HCC OT Medical Terminology Lesson 6 Medical Terms
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| Acoustic (acoust ic) | pertaining to hearing
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| Acoustogram (acoust o gram) | the graphic tracing of the measures of sound such as decibel levels and frequency per sound
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| -acusis (acu sis) | used to denote a condition of hearing
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| Anacusis (an acu sis) | condition of not hearing; total deafness
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| Hemianacusia (hem an acus ia) | loss of hearing in one ear only
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| Auricle (aur i cle) | the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head
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| Auricul (aur I cul) | form denoting relationship to the ear or to an ear-shaped appendage of a chamber of the heart
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| Auriculocranial (aur I cul o crani al) | pertaining to an ear and the cranium
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| Auris (aur is) | the ear
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| Buccal (bucc al) | pertaining to the cheek; directed toward the cheek
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| Buccally (bucc al ly) | toward the cheek
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| Buccocervical (bucc o cervic al) | that surface of a tooth along its neckline on the cheek side
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| Suprabuccal (supra bucc al) | above the cheek region
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| Ciliary (cili ary) | pertaining to the eyelases; resembling the eyelashes
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| Cilium (cili um) | the eyelashes; also sometimes the eyelid or the outer edge of the eyelid or the edge of the eyelid from which the eyelashes extend
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| supercilia (super cilia) | the eyebrows
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| Ciliogenesis (cili o gen esis) | the formation or development of cilia
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| -colpos (-colp os) | suffix stem used to denote a vaginal disorder of a specific tpe
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| Pyocolos (py o colp os) | collection of pus within the vagina
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| Hematocolpos (hemat o colp os) | an accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina
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| Colpitis (colp it is) | inflammation of the vagina
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| Cordate (cord ate) | heart shaped
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| Cordial (cord i al) | stimulating the heart
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| Dendrite (dendr ite) | name for the nerve fibers that extend from a nerve cell
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| Dendritic (dendr it ic) | resembling a dendrite; branching like a tree
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| Dendroid (dendr oid) | branching like a tree
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| Encephalic (en cephal ic) | pertaining to the brain; also, lying within the cranial cavity
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| Encephalon (en cephal on) | name for the brain
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| Endocardium (end o card ium) | the tissue (membrane) lining the heart
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| Endosteum (end ost eum) | the tissue lining the cavit of a bone and surrounding the bone marrow
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| Histocyte (hist o cyt e) | a tissue cell
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| Histoma (hist oma) | tumor formed from fully developed tissue such as blood vessels, muscles, etc.
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| Histolysis (hist o lsis) | the breaking down and destruction of tissue
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| Histology (hist ology) | the study of the structure, composition and function of the tissues
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| Leiomyoma (leio my oma) | a tumor composed of smooth muscle fibers
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| Leiodermia (deio derm ia) | abnormal glossiness of smoothness of the skin
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| Orchic, orchidic (orch ic, orchid ic) pertaining to the testicles |
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| -orchidism, -orchism (orchid ism, orch ism) | a form or condition of the testes
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| Orchitis (orch it is) | inflammation of a testicle
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| Orchidopexy (orchid o pexy) | the surgical fixing in place of a displaced testicle
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| Palpebral (palpebr al) | pertaining to the eyelid
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| Palpebra (palpebr a) | the eyelid
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| Palpebrate (palpebr ate) | to wink
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| Palpebration (palpebr ation) | abnormally frequent winking
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| Phlebectasis (phleb ectasis) | an enlargement of a vein
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| Phlebolith (phleb o lith) | vein stone; a bloodclot, in a vein, which has turned chalky
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| Phlebostenosis (phleb o sten osis) | narrowing or constriction of a vein
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| Phlebophlebostomy (phleb o phleb ostomy) | surgical openings to provide communication between two veins
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| Phlebitis (phleb itis) | inflammation of a vein
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| Phonic (phon ic) | pertaining to the voice
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| Phonocardiogram (phon o cardi o gram) a record of heart sounds |
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| Phonogram (phon o gram) | a record of any sound
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| Phonomyogram (phon o my o gram) | a record of the sound produced by muscle action
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| Phonopathy (phon o path y) | any disease or disorder of the organs of speach
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| Physiology (physi ology) | the study of the functions of the body and its parts
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| Physiactric (phys iatr ics) | the diagnosis and treatment of disease with the aid of phsical agents such as light, heat cold, water and electricity or with mechanical apparatus
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| Physician (phys ic ian) | an authorized practitioner of medicine
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| Pilus (pil us) | a hair
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| Pilous (pil ous) | hairiness, covered in hair
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| Pilosis (pil osis) | excessive growth of hair
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| Pilocystic (pil o syst ic) | cystlike and containing hair; used to describe certain skin tumors
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| Dipilation (di pil ation) | the process of removing hair
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| Hyperplasia (hyper plasia) | abnormal increase in growth
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| Hypoplasia (hypo plasia) | incomplete or defective development
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| Mastoplasia (mast o plasia) | the development of breast tissue
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| Plexal (plex al) | pertaining to a plexus
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| Plexiform (plex i form) | resembling a plexus or network
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| Subplexal (sub plex al) | situated beneath a plexus or network of vessels, nerves or veins
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| Renal (ren al) | pertaining to the kidney
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| Supraren- (supra ren-) | situated above the kidney
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| Nephrectomy (nephr ectomy) | surgical removal of a kidney
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| Ruga (rug a) | a ridge, wrinkle or fold, as of mucous membrane
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| Rugose (rug ose) | characterized by wrinkles
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| Rugosity (rug osit) | the condition of being wrinkled; a fold, ridge or wrinkle
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| Salpingostomy (salpin ostomy) | the making of an opening into the fallopian tube because the natural opening has become closed
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| Endosalpinx (end o salpin x) | the mucous membrane lining the salpinx
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| Stomatology (stomat ology) | the branch of medicine that treats the mouth and it's diseases
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| Stomatoplasty (stomat o plast y) | plastic surgery of, operative repair of, defects of the mouth
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| Stomatogastric (stomat o gastr ic) | pertaining to the stomach and the mouth
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| Stomatalgia (stomat algia) | mouth pain
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| Thalamus (thalam us) | name for the large gray mass in the brain
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| Thalamic (thalam ic) | pertaining to the thalamus
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| Tympanum (tympan um) | name for the enclosure or chamber in which the eardrum is located; also called the tympanic cavity
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| Tympanic membrane (tympan ic) | name for the eardrum
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| Tympanal (tympan al) | pertaining to the tympanum
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| Tympanic (tympan ic) | pertaining to the tympanum
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| Umbilicus (umbilic us) | name for the navel
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| Umbilical (umbilic al) | pertaining to the umbilius or navel
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| Umbilicectomy (umbilic ectomy) | excision of the umbilicus
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| Parumbilical (par umbilic al) | near the navel
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