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medical term quiz 1

QuestionAnswer
-trophy development, nourishment
-ic pertaining to, relating to
sepsis body's inflammatory response to infection, in which there is a fever, elevated heart & respiratory rate, and low blood pressure
inflammation protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy
adhesion band of scar tissue; binding anatomical surfaces that normally are separate from each other
systemic relating to a system; pertaining to blood flow that leaves the left ventricle to deliver oxygen to the body as distinct from the blood flow that leaves the right ventricle to become oxygenated in the lungs; pertaining to the whole body
AP anteroposterior
cauterize process of burning tissue by thermal heat, including steam, electricity, or another agent, such as laser or dry ice
CT computed tomography (tomo=to cut)
Papule solid, elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter that may be the same color as the skin
tumor solid, elevated lesion larger than 2 cm in diameter that extends into the dermal and subcutaneous layers
example of tumor dermatofibroma
example of papule nevus
cryosurgery use of subfreezing temperature (commonly with liquid nitrogen) to destroy adnormal tissue cells, such as unwanted, cancerous, or infected tissue
vesicle elevated, circumscribed, fluid filled lesion less than .5cm in diameter
example of vesicle chicken pox
I&D incision and drainage; incision of a lesion, such as an abscess, followed by the drainage of its contents
urticaria allergic reaction of the skin characterized by eruption of pale-red elevated patches that are intensely itchy
Kaposi sarcoma a malignant skin tumor frequently associated with patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; initially appears purplish brown lesion; often fatal
sebaceous oil secreting glands of skin
-plasty surgical repair
-phoresis carrying, transmission
xer/o dry
squam/o scale
seb/o sebum,sebaceous
scler/o hardening;sclera (white of eye)
4 quadrants RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ
PIL/O HAIR
-malacia softening
kerat/o horny tissue; hard; cornea
-ous pertaining to, relating to
dys bad, painful, difficult
-cele hernia, swelling
steat/o fat
ichthy/o dry, scaly
sudor/o sweat
-scope instrument to view of examine
-pathy disease
-o/logist specialist in the study of:
hyper- excessive, above normal
-ectomy excision, removal
o/logy study of
supra above, excessive
di- double
ur/o urine, urinary tract
-esis condition
melan/o black
-cyte cell
peri- around
dent/o teeth
-al pertaining to, relating to
arthr/o joint
ventral front side
dorsal back side
neur/o nerve
myo muscle
4 types of tissue epithelium, nerve, muscle, connective
basic to complex structural unit atom-molecule-cell-tissue-organ-organ system
-natal pertaining to birth
-itis inflammation
hypo- under below
ren/o kidney
macro large
cephal/o head
abd abdomen
Lat lateral
RBC red blood cell
erythrocyte red blood cell
WBC white blood cell
leukocyte white blood cell
ID intradermal
example of ID Mantoux test
FH family history
Bx biopsy
xanthoma yellow tumor
trichomycosis abnormal condition of the hair caused by fungus
dermatitis inflammation of the skin
mycosis abnormal condition caused by fungus
-therapy treatment
-rrhea discharge, flow
trich/o hair
layers of skin epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue
largest organ in the body skin
onych/o nail
myc/o fungus
epi- above, upon
pre- before, infront
hidr/o sweat
gastr/o stomach
ot/o ear
rhin/o nose
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