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Tcc schoffm exam 1
medical terminolgy ch 1 to 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ine | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -lysis | process of breaking down or destroying |
| -ia | condition; state, thing |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -logy | the study of |
| endo- | innermost; within |
| epi- | upon; around |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after; behind |
| pre- | before; in front of |
| sub- | below; underneath; less then |
| trans- | across; through |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| hemi- | one half |
| hyper- | above; more than normal |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| mono- | one; single |
| poly- | many; much |
| quadri- | four |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| a- | away from; without |
| an- | without; not |
| anti- | against |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
| eu- | normal; good |
| nal | bad; inadequate |
| re- | again and again |
| CC | chief complaint |
| CPR | computerized patient record |
| DS | discharge summary |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| EHR | electronic health record |
| EMR | electronic medical record |
| EPR | electronic patient record |
| FH | family history |
| H&P | history and physical examination |
| HIPAA | health insurance portability and accountability act |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| PE | physical exmination |
| PMH | past medical history |
| ROS | review of systems |
| SH | social history |
| Anatomical | ana- apart from; excessive tom/o- cut; slice; layer -ical pertaining to |
| Plane | is an imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two parts |
| coronal | coron/o- structure that encircles like a crown -al pertaining to |
| frontal | front/o-front -al pertaining |
| anterior | anter/o- before; front part -ior pertaining to |
| ventral | ventr/o- front; abdoment -al pertaining to |
| posterior | poster/o- back part -ior pertaining to |
| dorsal | dors/o- back; dorsum -al pertaining to |
| prone | laying face down |
| supine | laying on the back; face up |
| anteroposterior | anter/o- before; front part poster/o- back part -ior pertaining to |
| posteroanterior | poster/o- back part anter/o-before; front part -ior pertaining to |
| sagittal | sagitt/o-going from front to back -al pertaining to |
| medial | medi/o- middle -al pertaining to |
| lateral | later/o- side al- pertaining to |
| transverse | trans- across; through -verse to travel; to turn |
| superior | super/o-above -ior pertaining to |
| inferior | infer/o- below -ior pertaining to |
| cephalad | cephal/o head -ad toward; in the direction of |
| caudad | caud/o- tail -ad toward; in the direction of |
| distal | dist/o- away from the center or point of origin -al pertaining to |
| proximal | proxim/o- near the center or point or origin -al pertaining to |
| external | extern/o- outside -al pertaining to |
| internal | intern/o- inside -al pertaining to |
| Body Cavities | Cranial cavity, spinal cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity |
| cavity | cav/o- hollow space -ity state or condition |
| cranial spinal | is withing the bony cranium. contains the brain, cranial nerves, and other structures |
| thoracic | thorac/o- thorax -ic pertaining to |
| abdominal | abdomin/o- abdoment -ic pertaining to |
| pelvic | pelv/o- pelvis -ic pertaining to |
| abdominopelvic | abdomin/o- abdomen pelv/o- pelvis -ic pertaining to |
| viscera | viscer/o- large internal organs -al pertaining to |
| hypochondriac | hypo- below; deficient chondro/o- cartilage -iac pertaining to |
| epigastric | epi- upon' above gastr/o - stomach -ic pertaining to |
| lumbar | lumb/o- lower back -ar pertaining to |
| umbilical | umbilic/o- umbilicus; navel -al pertaining to |
| inguinal | inguin/o- groin -al pertaining to |
| iliac | ili/o- hip bone -ac pertaining to |
| hypogastric | hypo- below; deficient gastri/o- stomach -ic pertaining to |
| cell | the smallest independently functioning structure in the body that can reproduce itself by division |
| Microscopic | Micr/o- one millionth; small scop/o- examine with an instrument -ic pertaining to |
| Microscope | Micr/o- one millionth; small -scope instrument used to examine |
| tissue | cells combine to form |
| organ | tissues combine to form |
| macroscopic | Macr/o- large scop/o- examine with an instrument -ic pertaining to |
| congenital | congenit/o-present at birth -al pertaining to |
