wotd Flashcards
cardiomegaly
cardio + megaly
heart + big (enlarged)
enlarged heart
echocardiogram
echo + cardio + gram
reflected sound + heart + record
ultrasound of the heart
amniocentisis
amnio + centisis
fetal membrane + to puncture
take sample of amniotic fluid for testing
cirrhosis
cirrh + osis
yellow + condition
yellowing of skin and white of eyes (caused by disease liver + scar tissue)
hyperlipemia
hyper + lip + emia
high + lipid + blood
high amounts of fat in the blood
latrogenic
Iatro + genic
healer + caused by
illness caused by treatment/examiner
polymyositis
poly + myos + itis
many + muscle + inflammation
inflammation of muscles
xerostomia
xero + stom/a + ia
dry + mouth + condition
dry mouth condition
erythrocyte
erythro + cyte
red + cell
blood cell
hematemesis
hemat/o + emesis
blood + vomiting
vomiting blood
polydipsia
poly + dips + ia
many + thirst + condition
excess thirst
histology
hist + ology
tissue + study of
study of tissue
otorhinolaryngology
oto + rhino + laryngo + logy
ear + nose + throat + study of
study of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat
arteriomalacia
arterio + malacia
artery + abnormal softening
softening of the arteries
cyanosis
cyan + osis
blue + condition
bluing of skin (due to lack of blood circulation)
dysphagia
dys + phag + ia
difficult/painful + eating + condition
thrombus
blood clot
necrosis
cell death
atherosclerosis
athero + sclerosis
arteries + hard
hardened, narrowed arteries
thoracotomy
thorac/o + tomy
chest + process of cutting
cut made in chest
macroglossia
macro + gloss + ia
large + tongue + condition
large tongue condition
thoractomy
thorac + tomy
chest + cut
cut in the chest
polydactyly
poly + dactyl + y
many + finger/toes + condition
bursitis
burs + itis
bur (thing behind the knee) + inflammation
bursa inflamation
osteosarcoma
osteo + sarc + oma
bone + tissue + tumor
bone cancer
nephrologist
nephro + ologist
kidney + specialist
kidney specialist
diplopia
dipl + op + ia
double + vision + condition
double vision condition
nociception
noci + ception
to cause pain/harm + layering
process to how we feel pain
nephropexy
nephro + pexy
kidney + to put in place
fix kidney placement
deuteroanopia
duetero + anopia
second + without sight
color deficiancy
anesthesiologist
an + esthesio + logist
without + feeling + expert
electromyography
electro + myo + graphy
electricity + muscle + processing of recording
hyperalgesia
hyper + algesia
high + sensitivity to pain
dystonia
dys + tonia
difficult + tone
difficulty in toning of muscles
