Lesson 4 Flashcards
A benign tumor is a ________ tumor.
non-cancerous
Bradycardia (brady/card/ia) denotes an abnormally ____________.
slow heart
The term canthal (canth/al) denotes pertaining to the ______ of the eye.
corner
The term caudalward (caud/al/ward) indicates towards the ________ end.
tail
A myocele (my/o/cele) is a _______________.
hernia muscle
A celiotomy (celi/otomy) is the surgical procedure of making an __________ into the _____________ cavity.
incision, abdominal
A cheilocarcinoma (cheil/o/carcin/oma) is a ________________________ of the ___.
cancerous tumor, lip
The term contrastimulant (contra/stimulant) means ________ stimulation.
against
A hemocyte (hem/o/cyt/e) is a ________.
blood cell
The term angiectasis (angi/ectasis) denotes the beyond normal ____________ of a ___________.
stretching, vessel
The term cholemesis (chol/emesis) denotes the _____________ of _________.
vomiting, bile
Erythrocytopenia (erythr/o/cyt/o/penia) denotes a ____________ of ___________ blood _____________.
deficiency, red, cells
Anesthesiology (an/esthesi/ology) is the branch of medicine that specializes in the ____________ of bringing about the loss of _____________.
science, sensation
Lithiasis (lith/iasis) is a ____________ characterized by the formation of ___________.
condition, stones
A leukocyte (leuk/o/cyt/e) is a ___________ blood _________.
white, cell
The term lingual (lingu/al) denotes pertaining to or of the _________.
tongue
A lobotomy (lob/otomy) is a surgical ________ of a ________.
incision, lobe
Melanosis (melan/osis) is a __________ characterized by abnormal deposits of __________ pigment.
condition, black
Myringoscopy (myring/o/scop/y) is the __________ of the ____________ using a myringoscope.
inspection, eardrum
The term odontic (odont/ic) pertains to or of the ________.
tooth
Semenology (semen/ology) is the ________ of _______.
study, semen
The term spondylous (spondyl/ous) means pertaining to or of a ____________ or the spinal column.
vertebrae
Stenosis (steno/sis) is a term that denotes a ___________ of ___________ usually of a duct or canal.
condition, narrowing
The term transdermic (trans/derm/ic) pertains to ___________ the ___________.
through, skin
A vasodilator (vaso/dilator) causes the __________ of a blood ___________.
widening, vessel
