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Holden 2007 MT
Holden Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hyper- | excessive or increases |
| hypo- | deficient or decreased |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -osis, -ago, -esis, -ia, -iasis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -ostomy | artifical opening |
| -plasty | surgical replair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, brusting forth or abnormal or excessive flow |
| -rrhapy | surgical suturing to close a wound, includes sutures, staples and surgical glue |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| abd, abdo | abdomen |
| ABG | Arterial blood gases |
| ac | before meals |
| ADL | activites of daily living |
| adm | admission |
| AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| APAP | acetaminophen |
| ASA | Acetylsalicylic acid (asprin) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| ankyl/o | crooked/bent/stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -desis | surgical fixation of bone/joint |
| -desis | to tie together/to bind |
| kyph/o | bent/hump |
| lord/o | curve/swayback/bent |
| -lysis | breakdown/seperation |
| myel/o | spinal cord/bone marrow |
| oss/e, oss/l, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | curved or bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae/vertrebral column/backbone |
| synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane/fluid |
| -um | singular noun ending |
| -stasis | control |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| cephal/o | head |
| coron/o | coronary/crown |
| cyt/o | cell |
| endo- | in/within/inside |
| exo- | outside of/away from |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor/neoplasm |
| -path/o | disease/suffering/feeling/emotion |
| -plasia | development/growth/formation |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ical, -ic, -ine, -lor, -ory, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ion | action, process, state or condition |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| -osis | abnormal conditon/disease |
| -a, -e, -y | noun ending |
| -um, -us | singular noun ending |
| epi- | above |
| retro- | behind |
| -plasm | formative material of cells |
| idi/o | peculiar to the individual or organ/one/distinct |
| anomaly | deviation |
| ana- | excessive |
| gene | producing |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty sunstances |
| acetabulum | hip socket |
| allogenic | originating with another |
| autologous | originating within the individual |
| BRP | bathroom privileges |
| c | with line over = with |
| s | with line over = without |
| CA | cancer |
| As tol | as tolderated |
| PRN | as needed |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| -dynia | pain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -gram | record |
| -scopy | examination |
| peri- | surrounding |
| nat | birth |
| super-, supra- | above or excessive |
| laryng/o | larynx and throat |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ot/o | ear |
| lith/o, -lith | stone, calculus |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| -a to plural | -e |
| -ex or -ix to plural | -ices |
| -is to plural | -es |
| -itis to plural | -ides |
| -nx to plural | change x to ges |
| -on or -um to plural | -a |
| -us to plural | -i |
| sign | objective evidence of disease like fever |
| symptom | subjective evidence of disease like pain |
| syndrome | set of signs/symptoms occur together |
| diagnosis | identification of the disease |
| differential diagnosis | determine which one of several diseases is causing symptoms |
| rule out (R/O) | differential diagnosis |
| prognosis | forcast/prediction of probably course |
| acute | rapid onset, severe course, short duration |
| chronic | disease of long duration. rarely cured |
| remission | temp, partitial or complete dissapearance of the symptoms with out cure |
| eponym | disease/structure/operation named for person who discovered it |
| acronym | word formed from initial letters of parts of compound term |
| fissure | groove or crack in skin |
| fistula | abnormal passage between two internal organs or from organ to surface of body |
| Moucous | describes mucous membranes |
| Mucus | fluid secreted by mucous membrane |
| palpation | feel texture, size, consistency |
| palpitation | pounding or racing heart |
| pyel/o | pelvis |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever or fire |
| supination | rotating arms so palms are forward or upward |
| sappuration | formation or discharge of pus |
| trauma | wound or injury |
| AD | Alzheimer's disease |
| AP | appendectomy or appendicitis |
| BE | barium enema or below elbow |
| CFS | chronic fatigue syndrome |
| C | cyanosis |
| DG, Dg, Diag, diag, DX, Dx | diagnosis |
| D/D, DD, DDx, diaf. diag | differential diagnosis |
| EN | endoscopy |
| GE | gastroenteritis |
| He | hemorrhage |
| Inflam, Inflamm | inflammation |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| PA, Pa, path | pathology |
| PN | postnatal |
| prog, progn, Prx, Px | prognosis |
| TE | tonsillectomy |
| VD | venereal disease |
| sagittal plane | divides body into unequal parts |
| midsagittal plane | midline/divides body in equal halfs |
| coronal plane | divides body into anterior and posterior portions |
| transverse plane | divides the body into superior/inferior |
| cranial cavity | located in skull protects brain |
| spinal cavity | located in spinal column protects the spine |
| dorsal cavity | pertains to back, protects nervous system, contains cranial and spinal cavity |
| ventral cavity | cavity in front of the body |
| home/o | constant |
| ventral cavity contents | thoracic, abdominal, pelvic |
| diaphram | muscle seperating thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| thoracic cavity contents | heart/lungs |
| abdominal cavity contents | major organs of digestion |
| pelvic cavity contents | reproductive/excretory systems |
| quadrants | divides body into four |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| messentery | fused double layer of parietal peritoneum that attached parts of intestine to interior abd wall |
| stem cells found | new embryo, cord blood, adult bone marrow, muscle, brain, amniotic fluid |
| stem cells | unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division |
| gametes | sex cells don't have 46 chromosomes |
| male | XY |
| female | XX |
| somatic cell | contain 46 chromosomes |
| genome | entire set of genes derived from one parent |
| genetic/hereditary disorders | defective gene |
| cystic fibrosis | affects respiratior and digestive system |
| down syndrome/trisomy 21 | degrees of mental retardation/multiple physical abnormalities |
| hemophelia | hereditary bleeding disorder |
| huntington's disease/huntington's chorea | loss of muscle control/mental ability, mid life onset, dominant gene |
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