Medical Terminology FINAL EXAM

Phleb/o

Vein

-poiesis

production/ formation

-scopy

viewing

-capnia

carbon dioxide in blood

Myring/o

Tympamic membrane

Kerat/o

Cornea

-plasty

plastic surgeon

-itis

inflammation of

Hyper-

Excessively

-emia

condition of havinh such blood

Endo

within

-ectasis

Dilation/ expansion

Arthr/o

Joint

Bronch/o

Bronchial tubes

-ptysis

spewing/ expectoration

Dys-

Abnormal

-pnea

breathe

phren/o

Mind/ diaphragm

rhin/o

nose

Leuk/o

White

-penia

Deficiency of

xer/o

Dry

Cutane/o

Skin

Kal/i

Potassium

Myel/o

Spinal cord or bone marrow

-cyte

Cell

-blast

Embryonic/ immature cell

-lysis

breakdown, seperation, destruction, loosening

PA/ Lateral

Posterior-Anterior, lateral

CT Scan

Computed Tomography scan, detailed images of internal organs. X-ray images

Ultrasound (sonography)

Imaging that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of structures within your body.

Moh's Surgery

Treatment of skin cancer, especially basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. This procedure is designed to remove all the cancerous tissue while removing as little of the healthy tissue as possible.

Myelogram

an X-ray study that involvs the injection of a dye into the spinal canal to assess the nerve roots.

Cardiac Enzymes

They are proteins from heart muscle cells. Low levels of these are usually found in your blood. but if your heart muscle is injured these enzymes leak out of your damaged hert muscle cells and their levels in the bloodstream rise. Example: Troponin, too

Echocardiogram

The record obtained by echocardiography

Linear Accelerator

A device in which charged particles are accelerated in straight paths by the use of alternating electric voltages that are timed in such a way that the particles receive increasing increments of energy

In Vitro

Test that is done in glass in laboratory

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Listening)

Diagnostic technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce a detailed image of the body's soft tissues and bones.

WBC differential

Determine the number of white blood cells and the percentage of each type of white blood cell in person's blood.

Hematocrit

Proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red blood cells.

Albumin Level

Main protein in human blood and the key to regulating osmotic pressure of blood.

Alopecia

Hair loss

Diaphoresis

Sweating

Erythema

Redness of the skin or mucous membranes

Mucositis

Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract

Fibrosis

Condition marked by increase of interstitial fibrous tissue

Cyanosis

Bluish discoloration

Anaphylaxis

Severe, potentially life threatening allergic reaction

Cushing Syndrome

Extemely complex hormonal condition that involves many areas of the body.

Graves Disease

Autoimmune disease in which the overactivity of thyroid gland causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones.

Diabetes mellitus

Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin.

Gynecomastia

Excessive development of the breast in the male

Tetrology of Fallot

A congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum

Mitral Valve Prolapse

A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletly during systole usually producing either a click or murmur

DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis

condition marked by the formation of a thrombus within a deep bein that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by symptoms such as swelling and pain.

Anemia

Blood deficient in red blood cells

Osteoporosis

A condition that affects especially older woman and is characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and enlargement of bone spaces producing porosity and brittleness

Osteomyelitis

Infectious, painful inflammatory disease of bone that is often of bacterial orgin and may result in death of bone tissue

Osteomalacia

A disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the bones and is analogous to rickets in the young

Albinism

Condition of an albino

Psoriasis

A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales.

Pruritis

Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve endings

Herpes

Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vessicles.

Myopia

The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye

Otitis media

Inflamation of the middle ear marked especillu by pain, fever, dizziness, and hearing loss.

Glaucoma

Disease in which pressure inside the eye cuses gradual loss of vision

Macular degeneration

Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision usally affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly

tinnitus

Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that only you can hear

Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer

A sore that people get from lying in bed for a very long time when they are sick or injured.

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease

Pulmonary disease that is characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slwoed rate of exhalation

Ischemia

Deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood

Hodgkins Disease

A neoplastic disease that is characterized by progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive anemia

HIV

Virus that causes aids

Scoliosis

A lateral curvature of the spine

Hemophilia

Serious disease that causes a person who has been cut or injured to keep bleeding for a very long time

Kaposi Sarcoma

Neoplastic disease that occurs especially in individuals coinfected with HIV and a specific herpesvirus. Affects the skin and mucous membranes.

Cochlea

the part of the inner ear that contains the ending of the nerve that carries information about sound to the brain

Modality

Therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy

Radiation

the use of controlled amounts of this for the treatment of diseases

Metastasis

The spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body

Remission

A period of time during a serious illness when the patients health improves

orthopneic position

Sitting propped up in bed by several pillows

Humerus

the long bone of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow

Atrophy

Gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually becuase of disease or lack of use

laminectomy

Surgical removal of the posterior arch of a vertebra

Mandible

Jaw, the lower jaw with its investing soft parts

Acetabulum

the cup-shaped socket in the hip bone

Bulla

A hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence

Atopy

Genetic disposition to develop an allergic reaction such as allergic rhinitis, asthm, or atopic dermatitis. and produce elevated levels of IgE

endarterectomy

Surgical removal of the inner layer of an artery when thickened and atheromatous

Mitral Valve

Valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

SA node (Sinoatrial)

Small mass of tissue that is made up of Purkinje fibers, ganglion cells, and nerve fibers

Heparin

Sulfuric acid ester that occurs especially in the liver and lungs that prolongs the clotting time of blood by preventing the formation of fibrin and that is administered parenterally

Spleen

Largest lymphatic organ in body. Filters blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood

Interstitial

Situated within but not restricted to

Diuretic

Causes a person to "lose water"

anticonvulsant

An antivconvulsant drug

Antipyretic

Pain relievers, Non-steroidal anti-inflmmatory drugs

Beta Blocker

Any of a class of drugs (as propranolol) that decrease the rate and force of heart contractions and lower high blood pressure by blocking the activity of beta-recptors

tranquilizer

Drug used to reduce mental disturbance such as anxiety and tension