Med Term Ch 3

Question 1

Abberant

Answer 1

Wandering off from the normal course or pattern

Question 2

Abdominal

Answer 2

Relating to the adomen

Question 3

Abdominocentesis

Answer 3

Paracentesis/puncture of the abdomen

Question 4

Abduction

Answer 4

Movement of a body part away from the median plane

Question 5

Adduction

Answer 5

Movement of a body part toward the median plane

Question 6

Cardiocentesis

Answer 6

Surgical puncture of a heart chamber

Question 7

Cephalic

Answer 7

Cranial/pertaining to the cranium

Question 8

Cholecystectomy

Answer 8

Surgical removal of the gallbladder

Question 9

Cholecystitis

Answer 9

Inflammation of the gall bladder

Question 10

Cholelithotomy

Answer 10

Incision for the removal of a gallstone

Question 11

Craniectomy

Answer 11

Excision/surgical removal of a portion of the skull

Question 12

Cranioplasty

Answer 12

Plastic surgery of the skull/surgical correction

Question 13

Craniotomy

Answer 13

Surgical opening into the skull

Question 14

Cranium

Answer 14

Skull

Question 15

Cystitus

Answer 15

Inflammation of the urinary bladder

Question 16

Cystocele

Answer 16

Hernia of the bladder

Question 17

Cystotomy

Answer 17

incision/surgical cut into the urinary bladder or gall bladder

Question 18

Diplococci

Answer 18

Spheric bacterial cells joined together in pairs

Question 19

Hydrocephalus

Answer 19

Enlargement of the cranium due to excessive accumulation of water

Question 20

Hydrophobia

Answer 20

Fear of water

Question 21

Hydrotherapy

Answer 21

External application of water for therapeutic purpose

Question 22

Lithogenesis

Answer 22

formation/production of calculi (stone formed by gallbladder, kidney or other parts of body)

Question 23

Lithotomy

Answer 23

Incision/surgical cut to remove a calculus/stone

Question 24

Otalgia

Answer 24

Earache/pain to the ear

Question 25

Otitis

Answer 25

Inflammation of the ear

Question 26

Pelvic

Answer 26

Relating to the pelvis

Question 27

Pelvimetry

Answer 27

Measurement of the diameters of the pelvis

Question 28

Pyogenic

Answer 28

Pus-forming; relating to pus formation

Question 29

Pyorrhea

Answer 29

A purulent (full of, containing,forming, discharging pus) discharge

Question 30

Rhinitis

Answer 30

Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane

Question 31

Rhinolith

Answer 31

A calcareous/stone concretion (solid,calcified mass formed by disease process) in the nasal cavity

Question 32

Rhinoplasty

Answer 32

Repair of a defect of the nose with tissue taken from elsewhere

Question 33

Rhinorrhea

Answer 33

A discharge from the nasal mucous membrane

Question 34

Staphylococci

Answer 34

Grapelike cluster of spherical bacteria

Question 35

Streptococci

Answer 35

Plural of streptococcus (chain of spherical bacteria)

Question 36

Thoracic

Answer 36

Relating to the thorax (chest cavity)

Question 37

Thoracocentesis

Answer 37

Puncture of the pleural (lung) cavity

Question 38

Thoracoplasty

Answer 38

Surgical repair of the thorax that reduces intrathoracic (in the chest cavity) space

Question 39

Thoracotomy

Answer 39

Incision (surgical cut) into the chest wall

Question 40

Otorrhea

Answer 40

A mucopurulent (containing mucous and pus) discharge from the ear.