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Medical Terminology
Health Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -itis | Inflamation of |
| -ar, -ic, -al, -us, -ac | Pertainning to |
| -logy | Study of |
| -scope | Instrument used for looking |
| -pathy | disease |
| Gastr/o- | Stomach |
| Cardi/o- | Heart |
| Pulman/o- | Lungs |
| My/o- | Muscles |
| Osti/o- | Bones |
| Abdomin/o- | Abdomin |
| Rect/o- | Rectum |
| Pancreat/o- | Pancreas |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -cele | Hernia/hernation |
| -ectomy | Excision "cut out" |
| -tomy | Incision "cut in" |
| -rrhea | Discharge or flow |
| -rragia | Hemmorage bleeding |
| -rrhapy | Suture, stitch |
| -rhexis | Rupture, burst |
| Midsagittal Plane | A plane that divides the body to equal left and right halves |
| Frontal plane | A plane that divides the body in front and back |
| Transverse plane | A plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts |
| Gingiv/o- | Gums |
| Lip/o- | Fat |
| Dys- | Difficult or painful |
| -plasty | To repair |
| Esophag/o- | Esophagaus |
| Lingu/o- | Tongue |
| Enter/o- | Intestine |
| -rrhea | Discharge or flow |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| -megaly | Enlarged |
| Sigmoid/o- | Colon |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| Duoden/o- | Duoden |
| Stomat/o- | Mouth |
| Hepat/o- | Liver |
| Cardi/o- | Heart |
| Angi/o- | Vessels |
| Arteri/o- | Arteries |
| Phleb/o- | Veins |
| Tachy- | Rapid or fast |
| Brady- | Slow |
| -cyte | Cell |
| Leuk/o- | White |
| -grapher | Person who takes the pictures |
| -graphy | Process of taking pictures |
| An- | Without |
| A- | Without |
| Hem/o- | Blood |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| -gram | Picture |
| Electr/o- | Electrical |
| Erythro/o- | Red |
| Thromb/o- | Clot |
| -emia | Low count |
| -lysis | Destruction of |
| Radi/o- | X-ray |
| -logist | Specialist |
| -genic | Forming or to generate |
| Ech/o- | Sound |
| Nas/o- | Nose |
| Rhin/o- | Nose |
| Trache/o- | Trachea |
| Bronch/o- | Bronchial tubes |
| Thorax/o- | Thorax |
| Pleur/o- | Pleura |
| Phren/o- | Diaphram |
| Hyper- | Increased |
| Hypo- | Decreased |
| Pneum/o- | Lungs |
| Pneumon/o- | Lungs |
| Pulman/o- | Lungs |
| Spir/o- | Breathe |
| -phea | Breathe |
| Laryng/o- | Larynx |
| Pharyng/o- | Pharynx |
| -algia | Pain |
| -spasm | Involuntary movement |
| ENT | Ears, nose, and throat specialist |
| SOB | Short of breathe |
| My/o- | Muscles |
| Muscul/o- | Muscles |
| Oste/o- | Bones |
| Tendon/o- | Tendons |
| Chondr/o- | Cartilage |
| Arthr/o- | Joints |
| Kinesi/o- | Movement |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -plasia | Developement |
| -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 |
| CPD | Cephalopelvic disproportion |
| OREF | Open reduction of external fracture |
| ORIF | Open reduction of internal fracture |
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