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Med Term ASA Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland, glandular |
| anti- | against |
| ather/o | fatty, porridge-like |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer (epithelial type) |
| -cele | herniation |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| chem/o | chemical |
| crani/o | skull |
| -dynia (ic) | pain |
| emes/o | vomiting |
| encephal/o | brain |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| hem/angi/o | blood vessel |
| hyper- | above, abnormally high |
| hypo | below, abnormally low |
| kal/o | potassium |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| lip/o | fat |
| mal- | bad |
| malac/o (ia) | softening |
| melan/o | dark pigmented, black |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meta- | beyond |
| morph/o | form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| me/o | new |
| oid | like, resembling |
| -oma | suffix for tumor, neoplasm |
| papill/o | finger-like projections |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| sarc/o | cancer (connective tissue type) |
| scler/o | hard |
| ser/o | serum, serous membrane |
| spin/o | spinal |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| adenectomy | excision of a gland |
| adenitis | inflammation of a gland |
| adenoma | tumor of a gland or glandular tissue |
| adenopathy | disease condition of a gland or glandular tissue |
| antineoplastic | agent that works against tumor growth |
| antitumorigenic | agent that prevents tumor growth |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of blood vessels caused by fatty growths |
| biopsy | excision of live tissue for examination |
| carcinoma | cancer of epithelial tissue |
| cephalagia | head pain |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| cephalodynic | pertaining to head pain |
| cerebral | Pertaining to the cerebrum |
| cerebritis | inflammation of the cerebrum |
| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the cerebrum and blood vessels |
| chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals or drugs |
| crainiectomy | excision of part of the skull |
| craniomalacia | softening of the skull |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypertrophy | overdevelopment, increase in size |
| histology | study of tissues |
| herniation | abnormal protrusion of an organ or other body sturcture through a defect of natural opening |
| glandular | pertaining to a gland |
| electroneurodiagnostic | electrical diagnostic testing of nervous system function |
| encephalomyelopathy | disease condition of the brain and spinal cord |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| electroencephalogram | tracing showing brain wave activity |
| cranium | skull |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
| hypotrophy | underdevelopment, decrease in size |
| lesion | wound, injury, or pathologic tissue |
| lipoma | fatty tissue tumor |
| malignant | bad, worsening, or leading to death |
| malanocarcinoma | malignant (cancerous) |
| lymphoma | lymph tissue tumor |
| metastasize | to spread beyond its origin |
| vascular | pertaining to the vessels |
| ulcer | crater-like sore |
| sarcoma | cancer of connective tissue |
| oncology | the science that studies tumors |
| oncologist | physician specialist in diseases involving tumors |
| neoplasm | new growth, tumor |
| neonatal | pertaining to newborn |
| mucus | watery substance secreted by mucus membranes |
| The prefix that means the opposite of hyper | Hypo |
| What does the suffix trophy mean | Development |
| -graph is a suffix used to mean | An instrument used to make an image |
| For terms about the head, use the word root: | Cephal |
| In words about epithelial tissue origin cancers, use the combining form: | Carcino |
| The study of abnormal growth (tumors) is known as: | Oncology |
| Tumor like thickenings in the large blood vessels are called | Atheromata |
| Bone cancer is classified as what type of cancer? | Sarcp,a |
| To properly form a plural from a singular ending in -oma, as in lipoma use: | mata |
| An abnormal tissue condition characterized by an open sore on the skin or an internal sore as in the stomach would be a(n) | Ulcer |
| What is hypokalemia | a low potassium (K+) level |
| The verb that indicates a tumor that spreads is? | Metastasize |
| Medical term for dark pigmented | Melan/o |
| Medical term for gland | Aden/o |
| Medical term for Lymph | Lymph/o |
| Medical term for spinal cord or bone marrow | Myel/o |
| Medical term for epithelial-type cancer | Carcin/o |
| Medical term for fat (body fat) | Lip/o |
| Medical term for small elevation of tissue | Papill/o |
| Meaning of hyperemesis | Excessive vomiting |
| Meaning of atrophy (hypotrophy) | Degeneration or wasting away |
| Meaning of adenectomy | Excision or removal of a gland |
| Meaning of lymphoma | tumor of a lymph gland |
| Meaning of adenocarcinoma | Cancerous tumor of a glandular-type tissue |
| Meaning of lipoid | Resembling (like) fat |
| Meaning of ulcer | Lesion that is a sore |
| Meaning of sarcoma | Cancer of connective tissue |
| Meaning of benign | tumor that is not cancerous |
| Meaning of melanocyte | Dark pigmented cell |
| Meaning of morphology | Study of form and development |
| Meaning of oncology | The study of tumors (specialty) |
| Meaning of mucus | Secreted by the lining of the nose |
| Meaning of neoplasm | New growth (synonym: tumor) |
| Meaning of cephalalgia | Headache |
| Meaning of encephalocele | Herniation of brain tissue |
| Meaning of craniomalacia | Softening of the bones of the skull |
| Meaning of electroencephalography | Process of recording electrical brain activity |
| Meaning of craniotomy | Incision (cutting into) the skull |
| Meaning of encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
| Meaning of hypertrophy | Over development |
| Meaning of chemotherapy | Treatment using chemicals or drugs |
| Meaning of melanoma | Dark pigmented tumor |
| Meaning of serosa | Membrane lining the closed cavities |
| Meaning of oncologist | Specialist in the study of tumors |
| Meaning of craniometer | instrument used to measure the skull |
| Meaning of encephalomalacia | softening of the brain tissue |
| Meaning of cerebrovascular | pertaining to the brain and blood vessels |
| Meaning of craniectomy | Excision of part of the skull |
| Meaning of antitumorigenic | agent that prevents tumor growth |
| Meaning of memingocele | Herniation of the meninges |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for basal cell carcinoma | BCC |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for headache | HA |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for metastasis | met., metas, mets. |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for transient ischemic attack | TIA |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for medical laboratory technician | MLT |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for millimeters of mercury | mmHg |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for biopsy | Bx |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for electroencephalography (-gram, -graph) | EEG |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for cancer | CA |
| What is the correct medical abbreviation for polysomnogram (-gram, -graph, -graphy) | PSG |
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Paul Mayuiers
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