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Term | Definition |
DYSPHAGIA | PREFIX: DYS- COMBINING FORM: PHAG/O- SUFFIX: -IA ABNORMAL / SWALLOWING / CONDITION;STATE; THING DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL SWALLOWING OR EATING |
COLONOSCOPE | COMBINING FORM: COLON/O- SUFFIX; -SCOPE COLON/INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAM |
HEPATOMEGALY | COMBINING FORM: HEPAT/O- SUFFIX: -MEGALY LIVER / ENLARGED |
GLOSSITIS | COMBINING FORM: GLOSS/O- SUFFIX: -ITIS TONGUE / INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
EPIGLOTTIS | PREFIX: EPI- COMBINING FORM: GLOTT/O- SUFFIX: -IS ABOVE/GLOTTIS OF THE LARYNX/PERTAINING TO FLAP THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE OPENING OF THE TRACHEA DURING SWALLOWING |
CARDIA | REFERS TO THE FIRST PART OF THE STOMACH - OPENING OF THE ESOPHAGUS INTO THE STOMACH |
INTUSSUSEPTION | COMBINING FORM: INTUSSUSEPT/O- SUFFIX: -ION RECEIVE WITHIN/ACTION OR CONDITION TELESCOPING OF ONE SEGMENT OF INTESTINE INSIDE OF THE LUMEN OF THE NEXT SEGMENT |
HEPATOCYTE | COMBINING FORM: HEPAT/O- COMBINING FORM: CYT/O- LIVER / CELL |
JAUNDICE | COMBINING FORM: JAUND/O- SUFFIX -ICE YELLOW / QUALITY OR STATE YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN AND WHITES OF EYES |
HEMATEMESIS | COMBINING FORM: HEMAT/O- COMBINING FORM: EM/O- SUFFIX: - ESIS BLOOD/VOMITING/CONDITION OR PROCESS VOMITING OF BLOOD BECAUSE OF BLEEDING IN THE STOMACH OR ESOPHAGUS |
CHOLECYSTITIS | COMBINING FORM: CHOLECYST/O- SUFFIX: -ITIS GALLBLADDER / INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION |
LIVER | LOCATED IN THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT (OR RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION) OF THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY. MAIN FUNCTION IS STORAGE AND FILTRATION OF THE BLOOD AND SECRETION OF BILE |
GALLBLADDER | PEAR SHAPED ORGAN LOCATED BELOW THE LIVER. MAIN FUNCTION IS STORAGE OF BILE |
HEPATITIS | COMBINING FORM: HEPAT/O- SUFFIX: -ITIS LIVER / INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
COLONOSCOPY | COMBINING FORM: COLON/O- SUFFIX: -SCOPY COLON / EXAMINATION WITH AN INSTRUMENT |
AUSCULTATION | COMBINING FORM: AUSCULT/O- SUFFIX: -ATION LISTENING / BEING;HAVING;PROCESS THE PROCESS OF LISTENING TO BODY SOUNDS |
STETHOSCOPE | COMBINING FORM: STETH/O- SUFFIX: -SCOPE CHEST / INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMINE |
DYSPENEA | PREFIX: DYS- COMBINING FORM: PNE/O- OR PNE/A- ABNORMAL / BREATHING |
BRONCHODILATORS | COMBINING FORM: BRONCH/O- COMBINING FORM: DILAT/O- SUFFIX: -OR BRONCHUS / WIDEN OR DILATE/PERSON OR THING THAT DOES MEDICINES THAT HELP OPEN BRONCHIAL TUBES (AIRWAYS) OF THE LUNGS |
MASTICATION | COMBINING FORM: MASTIC/O- SUFFIX: -TION CHEWING/BEING;HAVING;PROCESS |
THROMBOCYTES | COMBINING FORM: THROMB/O- COMBIING FORM: CYT/O BLOOD CLOT/CELL PLATELET OR CELL FRAGMENT |
VARICOSE VEIN | COMBINING FORM: VERIC/O- SUFFIX: -OSE VERICOSE VEIN / FULL OF DAMAGED VALVES IN A VEIN THAT ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW BACKWARD AND COLLECT IN THE PROCEEDING SECTION OFTHE VEIN |
