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OTHA 1301 7d
HCC OT Medical Terminology Lesson 7 Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adnexopexy (adnex o pexy) | the operation of fixing the uterine adnexa to the abdominal walls |
| adnexitis (adnex itis) | inflammation of the uterine adnexa |
| antrum (antr um) | a sinus; a cavity or chamber, especially within a bone |
| antral (antr al) | pertaining to a sinus or an antrum |
| antrostomy (antr ostomy) | the operation of making an opening into an antrum for the purpose of drainage |
| antrodynia (antr odyn ia) | pain in an antrum |
| adenasthenia (aden asthenia) | a weakness in glandular secretion; deficient glandular activity |
| gastric adenasthenia (gastr ic aden asthenia) | deficient glandular secretion in the stomach |
| asthenia (asthen ia) | lack or loss of strength and energy; weakness |
| asthenic (asthen ic) | pertaining to or characterized by asthenia |
| asthenopia (asthenopia) | a condition of weakness in the eye |
| astrocyte (astr o cyt e) | a star-shaped cell, especially such a cell of the supporting structure of nervous tissue |
| astroid (astr oid) | star-shaped |
| astrocytoma (astr o cyt oma) | a tumor composed of star-shaped cells (astrocytes) |
| hypocrinia AKA hypocrinism (hypo crin ia, hypo crin ism) | excessive secretion of any endocrine gland |
| crinogenic (crin o gen ic) | stimulating (producing) secretion |
| dacryoadenitis (dacry o aden itis) | inflammation of a lacrimal gland (a tear gland) |
| dacryocystectomy (dacry o cyst ectomy) | excision of the wall of the lacrimal sac |
| dacryadeno- | tear gland, lacrimal gland |
| dacrycysto- | tear sac, tear bladder, lacrimal sac |
| dura mater (or dura) | the outermost of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord |
| induration (in dur ation) | hardness; the act or process of becoming hard |
| superdural (super dur al) | situated above or external to the dura mater |
| fasciculus (fasci cul us) | a small bundle or cluster; used to designate a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers |
| fasciodesis (fasci o desis) | the operation of suturing a fascia to one of the tissues attached to the skeleton |
| fasciorrhaphy (fasci o rrhaphy) | the suturing together of torn fascia |
| heliosensitivity (helio sensitivity) | sensitivity to sunlight |
| heliosis (helio sis) | sunstroke |
| heliotherapy (helio therapy) | the treatment of disease by exposing the body to the sun’s rays; therapeutic sunbathing |
| hypnotic (hypnot ic) | inducing sleep; a drug that acts to induce sleep; pertaining to or of the nature of hypnotism |
| hypnotism (hypnot ism) | the method or practice of an artificially induced passive state in which there is increased responsiveness to suggestions and commands |
| ahypnia (a hypn ia) | ”not sleep”; abnormal wakefulness; insomnia |
| isocellular (iso cell ul ar) | composed of cells of the same size and kind |
| isopia (is op ia) | equality of vision in the two eyes |
| anisodont (an is odont) | having teeth of unequal size or length |
| anisopia (an is op ia) | inequality of vision in the two eyes |
| anisomastia (an iso mast ia) | inequality of the breasts |
| laparotomy (lapar otomy) | surgical incision of the flank; less correctly but more generally, abdominal incision at any point in the abdominal wall |
| hysterolaparotomy (hyster o lapar otomy) | incision of the womb through the abnominal wall |
| thoracolaparotomy (thorac o lapar otomy) | incision through both the thorax and the abdomen |
| laparorrhaphy (lapar o rrhaphy) | suturing of the abdominal wall |
| laparogastrostomy (lapar o gastr ostomy) | the creation of a permanent opening to the stomach through the abdominal wall |
| malignant (malign ant) | tending to become progressively worse and to result in death if not treated, (opposite is “benign”) |
| malignancy (malign ancy) | a tendency to spread or become progressively worse; used most frequently with cancerous growths which tend to progressively invade (spread among) the tissues of the body |
| mental (ment al) | pertaining to the mind |
| mentality(ment al ity) | mental power or activity |
| dementia (de ment ia) | a general term for mental deterioration (“de” means “down”) |
