Med Term Ch 3 and 4 Flashcards
abdomin
abdomen
acr
extremities
acu
sharp, severe, sudden
aden
gland
adip
fat
amni
sac surrounding the embryo in uterus
angi
vessel
arteri
artery
arthr
joint
axill
armpit
bi
life
blephar
eyelid
hepat
liver
hydr
water
inguin
groin
isch
to hold back
lapar
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng
larynx
leuk
white
lymph
clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces
mamm
breast
mast
breast
morph
shape, form
muc
mucus
my
muscle
myel
spinal ford, bone marrow
necr
death
nephr
kidney
neur
nerve
neutr
neutrophil
nucle
nucleus
bronch
bronchial tubes
carcin
cancer
cardi
heart
chem
drug, chemical
chondr
cartilage
chron
time
col
colon
cyst
urinary bladder
encephal
brain
erythr
red
hem
blood
suffixes are next…
example) -algia means pain
cele
hernia
centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
coccus
berry shaped bacterium
cyte
cell
dynia
pain
ectomy
removal
emia
blood condition
genesis
forming
gram
record
graph
instrument for recording
graphy
process of recording
itis
inflammation
logy
study of
lysis
breakdown
malacia
softening
megaly
enlargement
oma
tumor
opsy
to view
osis
abnormal condition
pathy
disease condition
penia
deficiency
phobia
fear
plasia
development
plasty
surgical repair
ptosis
falling
sclerosis
hardening
scope
instrument for visual examination
scopy
process of visual examination
stasis
stopping
stomy
opening to form a mouth
therapy
treatment
tomy
incision
trophy
development
er
one who
ia
condition
ist
specialist
ole
little
ule
little
um, ium
tissue
us
substance
y
condition or process
ac, iac
pertaining to
al
pertaining to
ar
pertaining to
ary
pertaining to
eal
pertaining to
genic
in or produced by
ic, ical
pertaining to
oid
resembling
ose
full of
ous
pertaining to
tic
pertaining to
protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it
hernia
the withdrawing of fluid from the amniotic sac of the uterus
amniocentesis
bacteria that grows in twisted chains
strep
bacteria that grows in clusters
staph
condition of reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in the circulating blood
anemia
this is when blood is held back from part of the body
ischemia
an endocrine disorder that occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty
acromegaly
an inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size because of a defect in cartilage and bone
achondroplasia
visual examination of the abdominal cavity using a scope
laparoscopy
an incision into the trachea to open it below a blockage
tracheotomy
carp
wrist bones
cib
meals
cis
to cut
cost
rib
cutane
skin
dactyl
fingers and toes
duct
carry
flex
bend
furc
forking
gloss
tongue
glyc
sugar
immun
protection
morph
form
mort
death
nat
birth
nect
to bind
norm
rule
suffixes are next
example) -blast means embryonic
blast
immature
crine
to secrete
cyesis
pregnancy
drome
to run
fusion
coming together
gen
substance that produces
lapse
to slide
lysis
breakdown
meter
to measure
mission
to send
or
one who
partum
birth
phoria
feeling
physis
to grow
plasia
growth
plasm
structure
pnea
breathing
ptosis
falling, dropping
rrhea
discharge
stasis
stopping
trophy
development
these are prefixes…
example) a-, an- means no, not, or without
ox
oxygen
pub
pubis
seps
infection
somn
sleep
son
sound
the
put
thel
nipple
thyr
thyroid gland
top
place, position
tox
poison
trache
trachea
urethr
urethra
a
no, not
an
no, not
ab
away from
ad
toward
ana
apart
ante
before
anti
against
auto
self
bi
two
brady
slow
cata
down
ana
up
con
with
contra
against
de
down, lack of
dia
through
dys
bad
ec, ecto
out
en, endo
in
epi
above
eu
good
ex
out
hemi
half
hyper
excessive
hypo
deficient
in
not
in
into
infra
beneath
inter
between
intra
within
macro
large
mal
bad
meta
change
micro
small
neo
new
pan
all
para
abnormal
per
through
peri
surrounding
poly
many
post
after
pre
before
pro
before
pseudo
false
re
back, again
retro
behind
sub
under
supra
above, upper
syn, sym
together
tachy
fast
trans
across
ultra
beyond
uni
one
usually a foreign substance
antigen
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to foreign antigens
antibodies
the body makes antibodies to fight aginst its own good cells and tissues in these diseases
autoimmune
irregularity in a structure or organ that a baby is born with
congenital anomaly
brain damage on the right side causes paralysis on the paralysis on the left side of the body
contralateral
when an organ or tissue does this it slides forward or downward
prolapse
a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality
syndrome
a joint in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage
symphysis
a diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue
ultrasonography
