Surgery, Diabetes, Immunology, Etc.- Unit 10 Flashcards
combining form for abdominal wall
laparo
combining form for water or fluid
hydro
combining form for sweat
hidro
combining form for glucose
gluco
suffix for condition in the blood
emia
combining form for immune
immuno
combining form for self
auto
prefix means away from
ab
prefix means down from or from- resulting in less than
de
prefix means out from
ex
prefix means equal or the same
iso
prefix means through, complete
dia
prefix means through
per
prefix means around-greek
peri
prefix means around- latin
circum
combining form for death
necro
suffix for an abnormal or unusual attraction
philia
movement away from the midline
abduction
wandering away from the norm
aberrant
weaning a baby from the breast
ablactation
takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer
ablation
away from the mouth
aboral
scraping
abrasion
movement toward the midline
adduction
attraction to air
aerophilia
absence of sweating
anhidrosis
cells of unequal size
anisocytosis
breasts of unequal size
anisomastia
plastic surgery and grafting using one’s own skin
autodermic
diagnosing ones self
autodiagnosis
made by or from ones own tissues
autogenous
graft of tissue from ones own body
autograft
transfusion with ones own blood
autohemotherapy
reaction of immune response to ones own tissues
autoimmunity
originating from ones self
autologous
self controlling part of the nervous system
autonomic
biting ones self
autophagia
attraction to ones self
autophilia
abnormal fear of ones self being alone
autophobia
necropsy, postmortem examination, exam to confirm cause of death
autopsy
one hundredth of a gram
centigram
one hundredth of a meter
centimeter
X-ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium
cholangio-pancreatography
moving as to describe a circle with a body part
circumduction
encircling the eye
circumocular
encircling or in the shape of a circle
circumscribed
substance within the cell
cytoplasm
ten grams
decagram
calcium loss
decalcification
ten liters
decaliter
falls down
deciduous
one tenth of a gram
decigram
one tenth of a liter
deciliter
water loss
dehydration
profuse sweating
diaphoresis
heat through tissue
diathermy
increase in urine output
diuresis
agent that causes diuresis
diuretic
disorder characterized by seizures
epilepsy
removing a body part
excision
removal of waste
excretion
to straighten or lengthen a body part
extension
removal or pulling out of a body part
extraction
to shorten or bend a body part
flexion
formation of glycogen or sugar
glycogenesis
hemoglobin with attached glucose
glycohemoglobin
attraction to blood
hematophilia
condition of sweating
hidrosis
attraction to water
hydrophilia
fear of water
hydrophobia
high fever
hyperpyrexia
high blood glucose level
hyperglycemia
low blood glucose level
hypoglycemia
deficient immune system
immunodeficiency
vaccination, immunization
immunotherapy
equal size cells
isocellular
digits the same length
isodactylism
measures the same on all sides
isometric
osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell
isotonic
examination of the abdomen with a scope
laparoscopy
incision into the abdomen
laparotomy
excision of breast tissue
mastectomy
breast cancer
mastocarcinoma
one thousandth of a gram
milligram
one thousandth of a meter
millimeter
one cell
monocyte
increase in the number of monocytes
monocytosis
a single tumor
monoma
paralysis of one muscle
monomyoplegia
involving one nerve
mononeural
having one nucleus
mononuclear
viral infection causing monocytosis
mononucleosis
having more than one capsule
multicapsular
having or involving many cells
multicellular
having or involving many glands
multiglandular
a cell having more than one nucleus
multinuclear
having many live births
multipara
excision of dead tissue
necrectomy
condition of cell death or decomposition
necrocytosis
organism that lives off dead tissue
necroparasite
abnormal fear of dead bodies
necrophobia
pertaining to necrosis
necrotic
incision into dead tissue
necrotomy
bedwetting
nocturnal enuresis
having no pregnancies carried to the third trimester
nullipara
incision into the navel
omphalotomy
striking or tapping
percussion
through the skin
percutaneous
puncturing
perforation
supplying blood to tissues
perfusion
area surrounding a joint
periarticular
excision of the membrane around the heart
pericardiectomy
area surrounding the colon
pericolic
inflammation around the liver
perihepatitis
area surrounding the tonsils
peritonsillar
after death
postmortem
first pregnancy
primigravida
first live birth
primipara
fever
pyrexia
destruction of tissue caused by fever
pyrolysis
compulsion for setting fires
pyromania
thermometer
pyrometer
attraction to fire
pyrophilia
abnormal fear of fire
pyrophobia
heartburn
pyrosis
poisonous by product of metabolism created during fever
pyrotoxin
across the lumen
transluminal
immunization
vaccination
substance used to stimulate an immune response for immunization
vaccine
