lesson 8 words

aerosis (aer/osis)

the production of gas in the tissues or organs of the body

alveolus (alveol/us)

name used to designate a small saclike
pit or cavity

dental alveoli (dent/al alveol/i)

—the tooth sockets in the upper and lower
jaw bones

alveolar (alveol/ar)—

pertaining to an alveolus

alveolectomy (alveol/ectomy)—

surgical excision of the tooth socket bony
structure as a preparatory measure for the wearing of false teeth

alveoloplasty (alveol/o/plast/y)—

the surgical improvement of the shape and
condition of the tooth sockets in preparation for immediate or future denture
construction

corn—

the name of a build-up of thick horny skin tissue produced by friction and pressure

dactyloscopy (dactyl/o/scop/y)

—examination of fingerprints for purpose of
identification

pneumonedema (pneumon/edema)—

abnormal quantities of fluid in the lungs

edematous (edemat/ous)—

pertaining to or affected by edema

ependyma (ependym/a)

name of the membrane lining the cavities of the
brain and the canal enclosing the spinal cord

ependymal (ependym/al)—

pertaining to or composed of ependyma

fistulization (fistul/ization)—

the process of becoming fistulous

fistuloenterostomy (fistul/o/enter/ostomy)—

the operation of making a fistula
empty permanently into the intestine

• bifurcate (bifurc/ate)—so

forked; divided into two like a fork

bifurcation (bi/furc/ation)—

division into two branches;

glycolysis (glyc/o/lysis)

—the breaking down of sugar into simpler
compounds

glucose (gluc/ose)—

a thick, syrupy, sweet liquid;

gravidic (gravid/ic)—

occurring during pregnancy

gravidity (gravid/ity)

—the condition of being with child; pregnancy

gravidocardiac (gravid/o/cardi/ac)

—pertaining to heart disease of pregnancy

• iridization (irid/iz/ation)

—the patient's perception of colored halos about lights

keratoderma (kerat/o/derma)—

a homy skin or covering

keratoderma (kerat/o/derma)—

a horny skin or covering

keratoid (kerat/oid)

—resembling horny or corneal tissue

hyperkeratosis (hyper/kerat/osis)—

overgrowth (excessive growth) of the
horny layer of the skin

keratocentesis (kerat/o/ centesis)—

puncture of the cornea

metabolism (metabol/ism)—

the sum of all the physical and chemical processes
by which living organized substance is produced and maintained,

basal metabolism—

the minimal energy needed to maintain the physical and
chemical activities of the body

omentum (oment/um)—

name of the membranous cover of the abdominal
organs

omentopexy (oment/o/pexy)—

the attachment of the omentum to another
tissue or organ

omentoplasty (oment/o/plast/y)

—the use of omental grafts, that is, surgical
repair using the omentum as the grafting material

oophoropexy (oophor/o/pexy)

—the surgical fixation or attaching of the
ovary (also

onychophagy (onych/o/phag/y)

nail biting

phagomania (phag/o/mani/a)

—an insatiable craving for food; literally an
"eating mania"

phagocyte (phag/o/cyt/e)—

any cell that absorbs ("eats") micro-organisms,

phagocytosis (phag/o/cyt/osis)—

the process of engulfing a micro-organism,
other cells and foreign bodies by phagocytes

leukoplakia (leuk/o/plak/ia)

—a disease marked by white thickened patches
on the mucous membrane of the cheeks, gum and tongue

malacoplakia (malac/o/plak/ia)—

the formation of soft patches on the mucous
membrane of a hollow organ

• pneumatic (pneumat/ic)—

Of or pertaining to air or respiration

pneumatocele (pneurnat/o/cele)

—a swelling containing air any place in the
body; a pushing out of the lung through a weak place in the wall of the chest

pneumonia (pneumon/ia)

—inflammation of the lungs,

pneumonitis (pneumon/itis)—

a condition of localized, acute inflammation of
the lung without the range of complications and symptoms accompanying
pneumonia;

pneumonic (pneumon/ic)

—pertaining to the lung or to pneumonia

ptyalism (ptyal/ism)—

excessive secretion of saliva;

-ptysis (-pty/sis)—

the spitting of

ptyalectasis (ptyal/ectasis)

—dilatation (enlarging) of a salivary duct by surgery

ptyalogenic (ptyal/o/gen/ic)

—formed from or by the action of saliva

renopulmonary (ren/o/pulmon/ary)

pertaining to the kidney and lungs

radical (radic/al)

directed to the cause;

radix—"

the root"; the lowermost part, or a structure by which something is firmly attached

radicle (radi/cle)—"

a little root"; any one of the smallest branches of a vessel
or nerve

radiculectomy (radic/ul/ectomy)

—excision of a nerve root

(radic/ul/o/neur/o/path/y)—

disease of the nerve roots
and the nerve