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Med Terminology 111
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centsesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break |
| -desis | binding/fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -lysis | separation/destruction |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| --rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | excision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia/swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation/expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | forming, producing |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating/swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage | bursting of |
| -rrhea | dischage |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| Midsagittal | Right and left halves |
| Coronal | anterior and posterior |
| transverse | superior and inferior |
| Left Hypochondriac | upper left |
| Epigastric | upper middle |
| Right hypochondriac | upper right |
| Left lumbar | left middle |
| Umbilical | navel region |
| right lumbar | right middle |
| left inguinal | left lower |
| hypogastric | lower middle |
| Right inguinal | right lower |
| cyt | cell |
| hist | tissue |
| nucle/karyo | nucleus |
| anter | front |
| caud | tail |
| dist | far/ farthest |
| dors | back |
| inguin | groin |
| albin/leuk | white |
| chlor | green |
| chrom | color |
| cirrh/jaund/xanth | yellow |
| melan | black |
| poli | gray |
| acr | extremities |
| eti | cause |
| fasci | band |
| idi | unknown/peculiar |
| path | disease |
| somat | body |
| son | sound |
| xer | dry |
| super | above |
| trans | across |
| ultra | excess |
| sign | observable by others |
| symptom | experienced only by patient |
| adhesion | abnormal fibrous band that holds normally separated tissues together |
| analyte | substance being analyzed or tested |
| dehiscence | bursting open of a wound |
| febrile | feverish |
| morbid | diseased |
| sepsis | pathological state resulting from the presence of microorganisms |
| suppurative | producing or associated with generation of pus |
| ablation | removal of a part |
| anastomosis | surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow to one another |
| curettage | scraping of a body cavity with a spoon shaped instrument called a curette |
| resection | partial excision of a bone, organ, or another structure. |
| Bx | biopsy |
| CT | computed tomography |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| Sx | symptom |
| Tx | treatment |
| Adip/lip/steat | fat |
| cutane/dermat/derm | skin |
| hidr/sudor | sweat |
| ichthy | dry, scaly |
| kerat | horny tissue |
| myc | fungus |
| onych/ungu | nail |
| pil/trich | hair |
| scler- | hardening |
| seb- | sebum |
| squam- | scale |
| xen- | foreign |
| Carbuncle | deep-seated pyogenic infection of the skin usually involving subcutaneous tissue |
| cellulitis | acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |
| ecchymosis | bruise |
| eschar | damaged tissue following a severe burn |
| furuncle | Bacterial infection of a hair follicle or sebaceous gland that produces a pus filled lesion called a boil |
| eczema | acute or chronic skin inflammation |
| hirsutism | condition characterized by excessive growth of hair |
| keratosis | thickened area of the epidermis |
| pallor | unusual paleness |
| pediculosis | infestation with lice |
| petechia | minute, pinpoint hemorrhage under the skin |
| pruritus | intense itching |
| purpura | bleeding disorders characterized by hemorrhage into the tissues |
| scabies | contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite |
| vitiligo | localized loss of skin pigmentation |
| FS | frozen section |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
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