Medical Terminology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
-tome | instrument used to cut slices |
-tomy | cut into, incise, incision |
-ectomy | cut out, remove, excise, excision |
-ostomy | cut a new surgical opening |
gastr/o | stomach |
duodeno/o | small intestine |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlarged or enlargement |
-graph | write or record |
-gram | picture or record actual paper readout or picture on a computer screen |
-algia | means pain |
cardi/o | heart |
electr/o | electrical |
-graphy | process of making a recording or image |
tomography | |
fluorodeoxyglucose | |
histopathology | |
excision | |
chemotherapy | |
diagnostic | |
abdominal | |
lymphadenopathy | |
CT | |
PET | |
FDG | |
son/o | sound |
echo/o | sound made by reflected sound waves |
radi/o | radiation x-rays |
-pathy | disease |
path/o | disease |
jaudniced | liver conditions such as cancer or cirrhosis cause the skin to turn yellow. |
-derma | condition of the skin |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black (dark pigment) |
erythr/o | red |
cyan/o | blue |
chlor/o | green |
xanth/o | yellow |
-osis | disease, condition, status, or process (noun) |
-cyte | cell |
-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-emia | lack of blood condition or hemoglobin |
cyt/o | cells |
-logy | to study something |
-meter | instrument used to measure or count something |
-metry | process of measuring or counting something |
-penia | (Greek - poverty) decrease in or not enough white blood cells |
-em | Greek - hema) blood |
lymph/o | (Latin - lympha) water or liquid |
Edema | condition of fluid accumulation in the tissues causing swelling or puffiness |
-osis | blood cells, indicates a condition characterized by increase in number |
thromb/o | blood clot |
-cyte | indicate type of cell |
-blast | immature or embryonic cell |
Hist/o | tissues |
Card/o | heart |
megal/o | large |
gastr | (Greek - gaster) root for stomach |
-ia | condition |
-mania | condition of madness characterized by rapid speech, hyperactivity, & irrtability |
(Abbrev Meaning) AAD | American Academy of Dermatology |
(Abbrev Meaning) ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
(Abbrev Meaning) ARDMS | American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography |
(Abbrev Meaning) ARRT | American Registry of Radiologic Technologist |
(Abbrev Meaning) ASRT | American Society of Radiologic Technologist |
(Abbrev Meaning) CABG | coronary atery bypass graft |
(Abbrev Meaning) CAT Scan | computed axial tomography |
(Abbrev Meaning) CBC | complete blood count |
CCU | cardiac care unit (cirtical care unit_ |
cTnl and cTnT | Troponin I and Troponin T (serum cardica proteins indicating myocardial injury) |
CT | Computed Tomography |
CE | cardiac enlargement (cardiomegaly) |
Diff | differential white blood cell count |
DMS | diagnostic medical sonography |
ECG, EKG | eletrocardiogram |
ECHO | echocardiogram |
FDG | fluorodeoxyglucose |
GA | gastric analysis |
GI | gastrointestinal |
Hct | hematocrit |
Hgb | hemoglobin |
mm3, cu mm | millimeter cubed, cubed millimeter |
mmol/L | millimole per Liter |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
ms | millisecond |
PET | positron emission tomography |
Ra | radium (element) |
RBC | red blood cell (count) |
RDCS | Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer |
RDMS | Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer |
RT (MR) | Registered Technologist (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
RT (N) | Registered Technologist (Nuclear Medicine) |
RT (R) | Registered Technologist (Radiography) |
RT (S) | Registered Technologist(Sonography) |
RT (T) | Registered Technologist (Radiation Therapy) |
RVT | Registered Vascular Technologist |
SPECT | single photon emission computed tomography |
WBC | white blood cell (count) |
XR | x-ray |
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