| degenerative | de- reversal of; without gener/o- production; creation -ative pertaining to |
| environmental | caused b the exposure to external substances ex smoke, allergies, skin cancer |
| hereditary | heredit/o- genetic inheritance -ary pertaining to |
| iatrogenic | idi/o- unknown; individual path/o- disease; suffering -ic pertaining to |
| infectious | infect/o- disease within -ious pertaining to |
| pathogen | path/o- disease; suffering -gen that which produces |
| communicable | communic/o- impart; transmit -able abe to be |
| neoplastic | ne/o- new plast/o- growth; formation -ic pertaining to |
| nosocomial | nosocomi/o- hospitial -al pertaining to |
| nutritional | nutri/o- nourishment -ion a process -al pertaining to |
| Onset of a disease | is noticed because of symptoms or signs |
| symptom | any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient |
| symptomatology | symptomat/o- collection of symptoms -logy study of |
| syndrome | syn-together -drome a running |
| asymptomatic | a- away; without symptomat/o- collection of symptoms -ic pertaining to |
| inspection | inspecti/o- looking at -ion action; condition |
| palpation | palpat/o- touching or feeling -ion action; condition |
| auscultation | auscult/o- listening -ation a process; being or having |
| percussion | percuss/o- tapping -ion action |
| disease | the course of a disease includes all events from the onset |
| acute | sudden in nature and sever in intensity |
| subacute | less sever in intensity |
| chronic | chron/o-time -ic pertaining to |
| exacerbation | ecacerb/o- increase; provoke -ation a process; being or having |
| remission | remiss/o- send back -ion action; condition |
| sequela | abnormal condition or complication that arises because of the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved |
| therapeutic | therapeut/o- therapy; treatment -ic pertaining to |
| refractory | re- again fract/o- to break up -ory having the function of |
| surgery | surg/o- operative procedure -ery process of |
| prognosis | pro- before gnos/o- knowledge -osis condition; ambnormal |
| recuperation | recuper/o- recover -ation a process; being |
| disability | a permanent loss of the ability to perform certain activities |
| terminal | termin/o- end; boundry -al pertaining to |
| anorexia | an- without orex/o- appetite -ia condition; state; thing |
| dysphagia | dys- painful sphag/o- swallowing; eating -ia condition; state; thing |
| polyphagia | poly- many phag/o- eating swallowing -ia condition; state; thing |
| cheilitis | cheil/o- lip -itis inflamation |
| sialolithiasis | sial/o- saliva; salivary gland lith/o- stone -iasis state of; process of |
| stomatitis | stomat/o- stomach -titis inflammation |
| dyspepsia | dys- painful; difficult; abnormal pep/o- digestion -ia condition; state; thing |
| gastritis | gastr/o- stomach -itis inflammation |
| gastroenteritis | gastr/o- stomach enter/o- intestines -itis inflammation |
| gaastoesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | chronic inflammation and irritation due to reflux of stomach acid back into the esophagus |
| heartburn | temporary inflammation of the esophagus due to reflux of stomach acid |
| nausea | an unpleasant, queasy felling in the stomach that recedes the urge to vomit |
| emesis | vomiting - the expelling to food from the stomach through the mouth |
| vomitus | vomit - the expelled food or chyme |
| regurgiation | regurgitat/o- flow backward -ion action; condition |
| hyperemesis | hyper- above; more than nomal emesis- condition of vomiting |
| peptic ulcer disease(PUD) | chronic irritation, buring pain, and erosion of the mucosa to form an ulcer. |
| stomach cancer | cancerous tumor of the stomach |
| adenocarcinoma | aden/o- gland carcin/o- cancer -oma tumor; mass |
| ileus | abnormal absence or peristalis in the small and large intestines |
| intussusceptions | intussuscp/o- to receive within -tion a process; being or having |
| volvulus | twisting of the intestine around itself because of structural abnormality of the mesentery. |
| appendicitis | appendic/o- appendis -itis inflamation |
| colic | col/o- colon -ic pertaining to |
| colon cancer | cancerous tumor of the colon |
| divericulum | weakness in the wall of the colon where the mucosa forms a pouch or tube. |
| diverticula | more then one divericulum |
| diverticulosis | diverticul/o- diverticulum -osis condition; abnormal condition; rocess |
| diverticulitis | diverticul/o- diverticulum -itis inflamation |
| dysentery | dys- difficult; painful; abnormal -entery condition of the intestine |
| gluten enteropathy | an autoimmune disorder and toxic reaction to the gluten found in certain grains |
