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Med Term ASA Unit 9
Question | Answer |
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-ad | toward |
aer-o | air (with oxygen) |
anter/o | front, anterior |
axill/o | underarm, axilla |
bi/o | living thing, live |
caud/o | tail, bottom end of spine |
cephal/o | head |
chrom/o | color |
coron/o | crown |
dia- | through |
dist/o | distant |
dors/o | back, dorsal |
ecto- | outside |
endo- | inside |
eu- | easy, good |
extern/o | outside, external |
-iatrist | one who practices (specialist) |
-iatry | practice of specialty) |
intern/o | inside, internal |
later/o | side |
lith/o | stone |
medi/o, mid | middle |
meso- | middle |
neur/o | nerve |
omphal/o | naval, umbilicus |
pariet/o | wall |
peritone/o (um) | peritoneal membrane |
pharmac/o | drugs |
phleb/o | vein |
pleur/o | pleura, lung membrane |
poster/o | back, posterior |
pro- | in front of , before |
proxim/o | close |
pseud/o | false |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
sagitt/o | vertical (cut or plane) |
-stasis | stay constant, control |
superi/o | above |
syphil/o | syphilis |
than/o | death |
toc/o (ia) | labor |
-tropic | effects, turning toward, changing |
ventr/o | front, ventral |
viscer/o | organ |
achromophilic | resisting color (stain) |
aerobic | requiring air to live |
aerophobia | abnormal fear of air |
aerotherapy | treatment using air (respiratory therapy) |
amenorrhea | cessation of menstruation |
anterolateral | front & side |
anteromedial | front & middle |
anteroposterior | from front to back |
anterosuperior | front & top |
anteriostasis | control of flow through arteries |
axillary | underarm, armpit |
biology | science studying living things |
caudad | toward the tail (sacrum) |
cephalad | toward the head |
cephalocaudal | from head to tail |
chromophilic | formation of color |
chromolysis | destruction of color |
chromometer | measuring color |
coronal | pertaining to the crown or encircling |
coronary | pertaining to the crown or encircling(reference to around the heart) |
distal | away from a point of orgin or designated point |
dorsal | back (posterior) |
dorsocephalad | toward the back of the head |
dystocia | difficulty in labor |
ectocytic | outside the cell |
endocardium | inner membrane layer of the heart |
endochondral | within the cartilage |
endoscopy | process of using a scope to look into the body |
euthanasia | easy death |
euthocia | easy labor |
hemostasis | control blood flow |
hyperplasia | overdevelopement ( too many cells) |
inferior | below |
lateral | side |
lithotripsy | surgical crushing of a stone |
lymphostasis | control or stoppage of lymph flow |
medial | middle |
mesoderm | middle germ layer |
midaxillary | middle of the armpit |
midsagittal | the plane dividing the body into equal right & left halves. |
neurotripsy | surgical crushing of a nerve |
omphalic | pertaining to the umbilicus |
omphalocele | umbilical hernia |
omphalorrhea | discharge from the umbilicus |
paracystitis | inflammation near the urinary bladder |
parietal | pertaining to the wall |
peritoneum | membrane of the abdomen |
pleura | membrane of the lungs |
posteroanterior | from back to front |
posteroexternal | back & outside |
posternointernal | back & inside |
posterolateral | back & side |
procephalic | in front of the head |
proximal | near the point of orgin |
pseudocyesis | false pregnancy (pseudopregnancy) |
pseudocyst | false cyst |
pseudoesthesia | false sensation (i.e. phantomlimb) |
retrocolic | behind the colon |
retroflexion | bending (flexing) backward |
retroperiotneum | behind the periotneum |
retrosternal | behind the sternum |
retoversion | twisting(turning)backward |
sagittal | vertical plane or slice, divides into left & right |
superior | above |
syphilophobia | abnormal fear of syphilis |
ventral | front (anterior) |
viscera | organs |
visceropleura | membrane surrounding & attached to the lung |
Anter/o | one combining form referring to front |
A location closer to the point of origin or the beginning | Proximal |
A plane making a vertical cut is the __________ plane | sagittal or midsagittal |
