissue |
| Myocele | Hernia of muscle tissue |
| Craniectomy | Removal of a portion of the skull |
| Myosarcoma | A cancerous muscle tumor |
| Arthroclasia | Therapeutic breaking of a joint to allow for increased mobility |
| Myoma | A muscle tumor |
| Polymyositis | Inflammation of multiple muscles |
| Myofasciitis | Inflammation of muscle and fascia |
| Achondroplasia | A defect in the formation of cartilage |
| Subluxation | Partial dislocation of a joint |
| Arthrosclerosis | Hardening of the joints |
| Arthrocele | Hernia of a joint |
| Carpitis | Wrist inflammation |
| Osteosclerosis | Abnormal hardening of bone |
| Osteosarcoma | Cancerous tumor arising out of bone cells |
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