Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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dent/o
odont/o
A
teeth
2
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gingiv/o
A
gums
3
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gloss/o
lingu/o
A
tongue
4
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or/o
stomat/o
A
mouth
5
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ptyal/o
A
saliva
6
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sial/o
A
saliva, salivary gland
7
Q
specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases of the teeth/gums
A
dentist
8
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specialist in the prevention and correction of misaligned teeth
A
orthodontist
9
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inflammation of the gums
A
gingivitis
10
Q
hypo-
sub-
A
under
11
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condition of excessive saliva
A
ptyalism
12
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-emesis
A
vomiting
13
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- algia
- dynia
A
pain
14
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-orexia
A
appetite
15
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-pepsia
A
digestion
16
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-phagia
A
eating
swallowing
17
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-rrhea
A
discharge
flow
18
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loss of appetite
A
anorexia
19
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difficult or painful digestion
A
dyspepsia
20
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discharge or watery stools from the bowel
A
diarrhea
21
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maxill/o
A
jaw
22
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enter/o
A
intestine (small)
23
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BM
A
bowel movement
24
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FBS
A
fasting blood sugar
25
Dx
diagnosis
26
GI
gastrointestinal
27
treats abnormal conditions of tissues
periodontist
28
throat
pharynx
29
-oid
resembling
30
muc/ous
pertaining to mucus
31
visual examination in or within an organ
endocopy
32
-plasty
surgical repair
33
excision of the stomach
gastrectomy
34
cancerous tumor
carcinoma
35
excessive vomiting
hyperemesis
36
vomiting blood
hematemesis
37
aer/o
air
38
duoden/o
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
39
jejun/o
jejunum (second part of small intestine)
40
ile/o
ileum (third part of small intestine)
41
proct/o
anus
| rectum
42
visual examination of the colon
colonoscopy
43
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
44
-rrhaphy
suture
45
name the 3 parts of the small intestine
duodenum
jejunum
ileum
46
Muscle contractions that transports bolus to the stomach
peristalsis
47
-scopy
visual examination
48
-stomy
forming an opening
49
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
50
hepat/o
liver
51
GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
52
IBD
inflammatory bowel disease
53
IBS
irritable bowel sydrome
54
CT
computed tomography
55
GI
gasrointestinal
56
US
ultrasound
57
abnormal yellow condition of the skin
cirrhosis
58
condition in which bulging pouches in the GI tract push the mucosal lining through the surrounding muscle
diverticular disease
59
severe obesity in which a person have a BMI of 40 or greater
morbid obesity
60
imaging procedure that uses special x-ray equipment to create detailed pictures, or scans, of areas inside the body
computed tomography
61
radiographic examination of the esophagus, stomach and small intestine
barium swallow
62
radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce multiplanar cross-sectional images of the body
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
63
Process of imaging deep structures of the body by recording reflection of high frequency sound waves and displaying the reflected echoes on the monitor
Ultrasonography
64
surgical procedures performed on the stomach or intestines to induce weight loss
bariatric surgery
65
insertion of tube through the nose for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes
nasogastric intubation
66
tox/o
| toxic/o
poison
67
orth/o
straight
68
son/o
sound
69
tom/o
to cut
70
dia-
across
71
hyper-
excessive
72
hypo-
under, below, deficient
73
HF
heart failure
74
of a disease, infectious
Malignant
75
orth/o
straight
76
Toxic/o
Poison