Define diagnosis | The identification of a disease through study of its symptoms and signs |
Coronal comes from the Greek word for: | Crown |
The opposite of the prefix pre- is? | Post |
The prefix meaning "through" is: | dia- |
the term meaning "pertaining to the area called the armpit is: | Axillary |
A caudal direction is toward the: | Tail |
In a posteroanterior direction the X-ray goes through the ___________ first | back |
If you see the word root omphal thing of: | Navel |
Chromolysis is destruction of: | Color |
The prefix eu- means: | Good or easy |
The suffix -stasis means: | Control or stopping |
Correctly spell the medical term for predicting the outcome of a disease | Prognoses, Prognosis |
Correctly spell the medical term for treatment that removes waste from the blood using an artificial kidney | Hemodialysis, renal dialysis |
Correctly spell the medical term for pertaining to including the front and side | Anterolateral, Ventrolateral |
Correctly spell the medical term for vertical cut that divides the body into equal left and right halves | Midsagittal, Sagittal |
Correctly spell the medical term for the study of identifying body parts | Anatomy |
Correctly spell the medical term for toward the back of the head | Posterocephalic |
Correctly spell the medical term for discharge flowing from the navel | Omphalorrhea |
Correctly spell the medical term for fear of air | Homophobia |
Correctly spell the medical term for control of blood flow | Hemostasis |
Correctly spell the medical term for organism that lives without oxygen (adj) | Anaerobic |
Correctly spell the medical term for one who studies living things | Biologist |
Correctly spell the medical term for attraction to color | Chromophilic, Chromophilia |
Correctly spell the medical term for easy breathing | Eupnea |
Correctly spell the medical term for prolapse or displacement of an organ | Visceoptosis |
Correctly spell the medical term for membrane attached to the lung | Visceropleura |
Correctly spell the medical term for fear of contracting syphilis | Syphilophobia |
Correctly spell the medical term for false pregnancy | Pseudocyesis, Pseudopregnancy |
Correctly spell the medical term for inner germ (embryonic) layer from which intestine is formed | Endoderm |
Correctly spell the medical term for insulin is formed outside its source | Exogenous |
Correctly spell the medical term for location behind the sternum | Retrosternal |
Correctly spell the medical term for bending forward | Anteflexion |
Correctly spell the medical term for near or around the urinary bladder | Paracystic |
Correctly spell the medical term for difficult or painful menstruation | Dysmenorrhea |
Correctly spell the medical term for study of what is good and bad for living things | Bioethics |
Correctly spell the medical term for difficulty in labor | Dystocia |
Correctly spell the medical term for defective development of the spinal cord or bone marrow | Myelodysplasia |
Correctly spell the medical term for easy death, active or passively assisting with easing the dying process | Euthanasia |
Correctly spell the medical term for false cyst | Pseudocyesis |
Give the correct definition for anterolateral | pertaining to the front and side |
Give the correct definition for syphilopsychosis | severe mental disorder caused by infection by syphilis |
Give the correct definition for ectopic pregnancy | development of fertilized ovum outside the uterus |
Give the correct definition for retroperitonitis | Behind the peritoneum |
Give the correct definition for endoscopy | Looking inside the body with a scope |
Give the correct medical abbreviation for anterior to posterior | AP |
Give the correct medical abbreviation for diagnosis | Dx |
Give the correct medical abbreviation for biopsy | Bx, Bi |
Give the correct medical abbreviation for tuberculosis | TB |
Give the correct medical abbreviation for lateral | LAT |
Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation LMP | Last menstrual period |
Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation Px | Prognosis |
Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation Hx | History |
Give the meaning of the medical abbreviation PA | Posterior to Anterior |