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OTHA 1301 6d
HCC OT Medical Terminology Lesson 6 Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acoustic (acoust ic) | pertaining to hearing |
| Acoustogram (acoust o gram) | the graphic tracing of the measures of sound such as decibel levels and frequency per sound |
| -acusis (acu sis) | used to denote a condition of hearing |
| Anacusis (an acu sis) | condition of not hearing; total deafness |
| Hemianacusia (hem an acus ia) | loss of hearing in one ear only |
| Auricle (aur i cle) | the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head |
| Auricul (aur I cul) | form denoting relationship to the ear or to an ear-shaped appendage of a chamber of the heart |
| Auriculocranial (aur I cul o crani al) | pertaining to an ear and the cranium |
| Auris (aur is) | the ear |
| Buccal (bucc al) | pertaining to the cheek; directed toward the cheek |
| Buccally (bucc al ly) | toward the cheek |
| Buccocervical (bucc o cervic al) | that surface of a tooth along its neckline on the cheek side |
| Suprabuccal (supra bucc al) | above the cheek region |
| Ciliary (cili ary) | pertaining to the eyelases; resembling the eyelashes |
| Cilium (cili um) | the eyelashes; also sometimes the eyelid or the outer edge of the eyelid or the edge of the eyelid from which the eyelashes extend |
| supercilia (super cilia) | the eyebrows |
| Ciliogenesis (cili o gen esis) | the formation or development of cilia |
| -colpos (-colp os) | suffix stem used to denote a vaginal disorder of a specific tpe |
| Pyocolos (py o colp os) | collection of pus within the vagina |
| Hematocolpos (hemat o colp os) | an accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina |
| Colpitis (colp it is) | inflammation of the vagina |
| Cordate (cord ate) | heart shaped |
| Cordial (cord i al) | stimulating the heart |
| Dendrite (dendr ite) | name for the nerve fibers that extend from a nerve cell |
| Dendritic (dendr it ic) | resembling a dendrite; branching like a tree |
| Dendroid (dendr oid) | branching like a tree |
| Encephalic (en cephal ic) | pertaining to the brain; also, lying within the cranial cavity |
| Encephalon (en cephal on) | name for the brain |
| Endocardium (end o card ium) | the tissue (membrane) lining the heart |
| Endosteum (end ost eum) | the tissue lining the cavit of a bone and surrounding the bone marrow |
| Histocyte (hist o cyt e) | a tissue cell |
| Histoma (hist oma) | tumor formed from fully developed tissue such as blood vessels, muscles, etc. |
| Histolysis (hist o lsis) | the breaking down and destruction of tissue |
| Histology (hist ology) | the study of the structure, composition and function of the tissues |
| Leiomyoma (leio my oma) | a tumor composed of smooth muscle fibers |
| Leiodermia (deio derm ia) | abnormal glossiness of smoothness of the skin |
| Orchic, orchidic (orch ic, orchid ic) pertaining to the testicles | |
| -orchidism, -orchism (orchid ism, orch ism) | a form or condition of the testes |
| Orchitis (orch it is) | inflammation of a testicle |
| Orchidopexy (orchid o pexy) | the surgical fixing in place of a displaced testicle |
| Palpebral (palpebr al) | pertaining to the eyelid |
| Palpebra (palpebr a) | the eyelid |
| Palpebrate (palpebr ate) | to wink |
| Palpebration (palpebr ation) | abnormally frequent winking |
| Phlebectasis (phleb ectasis) | an enlargement of a vein |
| Phlebolith (phleb o lith) | vein stone; a bloodclot, in a vein, which has turned chalky |
| Phlebostenosis (phleb o sten osis) | narrowing or constriction of a vein |
| Phlebophlebostomy (phleb o phleb ostomy) | surgical openings to provide communication between two veins |
| Phlebitis (phleb itis) | inflammation of a vein |
| Phonic (phon ic) | pertaining to the voice |
| Phonocardiogram (phon o cardi o gram) a record of heart sounds | |
| Phonogram (phon o gram) | a record of any sound |
| Phonomyogram (phon o my o gram) | a record of the sound produced by muscle action |
| Phonopathy (phon o path y) | any disease or disorder of the organs of speach |
| Physiology (physi ology) | the study of the functions of the body and its parts |
| Physiactric (phys iatr ics) | the diagnosis and treatment of disease with the aid of phsical agents such as light, heat cold, water and electricity or with mechanical apparatus |
| Physician (phys ic ian) | an authorized practitioner of medicine |
| Pilus (pil us) | a hair |
| Pilous (pil ous) | hairiness, covered in hair |
| Pilosis (pil osis) | excessive growth of hair |
| Pilocystic (pil o syst ic) | cystlike and containing hair; used to describe certain skin tumors |
| Dipilation (di pil ation) | the process of removing hair |
| Hyperplasia (hyper plasia) | abnormal increase in growth |
| Hypoplasia (hypo plasia) | incomplete or defective development |
| Mastoplasia (mast o plasia) | the development of breast tissue |
| Plexal (plex al) | pertaining to a plexus |
| Plexiform (plex i form) | resembling a plexus or network |
| Subplexal (sub plex al) | situated beneath a plexus or network of vessels, nerves or veins |
| Renal (ren al) | pertaining to the kidney |
| Supraren- (supra ren-) | situated above the kidney |
| Nephrectomy (nephr ectomy) | surgical removal of a kidney |
| Ruga (rug a) | a ridge, wrinkle or fold, as of mucous membrane |
| Rugose (rug ose) | characterized by wrinkles |
| Rugosity (rug osit) | the condition of being wrinkled; a fold, ridge or wrinkle |
| Salpingostomy (salpin ostomy) | the making of an opening into the fallopian tube because the natural opening has become closed |
| Endosalpinx (end o salpin x) | the mucous membrane lining the salpinx |
| Stomatology (stomat ology) | the branch of medicine that treats the mouth and it's diseases |
| Stomatoplasty (stomat o plast y) | plastic surgery of, operative repair of, defects of the mouth |
| Stomatogastric (stomat o gastr ic) | pertaining to the stomach and the mouth |
| Stomatalgia (stomat algia) | mouth pain |
| Thalamus (thalam us) | name for the large gray mass in the brain |
| Thalamic (thalam ic) | pertaining to the thalamus |
| Tympanum (tympan um) | name for the enclosure or chamber in which the eardrum is located; also called the tympanic cavity |
| Tympanic membrane (tympan ic) | name for the eardrum |
| Tympanal (tympan al) | pertaining to the tympanum |
| Tympanic (tympan ic) | pertaining to the tympanum |
| Umbilicus (umbilic us) | name for the navel |
| Umbilical (umbilic al) | pertaining to the umbilius or navel |
| Umbilicectomy (umbilic ectomy) | excision of the umbilicus |
| Parumbilical (par umbilic al) | near the navel |
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