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Med Term Chp3
medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain (neuralgia; nerve pain) |
| -centesis | punture and withdraw fluid (amniocentesis) |
| -ectomy | remove (appendectomy) |
| -genic | to produce (carcinogenic; cancer producing) |
| -gram, -graph | visual record (mammogram, radiograph) |
| -graphy | process/proceedure |
| name the path of alimentary canal | mouth, oropharynx, esophagus, cardiac sphincter, stomach, pyloric sphincter, duodenum, jejunum, illium, ileocecal valve, cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus, anal sphin |
| -itis | inflamation (gingivitis) |
| -osis | abnormal condition (scoliosis; abnormal curve of spine) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | putting back into correct position |
| -plasty | make function and look better (nose job) |
| -rrhagia | hemorridge/excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | sew something preexisting (think rafia, sting) |
| -rrhea | flowing |
| -scope | lighted instrument |
| -scopy | proceedure with scope |
| -stomy | create a round opening (colonostomy) |
| -tomy | incision (episiotomy...) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| col/o or colon/o | large intestine |
| cyst/o | urinary (bladder shaped) |
| vesic/o | urinary (bladder) |
| cyt/o | cell/ blood cell |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o or metr/o | uterus |
| mast/o or mamm/o | breast |
| myel/o | bone marrow &/ spinal chord |
| my/o | muscle |
| nephr/o or ren/o | kidney |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| pneum/o or pneumon/o | lungs |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| thorac/o or thor/o | chest |
| a-, an-, -ana, -ar | without |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dia- | complete, thorough |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| retro- | behind |
| para- | near |
| trans- | across |
| ab- opposite of (away) | ad- toward |
| brady- opposite of (slow) | tachy- fast |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| dys- | painfull bad difficult |
| eu- | normal |
| dys- opposite of (painfull) | eu- (normal) |
| endo- | innermost (layer) |
| meso- | middle (layer) |
| exo- | outside (layer) |
| epi- opposite of (above/upon) | sub- (below) |
| epi- | above/upon |
| sub- | below |
| hyper- opposite of (too much/above) | hypo- (too little/below) |
| hyper- | too much/above |
| hypo- | too little/below |
| intra- opposite of (within) | inter- (between) |
| intra- | within |
| inter- | between |
| poly- opposite of (too many) | oligo- (too little) |
| poly- | too many |
| oligo- | too little |
| supra- opposite of (above) | infra- (below) |
| supra- | above |
| infra- | below |
| anastomosis | joining of passageways to restore flow |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging /for soft tissue |
| CAT scan/ CT scan | computerized axial tomography /for depth, deffinition for boney structures |
| x-ray | flat plate of abdomen /for general info |
| anorexia | without appetite condition, state, thing |
| dysphagia | painful eating/swallowing condition, state, thing |
| polyphagia | many/too much eating/swallowing |
| dyspepsia | painful digestion condition, state, thing |
| glossitis | tongue inflammation |
| esophageal varices | throat pretaining to swollen veins |
| intussusception | to receive within a process, being or having (think telescoping) |
| volvulus | twisting of intestine |
| appendicitis | appendix inflammation |
| diverticulum | little pouch created in the wall of colon |
| polyp | tissue growth protrudeing into /blocking; pre-cancerous |
| hemorrhoids | flowing of blood resembling |
| constipation | compacted feces process, being or having |
| diarrhea | completely through flow |
| flatulence | gas state of |
| incontinence | within, not hold together state of |
| adhesions | two surfaces stuck together |
| hernia | bulge, pushing or protruding where it should not |
| peritonitis | double-layer serous membrane in abdonminopelvic cavity) inflammation |
| ascites | fluid accumulation causing cavity to bulge out |
| cirrhosis | yellow condition, abnormal condition |
| hepatitis | liver inflammation |
| juandice | yellow state, quality |
| cholangitis | bile duct inflammation |
| cholecystitis | gallbladder inflammation |
| cholelithiasis | bile stone state of, process of |
| -cele | hernia or bulge |
| cholangiography | bile duc process of recording |
| gallbladder ultrasound | upper GI |
| abdonimocentesis | abdomen puncture and w/draw fluid |
| appendectomy | appendix remove/take out |
| cholecystectomy | gallbladder remove/ take out |
| laparoscopic | abdomen lighted instrument pretaining to |
| colostomy | colon create round opening |
| endoscopy | innermost proceedure w/ lighted instrument |
| gastrectomy | stomach remove/take out |
| gastroplasty | stomach make funtion and look better |
| gastrostomy | stomach create round opening |
| PEG tube | feeding tube directly into stomach |
| percutaneous | through, throughout skin pertaining to |
| a.c. | before meals; ante cibum |
| BS | bowel sounds |
| GERD | gastroesophogeal reflux disease |
| HAV | Hep A virus |
| HBV | Hep B virus |
| HCV | Hep C virus |
| LFTs | liver function tests |
| NG | nasogastric |
| NPO / n.p.o. | nothing by mouth (nils per os) |
| p.c. | after meals (post cibum) |
| PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; making a round opening for a feeding tube directly into stomach |
| PO / p.o. | by mouth (per os) |
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