| ocular (ocul ar) | pertaining to the eye |
| oculus (ocul us) | name for the eye |
| oculonasal (ocul o nas al) | pertaining to the eye and the nose |
| oculopathy (ocul o path y) | any disease or disorder of the eye |
| oculofacial (ocul o facial) | pertaining to the eyes and face |
| opthalmorrhexis (opthalm o rrhexis) | rupture of the eye or eyeball |
| optician (opt ic ian) | one who prepares lens per a prescription to improve or correct vision |
| parturition (part ur ition) | the act or process of giving birth to a child |
| postpartum (post part um) | occurring after childbirth or after delivery |
| prepartal (pre part al) | occurring before or just previous to labor |
| podalic (pod al ic) | accomplished by means of the foot, as in obstetrical deliveries |
| -podia (pod ia) | condition of the foot |
| pedodontics (ped odont ics) | the department of dentistry dealing with the oral health of children |
| pedopathy (ped o path y) | any disease of the foot |
| pediatrician (ped iatr ician) | a physician specializing in the diseases of children |
| podiatry (pod iatr y) | the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the foot |
| podiatrist (pod iatr ist) | one who practices podiatry |
| scirrhus (scirrh us) | name for a hard, cancerous tumor |
| scirrhous (scirrh ous) | pertaining to or of the nature of a scirrhus |
| mastoscirrhus (mast o scirrh us) | a hard cancer of the breast |
| dacryadenoscirrhus (dacry aden o scirrh us) | a hard cancerous tumor (a scirrhus) of the lacrimal gland |
| sclerous (sclera ous) | hard; indurated (in dur ated) |
| sclerosis (scler osis) | a hardening; an induration; especially hardening of a part from inflammation |
| sclera (scler a) | the tough, white supporting cover of the eyeball covering approximately the back five-sixths of its surface |
| sclerotic (sclerot ic) | peraining to hardness or hardening; pertaining to the sclera |
| septum (sept um) | a general term in anatomy to designate a dividing wall or partition |
| nasal septum (nas al sept um) | the partition separating the two nasal cavities (nostrils) |
| septal (sept al) | pertaining to a septum |
| septulum (septulum) | a small separating wall or partition |
| sinusoid (sinus oid) | resembling a sinus; used to designate blood channels in organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, pancreas |
| sinusotomy (sinus otomy) | surgical incision of a sinus |
| sinusology (sinus ology) | that branch of medicine which has to do with the sinuses |
| somal, somatic (som al, somat ic) | pertaining to the body |
| soma (som a) | denoting the body as distinguished from the mind |
| somatomegaly (somat o megal y) | abnormal size of a body; giantism |
| somatotherapy (somat o therap y) | treatment aimed at curing the ills of the body |
| somasthenia (som asthenia) | a condition of bodily weakness |
| somatopsychic (somat o psych ic) | pertaining to both body and mind |
| psychosomatic (psycho s omat ic) | pertaining to the mind-body relationship; having bodily symptoms of a psychic, emotional or mental origin |
| tarsus (tars us) | the ankle region |
| tarsal (tars al) | pertaining to the instep; pertaining to the ankle bones (tarsal bones) |
| metatarsus (meta tars us) | the part of the foot between the ankle (tarsus) and the toes. “meta” means “beyond” |
| metatarsal (meta tars al) | pertaining to the metatarsus; one of the five bones between the ankle and the toes |
| topical (top ic al) | pertaining to a particular spot; local; as in topical anesthesia versus general anesthesis |
| topalgia (top algia) | fixed or localized pain |
| trachelocystitis (trachel o cyst itis) | inflammation of the neck of the bladder |
| trachelodynia (trachel odyn ia) | pain in the neck |
| trachelomyitis (trachel o my itis) | inflammation of the muscles of the neck |
| trachea (trache a) | name of the windpipe |
| tracheal (trache al) | pertaining to the windpipe |
| cervic/o-, trachel/o | combining forms indicating relationship to a neck or necklike structure |
| cervic/itis-, trachel/itis | inflammation of the uterine cervic (neck of the womb) |
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