The Language of Medicine Chabner 8th ed
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| A blood cell that produces antibodies | Lymphocyte
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| Opposite of -malacia is | -sclerosis
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| Excessive development | hypertrophy
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| -cele | hernia
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| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -genesis | condition of producing, forming
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation
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| -pathy | disease condition
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -plasia | development, formation, growth
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -ptosis | sag
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| -stomy | opening to form a mouth
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| -tomy | incision, cutting into
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| -ule | little, small
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| -genic | pertaining to produce
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | little or small
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -ectomy | resection
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| record of the spinal cord | myelogram
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| process of recording blood vessels | angiography
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| pain of a muscle | myalgia
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| surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest | thoracentesis
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| berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria in clusters | staphlococci
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| resection of the voice box | laryngectomy
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| to hold back blood from cells | ischemia
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| hernia of the urinary bladder | cystocele
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| fear of heights (extremeties) | acrophobia
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| flesh (malignant) tumor of muscle | myosarcoma
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| study of the shape (of cells) | morphology
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| inflammation of an eyelid | blepharitis
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| softening of cartilage | chondromalacia
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| tumor of bone marrow | myeloma
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| disease of heart muscle | myocardiopathy
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| thrombocyte | a clotting cell; platelet
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| erythrocyte | a red blood cell
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| neutrophil | a granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulfing and digesting them; polymorphonulear leukocyte
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| monocyte | a mononuclear leukocyte that is a phagocyte
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| lymphocyte | a mononuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by making antibodies
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| eosinophil | a leukocyte whose granules turn red with stain and whose numbers are elevated in allergic reactions
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| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs
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| necrotic | pertaining to death
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| inguinal | pertaining to the groin
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| Located on the dorsal side of an endocrine gland in the neck | parathyroid glands
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| Recombinant DNA | Gene from one organism is inserted into another organism
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| Tachycardia | Rapid heartbeat
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| Epithelium | Surface cells that line internal organs and are found under the skin
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| Percutaneous | through the skin
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| ante- | before
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| anti- | against
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| ana- | up
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| brady- | slow
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| con- | with, together
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| bi- | to
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| ad- | toward
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| dys- | abnormal
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| dia- | complete, through
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| epi- | above
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| eu- | normal
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| intra- | within
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| de- | down, lack-of
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| inter- | between
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| hypo- | deficient
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| hyper- | excessive
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| mal- | bad
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| peri- | surrounding
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| poly- | many, much
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| per- | through
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| syn- | together
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| neo- | new
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| meta- | beyond, change
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| para- | abnormal, beside, near
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| post- | after, behind
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| ectopic | pregnancy that is out of place
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| euphoria | good feeling (well-being)
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| dysplasia | condition of abnormal formation (of cells)
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| endotracheal | pertaining to within the windpipe
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| infracostal | pertaining to below the ribs
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| hypoglycemia | blood condition of less thatn normal sugar
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| antisepsis | against infection
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| apnea | not breathing
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| antepartum | before birth
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| anoxia | condition of no oxygen
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| congenital anomaly | irregualrity at birth
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| contralateral | pertaining to opposite side
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| metamorphosis | condition change of shape or form
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| malaise | vague feeling of bodily discomfort
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| pancytopenia | deficiency of all blood cells
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| dialysis | separation of wastes from the blood
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| metastasis | spread of a cancerous tumor to a secondary organ or tissue
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| exophthalmos | eyeballs that bulge outward
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| paralysis | loss of movement in muscles
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| prodrome | symptoms that appear before an illness
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| remission | symptoms lessen
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| relapse | disease or symptoms return
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| syndactyly | webbed fingers or toes
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| inguinal | pertaining to the groin
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| Located on the dorsal side of an endocrine gland in the neck | parathyroid glands
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| Recombinant DNA | Gene from one organism is inserted into another organism
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| Tachycardia | Rapid heartbeat
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| Epithelium | Surface cells that line internal organs and are found under the skin
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| Percutaneous | through the skin
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| ante- | before
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| anti- | against
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| ana- | up
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| brady- | slow
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| con- | with, together
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| bi- | to
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| ad- | toward
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| dys- | abnormal
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| dia- | complete, through
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| epi- | above
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| eu- | normal
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| intra- | within
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| de- | down, lack-of
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| inter- | between
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| hypo- | deficient
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| hyper- | excessive
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| mal- | bad
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| peri- | surrounding
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| poly- | many, much
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| per- | through
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| syn- | together
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| neo- | new
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| meta- | beyond, change
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| para- | abnormal, beside, near
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| post- | after, behind
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| ectopic | pregnancy that is out of place
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| euphoria | good feeling (well-being)
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| dysplasia | condition of abnormal formation (of cells)
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| endotracheal | pertaining to within the windpipe
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| infracostal | pertaining to below the ribs
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| hypoglycemia | blood condition of less thatn normal sugar
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| antisepsis | against infection
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| apnea | not breathing
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| antepartum | before birth
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| anoxia | condition of no oxygen
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| congenital anomaly | irregualrity at birth
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| contralateral | pertaining to opposite side
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| metamorphosis | condition change of shape or form
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| malaise | vague feeling of bodily discomfort
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| pancytopenia | deficiency of all blood cells
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| dialysis | separation of wastes from the blood
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| metastasis | spread of a cancerous tumor to a secondary organ or tissue
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| exophthalmos | eyeballs that bulge outward
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| paralysis | loss of movement in muscles
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| prodrome | symptoms that appear before an illness
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| remission | symptoms lessen
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| relapse | disease or symptoms return
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| syndactyly | webbed fingers or toes
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| neoplasm | new growth (tumor)
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| transurethral | pertaining to across/through the urethra
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| tachypnea | fast/rapid breathing
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| Treatment means | -therapy
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| Surgical cration of a permanent opening to the outside of the body | -stomy
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| prolapse | to slip or fall
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| comining form of death | necr/o
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| tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonsils
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| acromegaly | enlargement of extremities, top, extreme point
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| pain in the ear | otalgia
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| chronic | pertaining to time
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| small artery | arteriole
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| instrument used to visually examine | scope
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| a berry-shaped bacteria | cocci
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| neutrophil | granule stain that is bule and red (purple) with neutral stain; disease fighting cells that are phagocytes (eating/swallowing) that engulf/digest bacteria
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| instrument to record | graph
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| angioplasty | surgical repair of a vessel
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| pertaining to between the ribs | intercostal
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| pertaining to opposite side | contralateral
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| protrusion of eyeball | exophtalmos
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| congenital anomaly | irregularity in a the congenitals; hereditary passed to infant through chromosomes
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| sympstoms that precede an illness | prodrome
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| symbiosis | 2 organisms living together in close association
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| before meals | antecibum
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| antibodies | protein substances made by white blood cells in response to presence of foreign antigens
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| bones that grow together | osteosymphysis
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| change in shape or form | morphosis
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| increased development and in cell size | hypertrophy
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| antigens | substance that stimulates production of antibodies
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| relaps | disease or its symptoms return after an apparent recovery
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| abductor muscle | any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body
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| difficulty breathing | dyspnea
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| retroperitoneal | pertaining to behind the peritoneum
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| transurethral | pertaining to across/through the urethra
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| subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin
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| tachypnea | fast/rapid breathing
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| unilateral | pertaining to one side
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| pseudocyesis | false pregnancy
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