Week 1 Flashcards
enter/o
small intestine
gastr/o
stomach
a-
without or no
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
abduction
take away from the midline
adduction
move toward the midline
dys-
difficult, painful or bad
Dysphagia
difficulty eating or swallowing
eu-
good, easy or normal
Euthyroid
having a normally functioning thyroid gland
Endo-
within or inside
Endocrine
to secrete internally
Ex-/Exo-
without, out of, outside, or away from
Endoparasite
an organism that lives within the body of the host
Ecto-
outside
Ectoparasite
an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
Hyper-
means elevated, higher, or more than normal
Hyperglycemia
elevated blood glucose
Hypo-
depressed, lower, or less than normal
Hypoglycimia
depressed amounts of blood glucose
Inter-
between
Intra-
within
Intercostal
between the ribs
Intramuscular
within the muscle
Poly-
many or excessive
Polyuria
excessive amount or frequency of urination
Oligo-
scant or little
Oliguria
scant amount or frequency of urination
Pre-
before
Post-
after
sub-
below
Super-/Supra-
above, beyond, or excessive
Supernumerary
more than the regular number
Suprascapular
above the shoulder blade
epi-
upper
extra-
outside
infra-
below or beneath
meta-
beyond
per-
throughout
trans-
across
Ultra-
above, increased, or more than normal
-tomy
cutting into or incision
pan-
all
leuk/o
white
-penia
deficiency or reduction in number
panleukopenia
deficiency of all types of white blood cells
-stomy
surgically created opening
Gastrostomy
surgically created opening between the stomach and the body surface
-ectomy
surgical removal or excision
Gastrectomy
surgical removal of stomach
-pexy
suture to stabalize
gastropexy
surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall
-plasty
surgical repair
-tomy
cutting into
laparotomy
an incision into the abdomen
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
-gram
record of
-graph
instrument that records
-graphy
procedure that records
-lysis
separation or breakdown
urinalysis
separation of the urine into its constituents
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
procedure to visually examine
-therapy
treatment
-rrhagia/-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhaphy
to suture
hemorrhage
bursting forth of blood from the vessels
enterorrhaphy
suturing of the small intestine
-rrhaphy
to suture
-rrhea
flow, discharge
diarrhea
complete discharge of bowels
rrhexis
rupture
myorrhexis
rupture of the muscle
-algia and -dynia
pain
arthralgia
joint pain
arthrodynia
joint pain
-ia
state or condition
-ion
action, process, state, or condition
infarction
condition of blood flow obstruction
-itis
inflamation
hepatitis
inflammation of the river
-ive
performs or tends toward
congistive
tends toward accumulation of fluid
-malacia
abnormal softening
osteomalacia
abnormal softening of bone
-megaly
enlargement
cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
-osis
abnormal condition
cardiosis
abnormal condition of the heart
-pathy
disease
enteropathy
disease of the small intestine
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
arteriosclerosis
abnormal hardening of the arteries
-um
structure
pericardium
structure surrounding the heart
-us
thing
tarsus
the joint “thing”
Mucous
pertaining to mucus
Mucus
slime like substance composed of bodily secretions
