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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
| PERRLA | Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation |
| PICU | Pediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| RRR | Regular rate and rhythm |
| epidermis | outermost layer of the skin |
| dermis | thick layer of skin below the epidermis |
| hair follicles | hold the hair in the dermis |
| nerves | detect pressure, temperature, and pain |
| glands | secrete sweat and sebum |
| Mohs surgery | a precise surgery that removes cancerous tissue and leaves healthy tissue intact |
| Alzheimer's disease | a neurodegenerative disease |
| Lou Gehrig's disease | terminal neurodegenerative disease |
| Down syndrome | a genetic condition in which the patient has an extra chromosome |
| Crohn's disease | a chronic inflammatory bowel disease |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| ecto-, exo- | outside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| anterior or ventral | front |
| posterior or dorsal | back |
| superior | further up |
| inferior | further down |
| lateral | away from the middle |
| distal | farther away from the limb |
| proximal | closer to where the limb attaches |
| ambi- | both |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| homo- | same |
| iso- | equal, same |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -oid | resembling |
| -opathy | disease |
| -pnea | deficiency |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -otomy | incision |
| -orrhaphy | suture |
| -opexy | surgical fixation |
| -oplasty | reconstruction |
| -otripsy | process of crushing |
| onych/o, unglu/o | nail |
| Lumb/o | lower back |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Eryth/o | Red |
| Luek/o | White |
| Xanth/o | Yellow |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| carp/o | wrist |
| -rraphy | suture |
| neur | nerve |
| conjuctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| ambul/o | walking |
| tympan/o, myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| -spasm | contraction |
| oma | tumor |
| adenoma | tumor of the gland |
| euglycemia | normal amount of sugar in the blood |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| hyperkalemia | too much potassium in the blood |
| adrenal carcinoma | cancerous tumor in adrenal gland |
| leukemia | condition of white blood cells |
| hematoma | blood tumor or mass |
| microcytosis | small cell condition |
| splenomalacia | softening of the spleen |
| hypervolemia | excessive blood volume |
| cardiac arrest | heart no longer producing effective pulse and circulation |
| phlebalgia | pain in vain |
| endocardium | inside heart |
| angiography | measurement of vein by x-ray |
| valvulitis | inflammation of valve |
| phrenospasm | involuntary contraction (hiccups) |
| epistaxis | nose bleed |
| hemothorax | blood in chest |
| cholelith | gallstone |
| anophony | no voice |
| celiomyositis | inflammation of muscles in abdomen |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| sept/o | septum |
| trache/o | trachea |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| cyst/o, visc/o | bladder |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| balan/o | penis |
| orch/o, orchi/o, test/o, testicul/o | testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| meat/o | opening |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation |
| oophor/o | ovaries |
| gyn/o, gynec/o | woman |
| amni/o | amniotic sac |
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