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Dean Vaughn Lesson 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tarso | Frame work of eyelid |
| Cheir, Chir | Hand |
| Calc | Heel, Stone |
| Cine | move |
| Digit | finger, toe |
| Dors | back |
| Gangli | swelling |
| Gemin | twin |
| Grad | walk, take steps |
| Gran | grain, particle |
| Labi | lip |
| Micr | small |
| Peps, Pept | digest |
| Pleur | pleura, rib, side |
| Mamm | breast |
| Colla | glue |
| Later | side |
| Rachi | spinal column |
| Phob | fear |
| Phot | light |
| Dys | bad |
| Cut | skin |
| En | in |
| Peri | around |
| Pro | in front of, before |
| LLQ | Left Lower Quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| GFR | glomerular filtration rate |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| TURP | Transurethral Resection of Prostate |
| ABD, Abd | Abdomen |
| c/s | culture and sensitivity |
| BPH | benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| PI | present illness |
| I&O | intake and output |
| GU | genitourinary |
| PSA | prostate surface antigen |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| PKU | phenylketonuria |
| ESRD | end stage renal disease |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| KUB | kidney, ureter, bladder |
| UA | urinalysis |
| SG | specific gravity |
| Echo | reflected sound |
| Capni | carbon dioxide |
| Baro | pressure |
| Coccus, Cocci | round, spherical |
| Aria | air |
| Able | capable |
| Phylaxis | protection |
| Sepsis | infection |
| Septic | pathogenic |
| DRE | digital rectal exam |
| Calcic | of, or pertaining to, calcium |
| Calcemia | the presence of an abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood |
| Calcareous | pertaining to or containing lime or calcium |
| Chiropractic | a method of treating disease by manipulation of the body, especially manipulation of the spine with the hands |
| Chiropractor | one who practices chiropractic |
| Cheirarthritis | inflammation of the joints of the hands including the joints of the fingers |
| Cineradiography | the making of motion picture records of images produced by x-rays |
| Cineangiography | the recording of images of the blood vessels through motion picture techniques |
| Cineangiocardiography | the recording of images the heart and blood vessels through motion picture techniques |
| Kinemia | movement of the blood from the heart |
| Kinesitherapy | the treatment of disease by movement or exercise |
| Kinetic | pertaining to or producing motion |
| Kinetism | the ability to perform or begin muscular motion |
| Collagen | the gelatin-like or sticky substance of the skin, bone, cartilage and connective tissue |
| Collagenous | forming or producing collagen; pertaining to collagen |
| Collagenogenic | pertaining to the production of collagen |
| Colloid | gelatin-like or resembling glue or starch |
| Cutis | the skin; the outer protective covering of the body |
| Cuticle | "a little skin"; the outer layer of the skin; the eponychium |
| Cutitis | inflammation of the skin |
| Subcutaneous | situated or occurring beneath the skin |
| Transcutaneous | through the skin |
| Digital | pertaining to the digits |
| Dorsum | name for the back; the back of the body |
| Dorsal | pertaining to the back or the "back side"; denoting a position more toward the back surface than to some other object of reference |
| Dorsad | toward the back or the "back side" |
| Subdorsal | situated below the dorsal (back) region |
| Dorsolateral | pertaining to the back and side |
| Dysentery | abdominal disorders marked by inflammation of the intestines and accompanied by pain in the abdomen, cramp and frequent bowel movements containing blood and mucus |
| Dyspepsia | indigestion; a weakening or lessening of the power or function of digestion |
| Dysphagia | difficulty in swallowing |
| Dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| Dystrophy | a disorder arising from defective or faulty nutrition; faulty development |
| encephal- | within the head |
| Enostosis | an abnormal bony growth developed within the cavity of a bone |
| Empathy | "feeling within"; the entering into the feelings of another person |
| Emplastic | literally "pertaining to forming within"; adhesive; a constipating medicine |
| Ganglion | a normal mass of nerve cells outside of the brain and spinal column; or, an abnormal tumor or cyst consisting of tendon tissue and usually appearing on a wrist or ankle |
| Gangliocytoma | a tumor containing ganglion cells |
| Ganglioplexus | a network (plexus) of nerve fibers in a ganglion |
| Ganglionectomy | excision of a ganglion |
| Geminate | paired; occurring in pairs; also called bigeminal |
| Geminus | a twin |
| Gemini | twins |
| Graduated | means marked by a progression of lines, steps or degrees |
| Graduate | a container marked with a series of lines used to measure volume / one who receives a degree |
| Retrograde | going backward |
| Digitigrade | characterized by walking on the toes |
| Granule | a small particle |
| Granulation | the formation in wounds of small rounded fleshy masses |
| Granuloma | a tumor composed of grainy tissue |
| Granuloplastic | forming granules |
| Labium | a fleshy border or edge; used as a general term to designate such a structure |
| Labial | pertaining to a lip; pertaining to a labium |
| Labiodental | pertaining to lips and teeth |
| Labiology | the study of the movements of the lips in singing and speaking |
| Lateral | pertaining to a side; also, denoting a position farther from the middle or the midline of the body or the a structure |
| Laterad | toward a side |
| Lateroposition | displacement to one side |
| Laterality | a tendency to use the organs (hand, foot, ear, eye) of the same side |
| Mamma | name for the breast |
| Mammary | pertaining to the breast |
| Mamilla | name for the nipple or any nipple-like structure |
| Mammoplasty | plastic reconstruction of the breast |
| Mammogram | x-ray of the breast |
| Mammectomy | Mastectomy |
| Microbelpharia | small eyelids |
| Microcephaly | small head |
| Microcardia | small heart |
| Microscope | an instrument used to obtain a large image of small objects |
| Microscopic | of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of a microscope |
| Microsurgery | dissection of small structures under the microscope |
| Microphthalmia | abnormal smallness of the eyes |
| Micropsia | a condition in which objects are seen as smaller than they usually are |
| Micropsychia | literally "a condition of small mind"; feebleness of the mind, feeble-minded |
| Pepsin | a substance secreted in the stomach that begins the digestive process |
| Peptic | pertaining to digestion, such as peptic ulcer; pertaining to pepsin |
| Dyspepsia | difficult digestion |
| Bradypepsia | slow digestion |
| periodontal | situated or occurring around a tooth |
| periosteoma | a morbid bony growth surrounding a bone |
| periadenitis | inflammation of the tissues around a gland |
| Periosteum | a specialized connective tissue covering all bones of the body |
| Pericardium | the fibrous sac that surrounds the heart |
| Phobia | abnormal fear |
| Photic | pertaining to light |
| Photoallergy | an allergic type of sensitivity to light |
| Photophobia | abnormal intolerance of light |
| Photosensitive | sensitive to light |
| Photo-ophthalmia | blindness or severe inflammation of the eye caused by intense light such as an electric light, rays of welding arc, or reflection from snow |
| Pleura | name for the membrane that covers the lungs and lines the thoracic |
| Pleural | pertaining to the pleura |
| Pleurisy, Pleuritis | inflammation of the pleura |
| pleuropneumonia | pleurisy complicated with pneumonia |
| pleurocholecystitis | inflammation of the pleura and the gall bladder |
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