Term | Definition |
IR/O , IRID/O | IRIS |
-CUSIS | HEARING |
MYRING/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM |
BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
STIGMATISM | UNEVEN CURVATURE OF THE CORNEA |
AMETROPHIA | ANY ERROR OF REFRACTION |
ADNEXA | AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OF AN ORGAN |
ANISOCORIA | CONDITION WHERE PUPILS ARE UNEQUAL |
AMBLYOPIA | ANY DIMNESS OF VISION |
TINNITUS | BUZZING OR RINGING IN THE EAR |
PRESBYOPIA | SIGHT LOSS FROM OLD AGE |
PRESBYCUSIS | HEARING LOSS FROM OLD AGE |
PERIORBITAL EDEMA | SWELLING AROUND THE EYES |
VIRTIGO | LACK OF BALANCE, DIZZINESS |
PY/O | PUSS |
HIRSUT/O | HAIRY, ROUGH |
PIL/O | HAIR |
DERMAT/O | SKIN |
HYDR/O | SWEAT |
XER/O | DRY |
PETECHIAE | PIN POINT HEMORRHAGES SMALLER THAN 2MM |
PARONYCHIA | INFECTION AROUND THE NAIL |
PRURITUS | ITCHING |
PEDICULOSIS | LICE |
COMEDO | BLACK HEAD |
CARBUNCLE | CLUSTER OF BOILS |
FURUNCLE | BOIL |
FOLUICULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE FOLUCULE |
ERYTHEMA | REDNESS SKIN |
ECCHYMOSIS | VERY LARGE BRUSE |
ADREN/O | ADRENAL GLAND |
ACR/O | EXTRIMITIES |
GLYC/O | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
DYSPIA | THIRST |
CRIN/0 | SECRETE |
PITUITAR/O | PITUITARY GLAND |
-POLY | MANY |
THYR/O | THYROID |
THYM/O | THYMUS |
HYPERGLYCEMIA | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
HYPOTHYROIDISM | DEFICIECY OF THYROID SECRETION |
HYPOGLYCEMIA | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
HYPERTHYROIDISM | EXCESSIVE THYROID HORMONE |
GROWTH HORMONE | WHAT MAKES BONES, MUSCLE, AND OTHER BODY TISSUE GROW |
ACROMEGLY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIES AFTER PUPERTY |
GIGANTISM | ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTREMITIES BEFORE PUPERTY |
CRETINISM | ARRESTED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT |
PROLACTINOMA | BENIGN TUMOR OF PITUITARY GLAND |
ESTROGEN/PROGESTEONE | FEMALE HORMONES |
CERVIC/O | CERVIX |
COLP/O | VAGINA |
GRAVADA | PREGNANT |
GYNEC/O | FEMALE |
HYSTER/O | UTERIS |
ECTOPIC PREGANANCY | EGG ATTACHES OUTSIDE THE UTERIAN WALL |
ENDOCERVICITIS (ENDOCERVISITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE CERVIX |
ENDOMETRIOSIS | ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE ATTACHED TO PELVIC CAVITY |
EPIDIYMITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EPIDIDYMUS |
EPISIOTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION TO PREVENT TARING DURING CHILD BIRTH |
HYSTEROSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES |
LAPAR/O | ABDOMEN OR ABDOMINAL WALL |
-OTOMY | INCISION |
PHELB/O | VIEN |
RADI/O | RADIATION |
SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
KETONURIA | KETONES IN THE URINE |
SPECULM | INSTRUMENT USED TO ENLARGE THE OPENING OF A BODY OSTRACISM |
OTOSCOPE | TOOL USED TO EXAMINE INSIDE THE EAR |
SPHYGMOMANOMETER | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF |
RECUMBENT | LAYING DOWN POSITION |
LITHOTOMY POSITION | LAYING DOWN WITH FEET IN STURUPS |
PRONE POSITION | LAYING BELLY DOWN |
RADIOLUCENT | SUBSTANCE THAT ALLOWS X-RAY TO PASS TRHOUGH |
RADIOPAQUE | SUBSTANCE THAT DOES NOT LET X-RAY TO PASS THROUGH |
AUDIOMETERY | HEARING TEST |
XEROPHALMIA | DRY EYES |
PHOTOPHOBIA | LIGHT SENSITIVITY |
GLACOMA | GROUP OF DISEASES THAT INCREASE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
HORDEOLUM | PUSS FILLED LESION IN THE EYE (STY) |
RETINOPEXY | RETINA FIXATION OR REATTACHMENT |
CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA |
MASTOIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF MASTOID CELL |
TONOMETRY | PROCEDURE TO MEASURE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
IDRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF PART OF IRIS |
DACRYOADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF DACRYO GLAND |
EXOTROPIA | WALL EYE, EYE WANDERS OUTWARD |
MYRINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR |
CATARACTS | LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE LENS OF THE EYE |
IRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE IRIS |
VITRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF VITRUS FLUID IN THE EYE |
ALBINISM | LACK OF PIGMANT |
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | FORM OF CANCER ORIGINATE IN T SQUAMOUS CELL |
BULLA | ENLARGED BLISTER |
BLEPHEROPLASTY | EYELID LIFT |
DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
WHEAL | SMALL BUMPS THAT ITCHES, ALLERGIC REACTION |
DYSPLASTIC NEVI | ATYPICAL MOLE THAT CAN DEVELOP INTO CANCER |
TINEA | (RINGWORM) FUNGAL INFECTION ON SKIN, HAIR, OR NAILS |
ECZEMA | DERMATITIS REDNESS ITCHING BLISTERS |
SCLERODERMA | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER WHERE CONNECTIVE TISSUE IS HARDEN |
HEMATOMA | BRUSE |
ROSACEA | CHRONIC CONDITION BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS |
EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS | SCALING OF SKIN |
KELOID | ABNORMAL RAISED OR THICKENED SCAR |
ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS | INGROWN TOENAIL |
NECROTIZING FASCIITIS | FLESH EATING BACTERIA |
KERATOISIS | WART OR CALLUS ANY SKIN GROWTH |
CALCITONIN CALISTOMEN | HORMONE REGULATE CALCIUM LEVELS |
ADRENALECTOMY ** | REMOVAL OF ONE OR BOTH ADRENAL GLANDS |
OXYTOCYN | HORMONE SECRETED BY PITUITARY GLANDS TO STIMULATE CONTRACTIONS |
MYXEDEMA | ADULT FORM OF HYPOTHYROIDISM |
GYNECCOMASTIA | CONDITION OF EXCESS MAMMARY DEVELOPMENT IN MALES |
TESTOSTERONE | HORMONE THAT STIMULATES MALE SEX CHROMISONE |
INTERSTITIAL CELL STIMULATING HORMONE | HORMONE THAT STIMULATES OVULATION AND SECRETION OF TESTOSTERONE |
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY | DIABETES DAMAGES BLOOD CELLS OF RETINA |
APGAR SCORE | EVALUATION FOR NEWBORNS IN THE FIRST 1-5 MINS OF LIFE |
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME | CONDITION WHERE OVARYS ARE ENLARGED BECAUSE OF PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE CYSTS |
SALPINGO-OOPHERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF FALLOPIAN TUBE AND OVERARY |
MENOMETRORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE UTERAN BLEEDING DURING MENSTRATION |
ANDROPAUSE | DECREASE OF MALE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE |
NULLIGRAVIDA | NEVER BEEN PREGANET |
SYPHILIS | STD CAUSED BY BACTERIA TEMPAMINO PALIDONE |
PERIMENOPAUSE | TRANSITION PHASE FROM MENSTRUATION TO MO MENSTRATION |
FYBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE | PRESENCE OF CYST ON OR MORE IN THE BREAST |
MASTALGIA | BREAST PAIN |
CERVICAL DYSPLASIA | ABNORMAL CELLS OF THE CERVIX |
CHLAMYDIA | MOST COMMON STD |
PYURIA | PUSS IN THE URINE |
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPH SCAN CT-SCAN | ROTATING E-RAY SCAN THAT GIVES CROSS SECTION VIEW OF THE BODY |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPH | DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETERMINE STRUCTURE AND MOTION OF THE HEART |
ACUPUNCTURE | TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE USED VERY THING NEEDLES |
BACTERIURIA | BACTERIA IN URINE |
CONTRA INDICATION | PATIENT CONDITION THAT USES RECOMMENDED MEDICATION IS ILL ADVISED FOR THAT PATIENT |
URINALYSIS | URINE TEST |
ENDOSCOPE | SMALL FIXABLE TUBE WITH LIGHT AT END |
ANTIPYRETIC | MEDICATION TO REDUCE FEVER |
AMENORRHEIA | NO PERIOD FOR 3 PLUS MONTHS |
KERAT/O | CORNEA |