module 3 med term

Acr/o/megal/y

Enlargement of the extremities.

An/emia

Blood condition involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin.

Angi/o/plasty

Surgical repair of a blood vessel.

Angi/o/graphy

Process of recording blood vessels.

Arteri/ole

Small artery.

Arteri/o/scler/osis

Hardening of the arteries.

A/trophy

Lack of development; wasting away.

Axill/ary

Pertaining to the armpit.

Bi/opsy

Process of viewing living tissue.

Blephar/o/ptosis

Drooping of the eyelid.

Cardi/o/my/o/pathy

Disease of the heart muscle.

Chron/ic

Pertaining to time; lasting a long time.

Hem/o/lysis

Destruction or breakdown of red blood cells.

Hem/o/stasis

Stopping or controlling the flow of blood.

Hyper/trophy

Excessive development or enlargement.

Isch/emia

Condition of deficient blood flow to tissue.

Lapar/o/scope

Instrument used to examine the abdomen.

Leuk/o/cyt/osis

Condition of increased white blood cells.

Mast/ectomy

Surgical removal of a breast.

Meta/stasis

Spread of disease from one part of the body to another.

Morph/o/logy

Study of form and structure.

My/algia

Muscle pain.

Myel/oma

Tumor of bone marrow.

Necr/osis

Condition of tissue death.

Nephr/o/log/ist

Specialist in the study of the kidneys.

Neur/algia

Nerve pain.

Oste/o/malacia

Softening of bone.

Periton/eal

Pertaining to the peritoneum.

Splen/o/megaly

Enlargement of the spleen.

Trache/o/stomy

Creation of an opening into the trachea.

Thorac/o/centesis

Surgical puncture of the chest.

Thromb/o/cyt/o/penia

Deficiency of platelets in the blood.