Ch. 3 Flashcards
Suffix -osis means:
Abnormal condition
Blood infection is called:
Septicemia
-emia
Blood condition
Ear pain is called:
Otalgia
Condition in which blood is held back from an organ:
ischemia
A benign tumor of muscle is a:
Myosarcoma
-oma
Tumor/ mass
Renal failure leads to an abnormal blood condition called:
uremia
Enlargement of the liver is called:
hepatomegaly
hepat-
Liver
Inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord:
Meningitis
Windpipe is called
Trachea
Disease of heart muscle is called
Cardiomyopathy
Cardi-
Heart
Cancerous tumor of glandular cells is called
Adenocarcinoma
Normal discharge of blood during menstrual period:
menorrhea
word part meaning a “hardening”
-sclerosis
term meaning pertaining to the groin:
inguinal
Abnormal condition of blood in the urine:
hematuria
uria-
urine condition
A myocardial infarction is a
Heart attack
A condition that last for a long time:
Chronic
Suffix meaning “removal or resection”
-ectomy
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac surrounding the developing fetus is called:
amniocentesis
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
removal of a fallopian tube is called:
salpingectomy
An x ray record of the spinal cord
myelogram
removal of lymph tissue in the pharynx (throat)
tonsillectomy
surgical repair of breast tissue
mammoplasty
removal of blood and filtration through a machine to eliminate waste
hemodialysis
combining form meaning “blood vessel”
angi/o
Creation of a new opening from the windpipe to the outside of the body
tracheostomy
Treatment using drugs
Chemotherapy
Incision of the abdomen
laparotomy
-megaly means:
enlargement
-sclerosis
hardening
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-stomy
opening
-uria
condition of urine
-rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
-pathy
disease
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
-therapy
treatment
-plasty
surgical repair
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-ary
pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition
- eal
pertaining to
Combining form angi/o means:
blood vessel
Combining form aden/o
gland
Combining form arteri/o
artery
Combining form ren/o
Kidney
Combining form sarc/o
flesh
Combining form my/o
muscle
Combining form chron/o
time
Combining form inguin/o
groin
Combining form mamm/o
breast
Combining form meaning kidney
ren/o
Combining form meaning uterus
hyster/o
Combining form meaning armpit
axill/o
Combining form meaning ovary
oophor/o
myos/o
muscle
isch/o
hold back
