medterm final

abdomino/o

abdomen

arteri/o

artery

intestin/o

intestine

muscl/o

muscle

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

tonsil/o

tonsil

ven/o

vein

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

derm/o

skin

gastr/o

stomach

mamm/o

breast

nas/o

nose

cost/o

rib

cyan/o

blue

enter/o

intestine

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdomen

leuk/o

blood

-ation

being, having or process

-ion

action or condition

-ia

condition; state

-ism

disease from a specific cause

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

mass; tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

picture; record

-graphy

process of recording

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-tomy

process of cutting or making incision

-iatry

medical treatment

-ics

knowledge; practice

-ist

person who specializes in

-logy

study of

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-ic

Pertaining to

-ine

Pertaining to

-ive

Pertaining to

-ous

Pertaining to

Epi

above; upon

Inter

between

Intra

within

Peri

around

Post

after;behind

Pre

before; in front of

Sub

below or under less than

Trans

across; through

Bi

two

Brady

slow

Hemi

one half

Hyper

above more than normal

Hypo

below; deficient

Poly

many; much

Quadri

four

Tachy

fast

Tri

three

An

not; without

Anti

against

Dys

abnormal; difficult; painful

Re

again and again; backward; unable to

Frontal or Coronal Plane

divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back)

Sagittal Plane

divides the body into right and left sections

Traverse Plane

divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) sections

Medial

Towards midline of the body

Lateral

moving away from the midline

Posterior

back

Anterior

Front

Superior

towards the head

Distal

away from trunk and toward fingers or toes

Proximal

towards trunk

• Hereditary

inherited defective gene

• Nosocomial Infection

disease that is caused by the hospital environment

• iatrogenic

injury received in response to a medication or treatment

• idiopathic

no identifiable cause

• infectious

pathogen

• neoplastic

growth of a benign or malignant mass

• nutritional

lack of nutritious food, insufficient food or inability to utilize nutrients

Symptom

felt by patient sign - symptom visible by others

Acute

sudden in nature and severe in intensity subacute - less severe in intensity

Chronic

continue for three months or longer

Symptomatology

clinical picture of patients symptoms and signs

Asymptomatic

no symptoms but have the disease

Syndrome

set of symptoms of signs

Exacerbation

sudden worsening of a disease’s symptoms or signs

Remission

temporary improvement of symptoms

relapse/recurrence

return of original symptoms

Sequela

complication that remains after the original disease has resolved

Inspection

visual inspection

Palpation

use of fingers to feel

Auscultation

use of stethoscope

Percussion

tapping over body cavities to hear what sounds are produced

Dermatitis

infection or inflammation of the skin