Medical Terminology Exam 1

visual learner

a learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a picture.

auditory learner

Students who process information through listening, lecture discussions, listening to tapes, repeating information, and reading aloud.

verbal learners

get more out of words, written and spoken explanations

Kinesthetic learners

People who learn best through a hands-on approach; also called tactile learners.

social learning

process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the behavior of others, enjoy group synnergy

solitary learning

prefer to work alone and use self-study

global learning

also called holistic learners, see the big picture instead of individual parts

analytical learning

Studying in a sequential manner; study the individual parts first to comprehend the whole.

chunking

organizing items into familiar, manageable units

acronyms

abbreviations created by using the first letters or word parts in names or phrases

-iatrist, -ician, -ist

specialist

--logist, -ologist

specialist in the study of

-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia

pain

-rrhaphy

suture

-tripsy

crushing

-ectomy

surgical removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-desis

surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together

-osmia

smell, odor

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous

creating, producing

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-lysis

destruction

-phasia

speech

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-gravida

pregnant

-edema

swelling

-iasis

pathological condition or state

-lepsy. -leptic

seizure

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-pnea

breathing

-sclerosis

hardening

-tome

cutting instrument

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal

pertaining to

-cyte, -cytic

cell

-prandial

meal

-oxia

Oxygen

-emia

a condition of the blood

-rrhexis

rupture

-pause, -stasis

cessation, stopping

-ptosis

dropping, prolapse

-ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous

pertaining to

a-, an-, in-

without, not, absence of

ambi

both, both sides, around, about

oligo-

deficiency

iso-

equal, same

hemi-, semi-

half

en-, end-, end-, in-, intra-

in, within, inner

ec-, ecto-

out, outside

para-, peri-

beside, near

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

auto-

self

eu-

good, normal

hyp-, infra-, sub-

below, beneath

ex-, exo-, extra-

away from, outside, external

-cele

hernia

-ology, -logy

study of

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cidal, -cide

destroying, killing

-dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-graphy

process of recording

-metry

process of measuring

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-scopy

visual examination

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

to cut

-tripsy

crushing

-acusia, -acusis, -cusis

hearing

-algesia, -algesic, -algia -dynia

pain

-dipsia

thirst

-opia, -ospia, -opsis, -opsy

vision, view of

-phobia

fear

-phoria

feeling

-clasis, -clast

to break

-emesis

vomiting

-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

movement

-phage

eating and swallowing

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-uresis

urination

-constriction

narrowing

-cytosis

condition of cells

-derma

skin

-edema

swelling

-ia, -ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

seizure

-lith

stone

-necrosis

tissue death

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-oxia

Oxygen

-paresis

slight or partial paralysis

-partum, -tocia

childbirth, labor