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unit 7 med term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stomato | mouth or opening |
| glosso | tounge (greek) |
| linguo | tounge (Latin) |
| dento | teeth |
| gingivo | gums |
| esophago | swallowing in |
| gastro | stomach |
| entero | small intestine |
| duodeno jejuno ileo | 3 parts to small intestine |
| colo | colon |
| sigmoido | part of large intestine |
| recto | rectum |
| procto | anus and rectum |
| cheilo | lips |
| hepato | liver |
| cholecysto | gall bladder |
| pancreato | pancreas |
| spleno | spleen |
| meter | instrument to measure |
| metry | process of measuring |
| logy | study of |
| tomy | make incision |
| ectomy | excision |
| ostomy | new opening |
| scope | instrument to look |
| scopy | the process |
| cele | herniation |
| pnea | breathing |
| ptosis | falls out of place, prolapse |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| ectasia ectasis | stretching or dilating |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| clysis | cleansing or irregation |
| plegia | paralysis |
| lith | stone |
| oid | resembling |
| lysis | destruction |
| itis | inflamation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| rrhaphy | suturing |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| sub | under |
| hypo | below, less than normal |
| hyper | above, more than normal |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| para | near |
| peri | around |
| dysentery | bad gut |
| diverticulitis | inflammation of the diverticula |
| cathartic | laxative |
| atresia | something that is closed that is normally open |
| cirrhosis | caused by manipulation or alcoholism. liver disease |
| hypoglossal sublingual | under the tongue |
| stone | lith |
| destruction | lysis |
| cleansing | clysis |
| inflammation | itis |
| surgical repair | plasty |
| prolapse | ptosis |
| surgical fixation | pexy |
| excision | ectomy |
| incision | tomy |
| new opening | ostomy |
| hemorrhage | rrhagia |
| flow, discharge | rrhea |
| rupture | rrhexis |
| suturing | rrhaphy |
| resembling | oid |
| herniation | cele |
| instrument used to examine | scope |
| condition of | osis |
| breathing | pnea |
| narrowing | stenosis |
| stretching | ectasia |
| one who studies | logist |
| shaped like a tooth | odonto |
| breast | mammo or masto |
| colon or large intestine | colo |
| reno nephro | kidney |
| chole | bile |
| fungus | myco |
| surgical puncture | centesis |
| pancreatic stone | pancreatolith |
| prolapse of the small intestine | enteroptosis |
| surgical fixation of the vagina | colpopexy |
| surgical repair of the lips | cheiloplasty |
| fungal infection of the mouth | stomatomycosis |
| inflamed gums | gingivitis |
| bleeding in the small intestine | enterorrhagia |
| cheilostomatoplasty | surgical repair of the lips and mouth |
| coloclysis | cleansing of the colon |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| gasteroenterology | the study of stomach and intestine |
| rectocele | herniation in rectum |
| enterectasia | dilating of small intestine |
| splenorrhagia | hemorrhage of stomach |
| rectoplasty | surgical repair of the rectum |
| proctoplegia | paralysis of anus and rectum |
| glossoptosis | prolapsed tongue |
| colocentesis | surgical puncture of the colon |
| irrigation of the rectum | rectoclysis |
| stone in the liver | hepatolith |
| stone in the kidney | nephrolith |
| paralyzed tongue | glasoplegia |
| dialate the stomach | gastroectasia |
| intestinal hernia | enterocele |
| repair of the lips and mouth | cheilostomatoplasty |
| suture of the anus and rectum | proctorrhagia |
| stomach hemorrhage | gastrorrhagia |
| closed tubes or ducts | biliaryatresia |
| prolapsed spleen | splenoptosis |
| BM | bowel movement |
| VS | vital signs |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| GI | gastro intestinal |
| AD | auris dextra, right ear |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| bid | 2 times a day |
| GB | gall bladder |
| GERD | gastroesopholgeal reflux disease |
| NG | naso gastric |
| AS | auris sinsitra, left ear |
| PO | by mouth orally |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| tid | 3 times a day |
| qid | 4 times a day. |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| inflammation of the mouth | stomatitis |
| inflammation of the tongue | glossitis |
| plastic repair of the lips | cheiloplasty |
| specialty that studies that disease of the stomach and intestine | gastroenterology |
| intestinal hernia | enterocele |
| irrigation or washing of the rectum | rectoclysis |
| new opening into the colon | colostomy |
| dilation/stretching of the stomach | gastrectasia |
| chronic abdominal pain, cramping and changes in bowel habits maybe a symptom or either irritable bowel disease or | diverticulitis |
| instrument that examines the small intestine is | enteroscope |
| stone in the liver | hepatolith |
| enlarged spleen | spleenomegaly |
| study of diseases of the anus and rectum | practology |
| x-ray of the gallbladder | cholecystogram |
| stone in the pancreas | pancreatolith |