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Med Term ASA Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| blast/o | immature or embryonic cell |
| card/i/o | heart |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -cyte | cell |
| derma | suffix for skin |
| dermat/o | combining form for skin |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| ech/o | excision to cut out |
| -edem/a | swollen |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -emia | condition in the blood |
| erythr/o | red |
| eti/o | origin, cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gram | image or picture |
| -graph | instrument |
| -grapher | one who makes a pictures or images |
| -graphy | process of making images |
| -hist/o | tissue |
| itis | inflammation |
| klept/o | stealing |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | pertaining to the lymphatic tissues |
| mania | madness |
| megal/o/y | enlarged, big |
| melan/o | dark pigmented, black |
| meter- | instrument used to measure (count) |
| -osis | condition, increase in amount |
| ostomy | process of making a new surgical opening |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | condition or less than normal amount, low count |
| -radi/o | x-ray |
| son/o | sound waves |
| techn/o | technology |
| tome | instrument used to cut slices |
| tom/o | slices or planes |
| -tomy | incision (cut into) |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| blastocyte | immature cell |
| cardialgia | heart pain |
| cardiologist | physician specialist in heart disease |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| cyanoderma | blueness of the skin |
| cyanosis | condition of blueness |
| cytologist | a technologist who studies cellular disease |
| cytology | the scoence of studying cells |
| cytometer | instrument used to count cells |
| dermatology | the science of studying the skin |
| dermatome | instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue |
| duodenal | pertaining to the duodenum |
| duodenotomy | incision into the duodenum |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine |
| echocardiogram | sonography of the heart |
| electrocardiogram | picture (tracing) represneting the electrical activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle |
| electrocardiograph | instrument that produces the electrocardiogram |
| electrocardiography | process of using the electrocardiograph |
| erythema | reddened skin |
| erythemia | abnormally red blood |
| erythroblast | immature red blood cell |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| erythrocytopenia | low numbers of erythrocytes |
| erythrocytosis | high nimbers of erythrocytes |
| erythroderma | redness of the skin |
| melanoderma | dark patches of skin |
| melanocyte | pigment cell |
| melanoblast | immature melanocyte |
| megalomania | abnormally enlarged self-image |
| lymphocyte | lymphatic system white blood cell |
| lymphatic | partaining to the lymph system |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| jaundice | yellow appearance due to high billirubin level in the blood |
| imflammation | tissue condition of redness, swelling, heat |
| hypodermic | pertaining to below the dermis |
| histology | the science of studying tissues |
| histoblast | immature tissue cell |
| gastrostomy | making a new opening in the stomach |
| gastromegaly | enlarged stomach |
| gastroduodenostomy | making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum |
| gastralgia | stomach pain |
| pathologist | physician specialist in the study of disease |
| pathology | science of studying diseases |
| radiography | process of producing radiograms |
| sonogram | image of the body produced by computerized reflected sounds |
| thrombocytes | platelets, blood clotting cell fragments |
| tomograph | instrument that uses x-ray to produces images through planes (slices) of the body |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -tomy | Incision |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -ostomy | Make a new surgical opening |
| Give the meaning for the suffix - ectomy | Excision |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -meter | Instrument used to measure or count |
| Give the meaning for the suffix scope | Instrument used to look |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -graph | Imaging instrument |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -algia | condition of pain |
| Give the meaning for the suffix -emia | condition in the blood |
| Meaning for the term Leuk/o | White |
| Meaning for the term melan/o | dark pigment |
| Meaning for the term erythr/o | red |
| Meaning for the term chlor/o | green |
| Meaning for the term xanth/o | yellow |
| Meaning for the term cyan/o | blue |
| Medical term for inflammation of the duodenum | duodenitis |
| Medical term for image made by a tomograph | tomogram, tomograph |
| Medical term for the study of disease | pathology |
| Medical term for stomach pain | gastralgia |
| Medical term for heart specialist (physician) | cardiologist |
| Medical term for process of making a graphic tracing of the electrical activity of the heart | electrocardiography |
| Medical term for image made using sonography | sonogram |
| Medical term for use of reflected sound to image the heart | echocardiography |
| Medical term for instrument used to make x-ray images | radiograph |
| Medical term for condition of blueness of the skin | cyanoderma, dermatocyanosis |
| Medical term for yellow appearance due to high billirubin levels | jaundice |
| Medical term for blood cancer involving white blood cells | leukemia |
| Medical term for dark pigmented cell giving color to the skin | melanocyte |
| Medical term for redness of the skin | erythroderma, erythemia |
| Medical term for condition of greenish tinge to the blood | chloremia |
| Medical term for process of measuring (counting cells) | cytometry |
| Medical term for abnormally low red cell count | erythrocytopenia, erythropenia |
| Lymphocytic _____________ is a cancer of the lymphocytes | Leukemia |
| Medical term for immature cell | blastocyte, histoblast, cytoblast |
| Define the medical term sonography | Process of making an image made using a sonograph (ultrasound) |
| Define the medical term radiographer | Person who takes (or makes) x-ray images |
| Define the medical term megalomania | One with an abnormally exaggerated self image |
| Define the medical term histologist | Specialist in tissue study |
| Define the medical term echocardiography | Sonography of the heart (use of reflected sound) |
| Define the medical term Leukocytosis | Abnormal increase in the number of leukocytes |
| Define the medical term lymphedemia | Obstructed lymph vessels causing swelling |
| Define the medical term cardiomegaly | Enlargement of the heart |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for sonography | DMS |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for electrocardiogram | EKG, ECG |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for gastrointestinal | GI |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for erythrocyte count | RBC |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for registered Radiologic Technologist | RT(R) |
| Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation CAT (CT) | Computed (computerized) axial tomography |
| Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation CBC | Complete blood count |
| Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation ECHO | Echocardiography (-gram, -graph) |
| Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation RVT | Registered Vascular Technologist (Technician) |
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Paul Mayuiers
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