Med Term- Module 2 Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
aden/o
gland
agor/o
marketplace
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
carcin/o
cancer
chem/o
drug, chemical
chondr/o
cartilage
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine)
cyst/o
urinary bladder
encephal/o
brain
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen/ abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
ven/o
vein
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-emia
blood condition
-genic
producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
dropping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination (within an endoscope)
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-oid
resembling, derived from
-ole
little, small
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-y
condition, process
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
–ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
cystocele
part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall
hernia
protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it
hiatal hernia
when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm
inguinal hernia
when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male
omphalocele
herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth
amniocentesis
puncture with a needle to withdraw fluid from within the amniotic sac
abscess
collection of pus, white blood cells, and protein that is present at the site of an infection
diplococci
berry shaped bacteria organized in pairs
-us
structure, substance
gonococci
seed bacteria
pneumococci
lung bacteria
staphylococci
berry shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters
streptococcus
berry shaped bacteria that grow in twisted chains
basophils
granules stain blue with basic stain
eosinophils
granules stain red with acidic stain
erythrocytes
red blood cells
granulocytes
contain dark-staining granules in their cytoplasm and have a multilobed nucleus
hemoglobin
an important protein in erythrocytes, carries oxygen through the bloodstream
leukocytes
white blood cells
lymphocytes
lymph cells
macrophages
large phagocytes
monocytes
containing one very large nucleus
mononuclear leukocytes
cells that have one large nucleus and only a few granules in their cytoplasm
neutrophils
granules stain a pale purple with a neutral stain
phagocytes
cells engulfing and digesting bacteria like circulating pac men
platelets
clotting cells
polymorphonuclear
multilobed nucleus with many shapes
thrombocytes
clotting cells
anemia
condition marked by reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood
ischemia
condition of holding back blood from an organ or tissue
ischemic
pertaining to ischemia
tonsillectomy
removal of the tonsils
tonsillitis
inflammation if the tonsils
acromegaly
an endocrine disorder
pituitary gland
an endocrine gland at the base of the brain
spleen
organ in the left upper hand quadrant of the abdomen that destroys worn-out red blood cells, activates lymphocytes, and stores blood
splenectomy
removal of the spleen
achondroplasia
inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size
