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MTChabner Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion sac of fluid surrounding the embryo |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| chem/o | drug |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hepat/o | liver |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | brest |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| necr/o | death of cells |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum membrane surround the organs in the abdominal cavity |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -it is | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition, condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage | excessive discharge of blood |
| -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, or correction |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| Diagnoses | complete knowing of the nature and cause of diseases |
| Procedure | A surgical operation or technique |
| Ischemia | holding back of blood flow to a part of the body |
| Bronchitis | inflammation of the bronchus |
| Meninges | membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| multiple myeloma | malignant tumor of the bone marrow |
| Atherosclerosis | hardening of the arteries caused by collection of fatty, cholesterol-like deposits |
| myocardial infarction | area of dead tissue in heart muscle, heart attack |
| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | disorder of blood vessels within the cerebrum, stroke |
| Acute | sharp, sudden, and intense for a short time |
| Thoracentesis | surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid |
| Amniocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion |
| Tonsils | lymphatic tissue in the back of the mouth near the throat |
| Adenoids | enlarged lymphatic tissue in the upper part of the throat near the nasal passageways |
| Hysterectomy | removal of the uterus |
| Cholecystectomy | removal of the gallbladder |
| Mammography | process of making an x-ray recording of the breast |
| Hemodialysis | use of a machine to filter blood to remove waste materials such as urea |
| peritoneal dialysis | process of removing wastes from the blood by introducing a special fluid into the abdomen, the waste pass from blood into the abdomen by osmosis and then the fluid is drained from the body |
| Stent | stainless steel mesh, tube like device that help hold arteries open |
| Angioplasty | surgical repair of a blood vessel |
| Anastomosis | new surgical connection between two previously unconnected bowel parts, vessels, or ducts |
| Colocolostomy | new surgical connection between two previously unconnected portions of the colon |
| Laryngoscopy | visual exam of the interior of the voice box with and endoscope |
| Tracheostomy | opening of the trachea to the outside of the body |
| Chemotherapy | treatment with drugs most often used to kill cancer |
| Inguinal | pertaining to the groin, where the legs meet the body |
| Chronic | lasting a long time, with no known cure |
| Myelogram | x-ray image of the spinal cord after contrast is injected within the membranes surrounding the spinal cord |
| Laparotomy | incision of the abdomen |
| Uremia | abnormal condition of excessive amount of urea in the bloodstream |
| Septicemia | infection in the blood with the presence of bacteria or their poisons in the blood |
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