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Medical Termz
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ar, -ic, -al, -us, -ac | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -pathy | disease |
| -gastro | stomach |
| Cardio- | heart |
| Pulmano- | lungs |
| Myo- | muscle |
| Osteo- | bone |
| Gingiv/o- | gums |
| Lip/o- | fat |
| Esophag/o- | esophagus |
| Hepat/o- | liver |
| Duoden/o- | duodenum |
| -rrhea | discharge/flow |
| Sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon |
| Stomat/o- | mouth |
| Dys- | difficult/painful |
| Gloss/o- | tongue |
| -phagia | swallow |
| Enter/o- | intestines |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -scopy | process of working |
| Lingu/o- | tongue |
| Abdomin/o- | abdomen |
| Rect/o | rectum |
| Pancreat/o- | pancreas |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -cele | hernia/herniation |
| -ectomy | excision "cut out" |
| -tomy | incision "cut into" |
| -rrhagia | hemorrage |
| -rraphy | suture, stitch |
| -rrhexis | rupture/burst |
| midsagittal plane | divides the body into equal left and right planes |
| frontal plane | divides the body into front & back parts |
| transverse plane | divides body into upper & lower parts |
| Proct/o- | rectum & anus |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| Angi/o- | vessels |
| Arteri/o- | arteries |
| Phleb/o- | veins |
| Hem/o- | blood |
| -gram | picture |
| Electro- | electrical |
| Tachy- | rapid/fast |
| Brady- | slow |
| -cyte | cell |
| Leuk/o- | white |
| Erythr/o- | red |
| Thromb/o- | clot |
| -emia | low count |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -grapher | person who takes the picture |
| Radi/o- | x-ray |
| -graphy | process of taking the picture |
| -logist | specialist |
| -genic | forming/to generate |
| An-, A- | without |
| Ech/o- | sound |
| Superior | above, higher than |
| Inferior | below, lower than |
| Nas/o- | nose, nasal cavity |
| Epiglottis | epiglottis |
| Trache/o- | trachea |
| Bronch/o- | bronchial tubes |
| Pneum/o- | lungs |
| Pneumon/o- | lungs |
| Spir/o- | breathe |
| -pnea | breathe |
| Thorac/o- | thorax, Thoracic cavity |
| Pleur/o- | pleural membrane |
| Laryng/o- | larynx |
| Phren/o- | diaphragm |
| Pharyng/o- | pharynx |
| Hyper- | increased |
| Hypo- | decreased |
| -algia | pain |
| ENT | Ear, Nose & Throat specialist |
| SOB | short of breath |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| COPD | Chronic Obtructive Pulmonary Disease |
| URI | Upper Respiratory Infection |
| TB, Tb | Tuberculosis |
| Rhin/o- | nose, nasal cavity |
| Hemat/o- | blood |
| Son/o- | sound |
| Endo- | inside |
| Ex- | outside |
| Muscul/o- | muscle |
| Oste/o- | bones |
| Tendon/o- | tendons |
| Chondr/o- | cartilage |
| Arthr/o- | joint |
| Kinesi/o- | movement |
| -malacia | softening |
| -plasia | developing |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| cost/o- | rib |
| crani/o- | skull |
| dent/o- | teeth |
| pelv/i- | pelvis |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to draw out fluid |
| Peri- | around, surrounding |
| DO | Doctor of osteopathy (diseases of bones) |
| CPD | cephalopelvic disproportion |
| OREF | open reduction of external fracture |
| ORIF | open reduction of internal fracture |
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