W3 Medical Billing & Coding

-cele

Hernia = Tejido sobresaliente

-centesis

Puncture to remove fluid = Punción para extraer líquido

-coccus

Berry-shaped bacterium (plural: -cocci).

-dynia

Pain

-genesis

Condition of producing, forming.

-logy

Study of.

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

Softening = Reblandecimiento

-megaly

Enlargement = Ampliación

-opsy

To view = Ver

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal = Condición anormal

-penia

Deficiency

-plasia

Development, formation, growth

-plasty

Surgical repair = Reparación quirúrgica

-ptosis

Drooping, falling, prolapse = Descenso, caída, prolapso

-rrhea

Flow, discharge = Flujo, descarga

-sclerosis

Hardening = Endurecimiento

-stasis

Controlling, stopping.

-stomy

Opening to form a mouth (stoma).

-tomy

Incision, cutting into = Recortar

-trophy

Development, nourishment = alimento, nutrición

-oid

Resembling, derived from = Parecido a… o derivado de..

Amniocentesis

Surgical puncture to withdraw fluid from the amnion (sac surrounding the embryo or fetus) for analysis, typically performed between the 12th and 18th weeks of pregnancy. = Instrumento para retirar líquido que rodea al embrión entre las semanas 12 o 18 de embarazo.

Ischemia

A condition in which blood is held back from a part of the body or tissue, leading to oxygen deprivation. = Condición que impide el ingreso del oxígeno a todo el cuerpo o a un tejido.

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

A "mini-stroke" that occurs when blood is held back from tissue in the brain.

Sangre retenida no llega al tejido cerebral.

Hemolysis

The breakdown, destruction, or separation of red blood cells.

Multiple myeloma

A malignant tumor that occurs in bone marrow tissue throughout the body.

Tumor en hueso angosto.

Achondroplasia

An inherited disorder or gene mutation causing defective cartilage and bone formation, resulting in dwarfism with short limbs, bowed legs, an average-sized trunk and head, and normal intelligence.

Enanismo = Causado por la formación de los cartílagos y huesos.

Blepharoptosis

Drooping of the upper eyelid due to muscle weakness, which can be congenital, age-related, or secondary to stroke or cranial nerve damage.

Caída del párpado superior, puede ser congénita, por edad o por un accidente cardiovascular o daño a los nervios craneales.

Hemostasis

The process of controlling or stopping blood flow, either naturally by clotting or artificially with compression, suturing, or a hemostat.

Control o retención de la sangre de manera natural o artifical.

Hypertrophy

An increase in the size of cells (not their number), such as in the muscles of weightlifters.

Crecimiento del tamaño de las células (no la cantidad) po rlos músculos

Atrophy

A decrease in the size of cells, such as when muscles are immobilized in a cast and not in use.

Disminución en el tamaño (no número) de células ocurre por los músculos.

Myocardial infarction (MI)

A heart attack; an area of dead tissue (necrosis) in the heart muscle resulting from ischemia.

Ataque al corazón, hay necrosis que provecha retención o disminución de la sangre

Sentinel axillary lymph node

The first lymph node in the armpit to which breast cancer cells are most likely to spread.

Ganglio linfático de la axila, es el más grande y propenso a propagar el cáncer de mama.

Hiatal hernia

Protrusion of the stomach upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm.

Elevación del estómago hacia el medioastino por medio del orificio esofágico del diafragma.

Cystocele

Herniation of a portion of the urinary bladder posteriorly toward the vagina as a result of pelvic muscle weakness.

Consecuencia de la debilidad de los músculos pélvicos se genera una hernia enuna porcio de la vejiga urinaria hacia la vagina.

Rectocele

Herniation or protrusion of a portion of the rectum anteriorly toward the vagina.

Hernia en una porcio del recto hacia la vagina.

Omphalocele

A herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel (umbilicus), occurring in infants at birth.

Acromegaly

An endocrine disorder resulting from the pituitary gland producing excessive growth hormone after puberty, leading to enlargement of bones and soft tissue in the hands, feet, and face.