Mt Sac Med Term # 4 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
caus/o | burn; burning |
phleb/o | Pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein |
debridement | The removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a woun |
hematuria | Blood in the urine |
-cele | pouching, hernia |
tachy- | Denoting something as fast, irregularly fast |
scoliosis | Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
lithotripsy | Process of using high-energy sound waves to crush a stone within the kidney |
malignant melanoma | Cancerous skin tumor often arising in a pre-existing moles (nevi) |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-megaly | enlargement |
costo/o | pertaining to the ribs |
–emia | blood condition |
endo- | inside' or 'within' |
oste/o | Bone |
diaphoresis | Sweating, especially to an unusual degree as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug. |
larynx | The voice box |
laminectomy | A surgical operation to remove the back of one or more vertebrae, usually to give access to the spinal cord or to relieve pressure on nerves. |
femur | The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee. |
gastr/o | Pertaining to the stomach |
electrocardiogram | A record or display of a person's heartbeat produced by electrocardiography. |
metastasis | The development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer. |
cardiologist | A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities. |
supine | lying face upward on your back |
anoxia | An abnormal condition characterized by a local or systemic lack of oxygen in body tissues. |
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