Mid Term 1 Unit 2 Flashcards
Hemorrhage
Hemo (blood) + rrhage (bursting)
Diarrhea
Dia (through) + rrhea (flow)
Amenorrhea
A (without) + meno (monthly) + rrhea (flow)
Dysmenorrhea
Dys (painful) + meno (monthly) + rrhea (flow)
Septicemia
Septi (poisoning, infection) + emia (blood condition)
Nephrectomy
Nephr (kidney) + ectomy (surgical removal)
Tachypnea
Tachy (fast) + pnea (breathing)
Thoracotomy
Thoraco (chest) + tomy (incision into)
Apoptosis
programmed cell death
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocyte (platelet) + penia (deficit)
Cardiomegaly
Cardio (heart) + megaly (enlargement)
Pericardium
Peri (around) + cardium (heart)
Pneumocotomy
Pneumo (lung) + tomy (incision into)
Hyperglycemia
Hyper (high) + glyc (glucose) + emia (blood condition)
Gastrostomy
Gastr (stomach) + ostomy (artificial opening)
Angiogram
Angio (blood vessel) + gram (record)
Analysis
Ana (up) + lysis (break)
Endoscopy
Endo (within) + scopy (visual examination)
Atrophy
A (without) + trophy (growth)
Percutaneous
Per (through) + cutaneous (skin)
Gastroparesis
Gastro (stomach) + paresis (slow movement)
Hemiplegia
Hemi (half) + plegia (paralysis)
Idiopathic
Idio (unknown) + pathic (illness)
Renal
Ren (kidney) + al (pertaining to)
Renal
Ren (kidney) + al (pertaining to)
Phlebotomy
Phlebo (vein) + tomy (incision into)
Analgesic
An (without) + alges (pain) + ic (agent)
Antipyretic
Anti (against) + pyret (fever) + ic (agent)
Anesthetic
An (without) + esthe (feeling) + ic (agent)
Gluconeogenesis
Gluco (glucose) + neo (new) + genesis (production)
Ectopic
out of place
Pancreatitis
pancrea (pancreas) + itis (inflammation)
Hydrocephalus
Hydro (water) + cephal (head) + us (condition)
Circumcision
circum (around) + cision (cutting)
Dialysis
Dia (through) + lysis (break)
Embolism
Em (blood) + bol (ball) + ism (condition)
Infrared
Infra (below) + red light
Metastatic
Meta (between) + stat (state) + ic (pertaining to)
Polycystic
Poly (many) + cyst (sac filled with fluid) ic (pertaining to)
Retrograde
Retro (back) + grade (move, go)
Cholecystitis
cholecyst (gall bladder) + itis (inflammation)
Cholecystectomy
cholecyst (gall bladder) + ectomy (excision)
Stomatitis
stoma (mouth) + itis (inflammation)
Melanoma
melano (black) + oma (mass)
Leukemia
leuko (white) + emia (blood condition)
Angiogenesis
angio (blood vessel) + genesis (creating)
Angiogram
angio (blood vessel) + gram (record)
Endocrine
endo (within) + crine (secrete)
Geriatric
ger (old age) + iatr (physician, treatment)
Laparoscopy
lapar (abdominal wall. organs) + scopy (visual examination)
Myocardial
myo (muscle) + cardi (heart) + al (pertaining to)
Salpingooophorectomy
salphingo (fallopian tubes) + oopho (ovary) + ectomy (excision)
Antipyretic
Anti (against) + pyr (fever) + etic (agent)
Rhinorrhea
rhino (nose) + rrhea (flow)
Thoracotomy
thoraco (chest) + tomy (incision into)
Tracheostomy
tracheo (trachea) + stomy (artificially created opening)
Thoracentesis
thora (chest) + centesis (puncture - to drain fluid or air)
Hyperemesis
hyper (high) + emesis (vomiting)
Hydrolysis
hydro (water) + lysis (break)