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MED_TERM_2011
medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pre | before, in front of |
| tri | three |
| epi | above, upon , on |
| cyan | blue |
| leuko | white |
| -algia | pain; painful position |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| liver | hepat/o |
| gland | aden/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| movement | kines/o , kinesi/o |
| heart | cardi/o , card/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| blood vessels | hemangi/o , angi/o |
| capillaries | capill/o |
| veins | phleb/o , pneumon/o |
| fat | ather/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| lower part of the body | caud/o |
| abdomen | abdomin/o |
| joint | arthr/o |
| muscle | my/o |
| distal | situated farthest from the midline |
| lateral | toward of nearer the side and away from the midline |
| medial | toward or nearer the midline |
| proximal | nearest the midline |
| coronal plane | divides the body into anterior and posterior |
| horizontal plane | divides body into upper and lower portions |
| sagital plane | divides body into unequal left and right portions |
| transverse plane | upper and lower portions of body |
| caudal | lower part of the body |
| cephalic | toward the head |
| posterior | in the back |
| anterior | in the front |
| frontal plane | divides body into front and back portions |
| midsagittal plane | divides body from top to bottom into equal left and right portions |
| abduction | away from midline |
| adduction | toward the midline |
| elevation | raises body part |
| extension | increases an angle as in straightening a joint |
| circumduction | turns at the far end |
| flexion | decreases an angle as in bending a joint |
| supination | turns palm upward or forward |
| pronation | turns palm downward or backward |
| epigastric | located above the stomach |
| hypogastric | located below the stomach |
| peritoneum | membrane that protects and supports organs in abdominal cavity |
| hemophilia | bleeding disorder where your blood doesn't clot |
| adenosis | any disease condition of a gland |
| peritonitis | inflammation of the peritoneum |
| kyphosis | humpback |
| lordosis | swayback |
| scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
| comminuted fracture | bone is splintered or crushed |
| open fracture | bone is broken and there is an open wound |
| compression fracture | bones are pressed together |
| radiography | use of x-rays to expose a film that shows the body in profile |
| leukocytes | aka white blood cells - fight of invaders |
| influenza | flu |
| pertussis | whooping cough |
| brochospasm | contraction of the walls of the broch |
| hemothorax | accumulation of blood in pleural cavity |
| oseoporosis | loss of bone density and increas of bone porosity |
| paraplegia | both legs and lower part of body are paralyzed |
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