Chapter 2 vocab Flashcards
hemat
blood
arthr
joint
oste
bone
hemat/o
blood
arthr/o
joint
oste/o
bone
emesis
vomiting
itis
inflammation
oma
tumor
logy
study of
centesis
surgical puncture
dynia
pain
oste/o/dynia
pain in bone
arthr/o/centesis
surgical puncture of a joint
hemat/o/logy
study of blood
oste/oma
tumor of bone
arthr/itis
inflammation of a joint
hemat/emesis
vomiting blood
oste/o/arthr/itis
inflammation of the bone and joint
encephal/o/mening/itis
inflammations of the brain and meninges
oste/o/ arthr/o/pathy
disease of the bone and joint
encephal/o/mening/o/pathy
disease of the brain and the meninges
centesis
surgical puncture
arthr/o/centesis
surgical puncture of a joint
clasis
to break, surgical fracture
desis
binding, fixation
arthr/o/desis
binding or fixation of a joint
oste/o/clasis
surgical fracture of a bone
lysis
separation; destruction; loosening
ectomy
excicison, removal
append/ectomy
excision of the appendix
thromb/o/lysis
destruction or seperation of a blood clot
pexy
fixation
mast/o/pexy
fixation of the breats
plasty
surgical repair
rhin/o/plasty
surgical repair of the nose
rrhaphy
suture
my/o/rrhapy
suture of a muscle
my/o
muscle
stomy
forming an opening mouth
trache/o/stomy
forming an opening mouth into the trachea
tome
instrument to cut
oste/o/tome
instrument to cut bone
tomy
incision
trache/o/tomy
incision of the trachea
tripsy
crushing
lith/o/tripsy
crushing a stone
-gram
record, writing
electr/o/cardi/o/gram
record of the electrical activity of the heart
graph
instrument for recording
electr/o/cardi/o/graph
instrument for recording electrical activity of the heart
-graphy
process of recording
electr/o/cardi/o/ graphy
process of recording electrical activity of the heart
endo/scope
instrument for examining within
endo/scopy
visual examination within
scopy
visual examination
-scope
instrument for examining
algia
pain
dynia
pain
neur/algia
pain of a nerve
ot/o/dynia
pain in the ear
-cele
hernia, swelling
hepat/o/cele
hernia or swelling of the liver
ectasis
dilation, expansion
bronchi/ ectasis
dilation or expansion of the bronchi
emesis
vomiting
hyper/emesis
excessive vomitting
emia
blood condition
leuk/emia
white bloo
-gen
forming, producing, orgin
carcin/o/gen
forming, producing/ or orgin of cancer
genesis
forming, proudcing, orginiti
itis
inflammation
malacia
softening
chondr/o/malcia
softening of cartilage
megaly
enlargement
oma
tumor
osis
abnormal codition, increastec
cyam/osis
dark blue or purple discolaration of the skin
pathy
disease
penia
decrease, deficeiney
oste/o/penia
decrease in bone mass
phobia
fear
plegia
paralysispt
ptosis
prolapse, downward displacment
blephar/o
eyelid
rrhea
discharge, flow
rrhexis
rupture
ateri/o/rrhexis
rupture of an artery
sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
arteri/o/sclerosis
abonarm condition of hadening of an artery
spasm
involunatary contraction, twitching
stenosis
narrowing, stricturet
toxic
posion
ac
pertaining to
al
pertaining to
ar
pertaining to
ary
pertaining to
eal
pertaining to
ic
pertaining to
ior
pertaining toou
ous
pertaining to
tic
pertaining to
ia
condintion
ism
codintion
iatry
medicine, treatment
ist
medicine; treatment
-y
condition, process
icle
small, minute
ole
small, minute
ule
small, minute
ventr/icle
small cavity, as of the brain or heart
arteri/ole
small or minute artery
ven/ule
small or minute vein