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ALH 122 Chap 3
ALH 122 Chap 3 - Senders, SBC Portland
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acu/o | sharp, sever, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| axill/o | armpit |
| hydro/o | water |
| leuk/o | white |
| morph/o | shape |
| necr/o | death of cells or death of whole body |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| phag/o | to eat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal or excision, resection |
| -genesis | to create or produce |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | break apart, destruction, rupture |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | mass, tumor, collection of fluid |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -scope | camera, instrument for visualization |
| -scopy | process of visualization with a scope |
| -o/stomy | surgical creating of an opening |
| -thermia | pertaining to heat |
| -o/tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| removal of a gland | adenectomy |
| tumor of a gland | adenoma |
| tumor of flesh | sarcoma |
| atrophy | to waste away |
| endocrine | to secrete within (the blood) |
| exocrine | to secrete out (a duct, to the outside of the body) |
| hyperplasia | abnormal cell growth, increased NUMBER of cells |
| hypertrophy | abnormal cell growth, increased SIZE of cells |
| hyperthermia | extremely high temperature |
| hypothermia | extremely low temperature |
| c.c. | with meals |
| CC: | chief complaint |
| a.c. | before meals |
| p.c. | after meals |
| pt | patient |
| FHx | family history |
| c (with a hyphen over it) | with |
| s (with a hyphen over it) | without |
| a (with a hyphen over it) | before |
| p (with a hyphen over it) | after |