Med. Terms Chap 3
Terms
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- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- cephal/o
- head
- chol/e
- bile, gall
- cocc/i
- coccus (bacteria that causes diease)
- crani/o
- cranium, skull
- cyst/o
- bladder, sac
- dipl/o
- double
- hydro
- water
- lith/o
- stone, calculus
- metr/o, meter
- measure
- ot/o
- ear
- pelv/i
- pelvis
- phob/ia
- fear
- py/o
- pus
- rhin/o
- nose
- staphyl/o
- grape (growing in clusters)
- strept/o
- twisted chains
- therap/o
- treatment
- thorac/o
- thorax
- ab-
- away from
- ad-
- toward
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -centesis
- punture of a cavity
- -genesis, gen/o
- produce, originate
- meter
- measuring instrument
- orrhea
- flow, discharge
- acr/o
- extremities
- cardi/o
- heart
- cyan/o
- blue
- cyt/o
- cell
- dermat/o, derm/o
- skin
- Duoden/o
- duodenum
- electr/o
- electrical
- eti/o
- cause
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gram/o
- record
- leuk/o
- white
- megal/o
- enlarged
- path/o
- disease
- algia
- pain
- ectomy
- excision of
- itis
- inflammation of
- ologist
- one who studies, a specialist
- ology
- study of
- osis, -a, -y
- condition of, usually abnormal
- ostomy
- forming a new opening
- tome
- instrument that cuts
- acrocyanosis
- blueness of extremities
- acrodermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- acromegaly
- enlarged extremities
- cardialgia
- pain in the heart
- cardiologist
- heart specialist- read electrocardiogram
- carditis
- inflammation of the heart
- cyanoderma
- bluish discoloration of the skin
- cyanosis
- abnormal condition of blueness
- cytology
- study of cells
- gastrectomy
- removal of all or part of the patient's stomach
- gastritis
- inflammation of te stomach
- gastroduodenostomy
- surgical operation to make a new openong between the stomach and duodenum
- leukemia
- abnormal condition of too many white blood cells
- leukocyte
- "infection fighting" white blood cells
- leukoderma
- less color in their skin than normal
- dermatologist
- specialist who specializes in treating disease
- dermatome
- surgical instrument for slicing
- dermatosis
- abnormal skin condition
- disease
- sickness or illness
- duodenal
- pertaining to the duodenum
- electrocardiogram
- cardiologist record from graphy
- etiological
- pertaining to the study of causes of disease
- gastralgia
- pain in the stomach
- manifestation
- evidence, or proof, of disease
- megalocardia
- a condition of enlarged heart
- megalogastria
- when stomach enlarges so that it crowds other organs
- pathologist
- one who studies structural and functional changes in the body produced by disease
- pathology
- the scientific study of changes in the body produced by disease
- aden/o
- gland
- arthr/o
- joint
- carcin/o
- malignancy
- cele/o, o/cele
- hernia
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- cost/o
- ribs
- dent/o
- tooth
- emes/is
- vomiting
- hist/o
- tissue
- laryng/o
- larynx
- lip/o
- fat
- malac/o
- soft
- morph/o
- structure of
- muc/o
- mucus
- onc/o
- tumor
- ost/p, oste/o
- bone
- plast/o
- repair
- trach/e
- trachea
- troph/o
- development
- en-, endo-
- in, inside, within
- ex-, ex/o-
- outside, out
- hyper-
- excessive
- hypo-
- under
- inter-
- between
- -al, -ar, -ic
- of, or pertaining to
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- -ism
- medical condition, disease
- adenectomy
- excision of a gland
- adenitis
- inflammation of a gland
- adenoma
- tumor of a gland
- arthroplasty
- surgical repair of a joint
- arthotomy
- incision into a joint
- carcinoma
- cancer of the tonsil
- cephalalgia
- headache
- cephalic
- of, or pertainig to the head
- chondritis
- inflammation of cartilage
- colostomy
- opening into the colon
- dentalgia
- pain in teeth
- encephalitis
- inflammation of the brain
- encephalocele
- herniation of brain tissue
- encephaloma
- tumor of brain
- oncology
- study of tumors
- osteitis
- inflammation of the bone
- osteomalacia
- softening of bone tissue
- endosteoma
- tumor within the bone
- exogenous
- originating outside of organism, cell, or organ
- histology
- study of microscopic tissues
- hyperemesis
- excessie vomiting
- hypertrophy
- overdevelopment of the heart
- hypodermic
- a shot given superficially
- intercostal
- pertaining to between the ribs
- laryngitis
- inflammation of the larynx
- lipoid
- a substance resembling fatty tissue
- lipoma
- a fatty tumor
- morphology
- the science of studying the structure of an organ
- mucoid
- resembling mucus
- thyroidectomy
- surgical removal of the tyroid gland
- tracheotomy
- incision into the trachea
- aberrant
- a struture that wanders from normal
- abdominal
- referring to the abdomen
- abdominocentesis
- surgical punture of the abdominal cavity
- abduction
- away from midline
- adduction
- toward
- cardiocentesis
- puncturing the heart
- caphalic
- pertaining to the head
- cholelithotomy
- incision for the purpose of removing a gallstone
- cholecystitis
- inflammation of the gall bladder
- craniectomy
- Surgical removal of a portion of the cranium
- crainoplasty
- surgical repair or restoration of the cranium
- craniotomy
- Surgical removal of part of the skull to expose the brain.