| celiac | celi/o- abdomen -ac pertaining to |
| inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | disorder of the function of the colon, although eh mucosa of the colon never shows and visible signs of inflammation |
| Crohn | or regional enteritis affect the ilum and colon |
| enteritis | enter/o- intestine -itis inflamation |
| ulcerative | ulcerat/o- ulcer -ive pertaining to |
| colitis | col/o- colon -itis inflammation |
| Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | chronic inflammation of various parts of the small and large intestines |
| polyp | small fleshy, benign or precancerous growth in the mucosa of the colon |
| hemmorrhoids | hemorrh/o- a flowing of blood -oid resembling |
| proctitis | proct/o- rectum -itis inflammation of |
| rectocele | rect/o- rectum -cele hernia |
| constipation | constip/o- compacted feces -ation a process; being or having |
| diarrhea | dia- complete; completely through -rrhea flow; discharge |
| flatulence | flatul/o flatus (gas) -ence state of |
| hematochezia | hemat/o- blood chez/o- to pass feces -ia condition; state; thing |
| incontinence | in- in; withing; not contin/o- hold together -ence state of |
| steatorrhea | steat/o- fat -rrhea flow; discharge |
| adhesions | adhes/o- to stick to -ion action; condition |
| hernia | weakness in the muscle or the diaphragm or abdominal wall |
| hiatal | hiat/o- gap; opening -al pertaining to |
| incisional | incis/o- to cut into -ion action; condition -al pertaining to |
| peritonitis | periton/o- peritoneum -itis inflammation |
| ascites | Accumulation of ascitic fluid in he abdominopelvic cavity. |
| cirrhosis | cirrh/o- yellow -osis condition; abnormal condition; process |
| hepatitis | hepat/o- liver -itis inflamation |
| hepatomegaly | hepat/o- liver -megaly enlargement |
| jaundice | jaund/o- yellow -ice state; quality |
| liver cancer | cancerous tumor of the liver |
| hepatoma | hepat/o- liver -oma mass tumor |
| cholangitis | chalangi/o- bile duct -itis inflamation |
| choecystitis | choecyst/o- gallbladder -itis inflamation |
| cholelithiasis | chol/e- bile; gall lith/o- stone -iasis state of procss of |
| pancreatic cancer | cancerous tumor of the pancreas |
| adenocarcinoma | aden/o- gland carcin/o- cancer -oma tumor mass |
| pancreatitis | pancreato- pancreas -itis inflammation |
| barium enema | Procedure that uses liquid radiopaque contrast medium (barium) instilled into the rectum and colon |
| cholangiography | chalangi/o- bile duct -graphy process of recording |
| computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT scan) | procedure that uses x-rays to crate images of abdominal organs and structures in many thin, successive slices |
| magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | procedure that uses a strong magnetic field to align protons in the atoms of the patient's body |
| Upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) | Procedure that uses a liquid radiopaque contrast medium ( barium) that is swallowed |
| nasogastic tube | nas/o- nose gastr/o= stomach -ic pertaining to |
| abdomoinocentesis | abdomin/o- abdomen -centesis procedure to puncture |
| appendectomy | append/o- small stucture hanging from a larger structure; appendix -ectomy surgical excision |
| biopsy | bi/o- life -opsy process of viewing |
| bowel resection and anastomosis | procedure to remove a section of diseased intestine and rejoin the intestine. |
| cholesystectomy | cholecyst/o- gallbladder -ectomy surgical excision |
| colostomy | col/o- colon -stomy surgically created opening |
| stoma | the mouth of the colon that is rolled up and sutured to abdominal wall |
| endoscopy | end/o- innermost; withing -scopy process of using and instrument to examine |
| esophagoscopy | esophag/o- esophagus -scopy process of using an instrument to examine |
| gastroscopy | gastr/o- stomach -scopy process of using an instrument to examine |
| esophagogastroduodenoscopy | esophag/o- esophagus gastr/o- stomach duoden/o- duodenum -scopy process of using an instrument to examine |
| sigmoidoscopy | sigmoid/o- sigmoid colon -scopy process of using an instrument to examine |
| colonoscopy | colon/o- colon -scopy process of using an instrument to examine |
| laparotomy | lapar/o- abdomen -tomy process of cutting of making an incision |
| gastrectomy | gastr/o- stomach -ectomy surgical excision |
| gastreoplasty | gastr/o- stomach -plasty process of reshaping by surgery |
| gastrostomy | gastr/o- stomach -stomy surgically crated opening |
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