BRADYCARDIA | PREFIX: BRADY- COMBINING FORM: CARDI/O- SLOW/HEART |
HEMATOMA | COMBINING FORM: HEMAT/O- SUFFIX: -OMA BLOOD/ TUMOR COLLECTION OF BLOOD UNDER THE SKIN |
PHLEBITIS | COMBINING FORM: PLEB/O- SUFFIX: -ITIS VEIN / INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY INFECTION |
SYSTOLIC | COMBINING FORM: SYSTOL/O- SUFFIX: -IC CONTRACTION / PERTAINING TO THE PHASE IN WHICH THE HEART VENTRICLES CONTRACT |
DIASTOLIC | COMBINING FORM: DIASTOL/O SUFFIX: -IC DIALATING OR WIDENING / PERTAINING TO RESTING PERIOD BETWEEN HEART CONTRACTIONS |
PERICARDIUM | PREFIX: PERI- COMBINGING FORM: CARDI/O- SUFFIX: - UM AROUND / HEART / PERIOD OF TIME OR STRUCTURE THE SAC AROUND THE HEART |
ATHEROSCLEROSIS | COMBINING FORM: ATHER/O- COMBINING FORM: SCLER/O- SUFFIX: -OSIS SOFT, FATTY SUBSTANCE / HARD / CONDITION;PROCESS PLAQUE DEPOSITS IN ARTERY WALLS |
LEUKOCYTES | COMBINING FORM: LEUKO- COMBINING FORM: CYT/O- WHITE CELL WHITE BLOOD CELL |
EOSINOPHILS | COMBINING FORM: EOSIN/O- COMBINING FORM: PHIL/O- RED/ATTRACTION TO OR FONDNESS OF A TYPE OF LEUKOCYTE THAT HAS MANY GRANULES THAT STAIN BRIGHT PINK TO RED. 2 LOBES. RELEASES CHEMICALS TO DESTROY FOREIGN CELLS. |
SPLENECTOMY | COMBINING FORM: SPLEN/O- SUFFIX: -ECTOMY SPLEEN / SURGICAL REMOVAL OF |
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | COMBINING FORM: RHEUMAT/O- SUFFIX: -OID COMBINING FORM: ARTHR/O- SUFFIX: -ITIS WATER DISCHARGE / RESEMBLING JOINT/INFLAMMATION ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE, PARTICULARLY IN THE JOINTS. AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER. |
ASYMPTOMATIC | PREFIX: A- COMBINING FORM: SYMPTOMAT/O- SUFFIX: -IC WITHOUT/SYMPTOMS/PERTAINING TO SHOWING NO SYMPTOMS OR SIGNS |
CORONAL | COMBINING FORM: CORON/O- SUFFIX: -AL STRUCTURE THAT ENCIRCLES LIKE A CROWN / PERTAINING TO REFERS TO THE CORONAL (FRONTAL) BODY PLANE THAT DIVIDES THE BODY INTO FRONT (ANTERIOR/VENTRAL) AND BACK (POSTERIOR/DORSAL) |
CHOLELITHIASIS | COMBINING FORM: CHOLE/O- COMBINING FORM: LITH/O- SUFFIX: -IASIS BILE OR GALL / STONE / PROCESS OR STATE GALL STONES IN EITHER THE GALLBLADDER OR BILE DUCT |
HEMATAPOEISIS | COMBINING FORM: HEMAT/O- SUFFIX: -POESIS BLOOD/ PROCESS OF FORMATION PROCESS BY WHICH ALL OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS ARE PRODUCED. OCCURS IN THE RED MARROW IN LONG OR FLAT BONES. |
GASTROENTEROLOGY | COMBINING FORM: GASTR/O- COMBINING FORM: ENTER/O- SUFFIX: -OLOGY STOMACH/INTESTINES/STUDY OF |
SUBCUTANEOUS | PREFIX: SUB- COMBINING FORM: CUTANE/O- SUFFIX: - OUS BELOW /SKIN / PERTAINING TO |
HYPERLIPIDEMIA | PREFIX: HYPER- COMBININF FORM: LIPID/O- SUFFIX: -EMIA ABOVE NORMAL/ FAT OR LIPID / CONDITION OF THE BLOOD |
IATROGENIC | COMBINING FORM: IATR/O - COMBINING FORM: GEN/O- SUFFIX: -IC MEDICAL TREATMENT / ARISING FROM / PERTAINING TO AN ADVERSE MEDICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR INSTITUTION |
INFLAMMATION | COMBINING FORM: INFLAMMAT/O- REDNESS OR WARMTH SUFFIX: -ATION: BEING;HAVING;PROCESS HAVING REDNESS OR WARMTH |
EXACERBATION | COMBINING FORM: EXACERBAT/O: INCREASE OR PROVOKE SUFFIX: -ATION - BEING;HAVING;PROCESS SUDDEN WORSENING |
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