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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABG | arterial blood gases |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| PRN | as needed |
| Bell Palsy | dysfunction of cranial nerve VII, facial paralysis |
| Legionnaire | severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacterium |
| Barrett | abnormal change in the lining of the esophagus |
| Parkinson | degenerative disease affecting movement and speech |
| Raynaud | vasospasms that decrease blood flow to affected regions |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| xenograft | skin graft from another species |
| erythrocyanosis | red or blue discoloration of the skin |
| dermatofibroma | fibrous skin tumor |
| mono | one |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| ecto-, exo- | outside |
| endo- | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| anterior, ventral | front |
| posterior, dorsal | back |
| superior | above |
| inferior | below |
| lateral | out to the side |
| distal | farther from center |
| proximal | closer to the center |
| ambi- | both |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| homo- | similar |
| iso- | equal |
| mal- | bad |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -oid | resembling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -ectomy | cut out, surgically remove |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -tomy | cut, incision |
| -rrhaphy | repairing, suturing |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -tripsy | wear down |
| spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
| osteodystrophy | poor bone development |
| costochondritis | inflammation of rib cartilage |
| craniosynostosis | premature fusing of skull bones |
| tarsoclasia | surgical fracture of the ankle |
| pseudesthesia | false sensation |
| myelogram | image of spinal cord (X-ray) |
| intracerebral hematoma | clotted blood inside the brain |
| astrocytoma | tumor arising from astrocyte glial cells |
| neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue |
| presbycusis | loss of hearing in old age |
| blepharedema | eyelid swelling |
| dacryohemorrhea | discharge of blood in tears |
| trichiasis | eyelashes grow backward into eye |
| sclerotomy | incision into sclera |
| adrenal virilism | excessive secretion from adrenal glands, develop male secondary sexual characteristics |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| hyperkalemia | excessive potassium in the blood |
| panhypopituitarism | defective or absent function of the pituitary gland |
| thyroidotoxin | substance poisonous to thyroid gland |
| ecchymosis | large bruise |
| elliptocyte | oval red blood cell |
| oligocythemia | deficiency of red blood cells |
| hypercoagulability | increased ability of blood to coagulate |
| nephrosplenopexy | surgical fixation of the spleen and a kidney |
| arrhythmia | irregular heartbeat |
| aortectasia | dilation of the aorta |
| atrial septal defect | defect in the septum that divides the two atria of the heart |
| congestive heart failure | heart failure when the heart can't pump all of the blood out of it |
| cardiotonic | drug that increases strength of heart contractions |
| orthopnea | able to breathe only in upright position |
| pneumohemothorax | air and blood in the chest |
| mesothelioma | cancerous tumor of the mesothelial cells lining the lungs |
| sialorrhea | excessive salivation |
| hypochondriac | upper side portions of the abdomen |
| gastroduodenostomy | creation of opening between stomach and duodenum |
| ureterocele | hernia of a ureter |
| polycystic kidney disease (PKD) | disease where fluid filled cysts form on the kidneys |
| heminephrectomy | surgical removal of half a kidney |
| gynecomastia | development of breast tissue in males |
| vesicovaginal fistula | abnormal opening between urinary bladder and vagina |
| tocolytic | agent that stops or delays premature labor or contractions |
| glucocorticoid | hormone produced in adrenal cortex with role in carbohydrate metabolism |
| subluxation | partial dislocation of a joint |
| retrograde pyelogram | image of renal pelvis produced by injecting contrast dye from bladder to kidney |
| hysterodynia | pain in the uterus |
| metromenorrhagia | excessive menstrual bleeding at irregular intervals |
| amnioscopy | procedure for examining the amnion |
| endometriosis | condition where endometrium cells appear and grow outside the uterus |
| mammoplasty | surgical reconstruction of the breast |
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