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Med Term ASA Unit 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -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 |
Created by:
Paul Mayuiers
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