Medical Terminology Flashcards
The suffix -emia means _______.
blood
The medical term for expanding or opening wider is _____.
dilate
The abbreviation for urinalysis is ________.
UA
The medical term for groups of cells with the same function is _______.
tissue
The medical term for the basic unit of body structure is ______.
cell
The abbreviation for below or low is _______.
hypo
The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is _______.
menarche
The medical term for the time when menstruation stops is _________.
menopause
The abbreviation for gastrointestinal is _________.
GI or G.I.
the medical term for an involuntary movement is ______.
reflex
The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is _________.
paraplegia
The medical term for paralysis from the neck down is _______.
quadriplegia
The medical abbreviation for by mouth is _______.
po
The abbreviation for dressing is _______.
dsg
The medical term for paralysis on one side of the body is __________.
hemiplegia
The medical term for circular movement around a central point is ________.
rotation
The medical term for turning the palm forward, as applied to the hand is __________.
supination
The medical term for a decrease in size or a wasting is ________.
atrophy
The medical term for straightening of a body part is ________.
extension
The abbreviation for the postprandial blood sugar is _______.
PPBS
The medical term for moving a body part away from the body is ______.
abduction
The medical term for bending a body part is ________.
flexion
The medical term for turning the palm backward is ________.
pronation
The medical term for bending backward is ________.
dorsiflexion
The medical term for the abnormal shortening of a muscle is ________.
contracture
The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is ________.
adduction
The abbreviation for laboratory is _______.
lab
The abbreviation for discontinue is ________.
d/c
The abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep is _______.
hs
The abbreviation for above or high is _______.
hyper
The abbreviation for hour is _______.
hr or h
The abbreviation for electroencephalogram is _________.
EEG
The abbreviation for Papanicolaou smear is _________.
pap smear
The abbreviation for cancer is ________.
CA
The medical term for loss of appetite is _________.
anorexia
The medical term for tube feeding is ________.
gavage
The medical term for sugar in the urine is _______.
glucosuria
The common term for a decubitus ulcer; a pressure sore is ________.
bedsore
The abbreviation for temperature, pulse, and respiration is ________.
TPR
The word element phlebo means ______.
vein
The word element pneumo means ________.
air, lungs
The work element adeno means _______.
gland
The word elements algia, algesia refer to ________.
pain
The word element cardio means ________.
heart
The word element cranio means _______,
skull
The word element ectomy means ________.
surgical removal
The word element emesis means __________
vomiting
The word element cise means ________.
cut
The word element centesis means _______.
puncture
The work element renal means ______ ,
kidney
The word element post means _______.
after
The work element osis means ________.
condition of
The work element rhino means _______.
nose
The work element stomato means _________.
mouth or the ostium uteri
The work element super means _______.
above
The abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome is ______.
TSS
Erythema refers to ______.
red skin
The opposite of deep is
superficial
High blood pressure is referred to as _______.
hypertension
Neoplasm refers to _______.
new growth
The abbreviations carb mean
carbohydrate
The abbreviation for chief complaint is _______.
CC
The abbreviation for grain is ________.
gr
