Ch. 4 Flashcards by Kelly Nemeth

Against taking a medication

Contraindiction

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Congenital anomaly

Irregularly presented at birth

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Dialysis

Completely separate waste material from blood

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Dyspnea

Difficulty or painful breathing

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Dysplasia

Abnormal growth or development

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Ectopic pregnancy

Embryo develops outside the uterus

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Endotracheal

Pertaining to inside the trachea

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Epigastric

Pertaining to above the stomach

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Euthyroid

Normal thyroid

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Euphoria

Feeling good

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Hemiglossectomy

Removal of half the tongue

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Hemicolectomy

Removal of half the colon

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Hypodermic

Pertaining below the skin

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Insomniac

Not sleeping

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Infracostal

Pertaining to beneath the ribs

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Intercostal

Pertaining to between the ribs

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Macrocephalic

Pertaining to a large head

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Malaise

Bad ease

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Metastasis

Beyond control

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Neoplasm

New growth

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Pancytopenia

Deficiency of all cells

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Paralysis

Abnormal loss of movement on one side of the body

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Percutaneous

Pertaining to through the skin

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Pericardium

Surrounding the structure of the heart

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Periosteum

Structure surrounding the bone

Polymorphonuclear

Pertaining to many shaped nuclei

Polyneuritis

Inflammation of many nerves

Postpartum

Pertaining to after birth

Postoperative

After surgery

Prenatal

Pertaining to before birth

Prodromal

Sign and symptoms that occur before the actual illness

Prolapsed

Sliding forward

Pseudocyesis

False pregnancy

Relapse

Returning of a disease or it's symptoms

Retroperitoneal

Pertaining to behind the peritoneal

Retroflexion

Bending backward

Subcutaneous

Pertaining to under the skin

Suprapubic

Pertaining able the pubic bone

Syndactyly

Webbed together

Tachypnea

Fast breathing

Tachycardia

Pertaining fast heart beat

transfusion

Transfer of blood from one person to another

Transurethral

Pertaining across the urethral

Transdermal

Pertaining across the skin

Meals cf

Cib/o

Skin cf

Cutane/o

Fingers, toes cf

Dactyl/o

To lead, carry cf

Duct/o

Forking, branching cf

Furc/o

Protection cf

Immun/o

To bind, tie, connect

Nect/o

Rule, order cf

Norm/o

Pubic cf

Pub/o

Infection cf

Seps/o

Sleep cf

Somn/o

Sound cf

Son/o

To put, place cf

The/o

Nipple cf

Thel/o | Theli/o

Thyroid gland cf

Thyr/o

Place, position, location cf

Top/o

Uretrha cf

Urethr/o

To secrete s

-crine

To run s

-drome

Coming together, to pour s

-fusion

Substance that produces s

-gen

To slide, fall, sag s

-lapse

To send s

-mission

One who s

-or

Oxygen s

-oxia

To bear, carry, feeling s

-phoria

To grow s

-physis

Development, formation, growth s

-plasia

Structure or formation s

-plasm

Breathing s

-pnea

Falling, drooping, prolapse s

-ptosis

Stopping, controlling s

-stasis

Development, nourishment s

-trophy