- cranium
- the skeleton of the head
- cystitis
- Cystitis is defined as inflammation of the urinary bladder
- cystocele
- hernial protrusion of the urinary bladder
- cystotomy
- incision into the bladder
- diplococci
- growing pairs
- hydrocephlus
- watery fluid in the craial cavity
- hydrophobia
- abnormal fear of water
- hydrotherapy
- treatment by means of water
- lithogenesis
- The formation of calculi.stones
- lithotomy
- incision for removal of a stone
- ostalgia
- ear pain
- otitis
- inflammation of middle ear
- otorrhea
- discharge from the ear
- pelvic
- pertaing to the pelvic cavity
- pelvimetry
- measurement of size of pelvic cavity
- pyogenic
- pus-forming
- pyorrhea
- pus being discharged
- rhinitis
- inflammation of the nose
- rhinoplasty
- surgical repair or restoration of the nose
- rhinolith
- A calculus present in the nasal cavity.
- rhinorrhea
- runny nose
- staphylococci
- growing in grape-like clusters
- streptococci
- cocci growing in twisted chains
- thoracic
- pertaining to the chest cavity
- thoracocentesis
- tapping or puncturing the chest cavity
- thoracoplasty
- surgical repair of the chest cage
- thoracotomy
- incision into the chest cavity
- angi/o
- vessel
- arter/i/o
- artery
- blast/o
- embryo
- colp/o
- vagina
- crypt/o
- hidden
- fibr/o
- fiber
- hem/o, hemat/o
- blood
- hyster/o
- uterus
- kinesi/o
- motion
- lys/o
- destruction
- men/o
- menses
- my/o
- muscle
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- o/o
- egg,ovum
- oophor/o
- ovary
- orchid/o
- testes
- peps/o, peps/ia
- digestion
- pne/o
- air, breathe
- pyel/o
- pelvis of the kidney
- salping/o
- fallopian tube
- scler/o
- tough, hard
- spermat/o
- sperm
- ureter/o
- ureter
- urethr/o
- urethra
- ur/o
- urine
- a-, an-
- without
- brady-
- slow
- dys-
- pain
- -blast
- embryonic
- -y, -ia
- noun ending
- -orrhagia
- hemorrhage
- tachy
- fast
- -orrhaphy
- suture
- -pexy
- fixation
- -ptosis
- drooping
- spasm
- twitching
- sperm
- sperm
- aneurysm
- weak spot of aorta or artery balloons out
- angioblast
- a germ cell in which a vessel emerges
- angiosclerosis
- harding of a vessel
- anomaly
- irregularity in structure of an organ or part
- apnea
- absence of breathing
- arteriosclerosis
- hardening of an artery
- arteriospasm
- aterial spasm
- bradycardia
- abnormally slow heartbeat
- bradypnea
- slow breathing
- colporrhaphy
- suturing (repair) of vagina
- colposcopy
- examining of the vagina
- cryptorchidism
- undescended testicles
- cystorrhagia
- bleeding from tthe bladder
- dysmenorrhea
- painful menstration
- dyspepsia
- psinful or poor digestion
- dyspnea
- difficult breathing
- hemangiitis
- tumor of a blood vessel
- hematologist
- speializes in thte study of blood
- hemolysis
- breaking down or dissolution
- hernia
- protrusion of an organ or part or organ
- hysteropexy
- surgical fixation of the uterus
- hysterospasm
- spasm of the uterus
- hysterotomy
- incision into uterus
- kinesialgia
- movement pain
- kinesiology
- science of how the body moves
- myosclerosis
- hardening of muscle tissue
- myospasm
- spasm of a muscle
- nephritis
- inflammation of the kidney
- nephrolith
- kidney stone
- nephromegaly
- enlarged kidney
- nephroptosis
- sagging of the kidney
- neurofibroma
- a tumor containg fibous and areolar tissue
- neurolysis
- destruction of nerve tissue
- o-oblast
- egg cell
- oophoropexy
- to correct position of ovary
- orchidotomy
- incision into tetis
- pyelitis
- inflammation of renal pelvis
- pyeloplasty
- surgical repair of the renal pelvis
- salpingectomy
- excision of the fallopin tube
- salpingo-oophorectomy
- excision of fallopian
- salpingoscopy
- device to look a fallopian tubes
- spermatoblast
- immature male germ cell
- spermatoid
- resembling sperm
- tachycardia
- increased heartrate
- tachypnea
- increased breathing
- ureterolithotomy
- incision for removal of stone
- ureterorrhaphy
- suturing of ureter
- urethralgia
- pain in ureter
- ureterotomy
- incision into ureter
- urethrotomy
- incision into urethra