medical term lecture 3 Flashcards
Pertaining to nerve system
Neural
- neur/o > nerve
- al means pertaining to
Pain of joints or joints pain
Arthralgia
- arthr/o > joints
- algia means pain
White blood cells
Leukocyte
- leuk/o > white
- cyte means cell
Cutting out part of stomach
Gastrectomy
- gastr/o > stomach
- ectomy means cutting out; removal, excision
Note : in a partial or subtotal gastrectomy, only a portion of stomach is removed
Condition of white blood cell
Leukemia
- leuk/o > white
- emia means blood condition
Blood protein
Hemoglobin
- hem/o or hemat/o > blood
- globin means protein
Record of joint
Arthrogram
- arthr/o > joint
- gram means record
Pain in head
Cephalgia
- cephal/o > head
- ia means condition
- algia means pain
Pertaining to stomach
Gastric
- gastr/o> stomach
- ic means pertaining
Excessive activing of the thyroid gland
Hyperthyroidism
- Hyper means excessive
- thyroid > a gland
- ism means condition
Inflammation of stomach and intestines
Gastroenteritis
- gastr/o > stomach
- enter/o > intestines
- itis means inflammation
Specilist in the study of nerves
Neurologist
- neur/o > nerve
- logist means specialist in the study of
Mass in the liver
Hepatoma
- hepat > liver
- oma means tumor or mass
Process view of living tissue
Biopsy
- Bi/o > life
- opsy means to view
Abnormal condition of the kidney
Nephrosis
- nephr/o > kidney
- osis means abnormal condition
Instrument visually examining the stomach
Gastroscope
- gastr/o > stomach
- scope means instrument to visually examine
Process of of visual examination of the abdomen
Laperoscopy
- lapar/o > abdomen
- scopy means process of visual examination
Process of visual examination of the joints
Arthroscopy
- arthr/o > joints
- scopy means process of visual examination
