Medical Terminology part 4 Flashcards
penia
deficiency
pexy
surgical fixation
plasty
surgical repair
scope
instrument for viewing
stomy
creation of an artificial opening
tomy
cutting into the organ area
uria
urination, urine
a, an
without, not
anti
against
bi
two, double
brady
slow
dys
bad, difficult, painful
endo
within, inside
epi
above
eu
good, normal
hemat/o
blood
hemi
one half
hyper
above normal, excessive, high
hypo
below, beneath, low
intra
inside, within
mal
bad
neo
new
peri
around, surrounding
poly
excessive, many
post
after
pre
before
sub
less than normal, below, underneath
supra
above
tachy
rapid
dyspnea
difficult breathing
nevus
birthmark or mole on the skin
peritoneum
membrane lining the abdominal cavity
examples of exocrine glands
sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate and mucous.
lumbar region
lower back
bursa
a small serous sac between a tendon and a bone.
substance use disorder
replaces drug abuse
person with substance use disorder
replaces addict
Adiposity-based chronic disease
obesity
ectomy
surgical removal
hypotension
lower than normal blood pressure