Medical Vocab. Words
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| abdomain | abdomen
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| angi | blood or lymph vessel
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| append | appendix
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| arteri | artery
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| arthr | joint
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| col | colon, large inteatine
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| cyan | blue
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| dermat | skin
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| erythr | red
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| gastr | stomach, belly
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| hem | relating to the blood
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| hepat | liver
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| muscl | muscle
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| abdomain | abdomen
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| nat | birth
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| angi | blood or lymph vessel
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| append | appendix
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| arteri | artery
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| arthr | joint
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| col | colon, large inteatine
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| cyan | blue
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| dys | bad, difficult, painful
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| dermat | skin
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| hyper | excessive, increase
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| erythr | red
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| gastr | stomach, belly
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| hem | relating to the blood
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| hepat | liver
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| muscl | muscle
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| my | muscle
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| nat | birth
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| neur | nerve, neerve tissue
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| ot | ear, hearing
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| rhin | nose
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| path | diease, suffering, feeling emotion
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| tonsil | tonsil, throat
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| vir | poison, virus
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| dys | bad, difficult, painful
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| hyper | excessive, increase
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| hypo | deficient, decreased
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| algia | pain, painful condition
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| etctomy | displacement
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| itis | inflammation
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| osis | abnormal condition, disease
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| ostomy | surgically creating an opening
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| otomy | cutting, surgical incision
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| plasty | surgical repair
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| rrhage | bleeding
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| rrhagia | abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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| rrhaphy | surgical suturing
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| rrhea | flow, discharge
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| rrhexis | rupture
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| sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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| abdominocentesis | Surgical puncture of the abdomen by a needle to withdraw fluid
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| acute | Of or relating to a disease or a condition with a rapid onset and a short, severe course.
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| acronym | created from the first letter of the each of the words in a particular phrase
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| angiography | the x-ray study of the blood vessels.
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| appendectomy | the surgical removal of the appendix
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| arteriosclerosis | Any of a group of chronic diseases in which thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls result in impaired blood circulation
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| arthralgia | Severe pain in a joint
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| cyanosis | physical sign causing bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
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| dermatologist | A physician that specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin
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| diagnosis | The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data.
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| Diarrhea | increased frequency or decreased consistency of bowel movements
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| edema | a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells
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| endarterial | within an artery
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| eponym | A name of a drug, structure, or disease based on or derived from the name of a person
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| erythrocyte | red blood cell
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| fissure | any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise, especially a deep fold in the cerebral cortex involving its entire thickness
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| fistula | permanent abnormal passageway between two organs in the body or between an organ and the exterior of the body.
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| gastralgia | pain in the stomach
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| gratritis | commonly refers to inflammation of the lining of the stomach
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| gastroenteritis | catchall term for infection or irritation of the digestive tract, particularly the stomach and intestine
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| hemorrhage | the escape of blood from the vessels
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| hepatomegaly | The abnormal enlargement of the liver
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| hypertension | high blood pressure
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| hypotension | The pressure of the blood in the arteries rises and falls as the heart and muscles handle demands of daily living, such as exercise, sleep and stress
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| hypotension | medical term for low blood pressure
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| infection | invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, an infectious disease.
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| inflammation | a protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues
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| interstitial | Relating to or situated in the small, narrow spaces between tissues or parts of an organ.
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| intramuscular | Within a muscle
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| laceration | A jagged wound or cut
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| lesion | any pathological or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part.
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| mycosis | A disease caused by fungi. A fungal infection in or on a part of the body.
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| myelopathy | any functional disturbance and/or pathological change in the spinal cord
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| myopathy | Any of various abnormal conditions or diseases of the muscular tissues, especially one involving skeletal muscle.
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| natal | pertaining to birth
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| neonatology | The branch of pediatrics that deals with the diseases and care of newborns
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| neuritis | The inflammation of a nerve or group of nerves that is characterized by pain, loss of reflexes, and atrophy of the affected muscles.
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| otorhinolaryngology | The medical specialty concerned with diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
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| palpation | The examination of the body using the sense of touch
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| palpitation | Perceptible forcible pulsation of the heart, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity in rhythm.
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| pathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the essential nature of disease, especially changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease.
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| phalanges | the bones of the fingers and toes
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| poliomyelitis | an acute viral disease usually caused by a poliovirus and marked clinically by fever, sore throat, headache, vomiting, and often stiffness of the neck and back
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| prognosis | A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease
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| prostate | A gland surrounding the bladder neck and urethra in the male
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| pyoderma | A pyogenic skin disease
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| pyrosis | Same as heartburn
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| remission | Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease
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| sign | an indication of the existence of something
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| supination | the act of assuming the supine position, or the state of being supine
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| suppuration | The formation or discharge of pus
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| supracostal | Located above the ribs
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| symptom | any subjective evidence of disease or of a patient's condition
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| syndrome | a set of symptoms occurring together1
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| tonsillitis | an infection and swelling of the tonsils
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| trauma | psychological or emotional damage or Injury
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| triage | the sorting out of casualties of war or other disaster to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.
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| Viral | relating to, or caused by a virus
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