Chapters 6-8: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology

algesia

sense of pain

angio

vessel

arterio

artery

cardiac arrest

stopped heart

dactylo

fingers

myelo

spinal cord, bone marrow

defibrillation

heart shocked to a regular beat

phaso

speech

embolism

obstruction of a blood vessel

plaso

formation

phleb/o

vein

embolus

foreign particle in the bloodstream

thrombosis

blood clot occluding a vessel

esthesia

feeling, sensation

thrombus

blood clot

fibrillation

very fast, irregular heartbeat

a-, an-

absent, without

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

macro-

large

micro

small

tachy-

fast

poly-

many

sym-, syn-

together

-orrhexis

rupture, bursting apart

-tripsy

rubbing, crushing

-emia

blood

heart

muscular pump of the cardiovascular system; pumps blood to the lungs and body systems and receives blood back for recirculation

lung

pneumon/o

bradycardia

abnormally slow heart action

tachycardia

abnormally fast/rapid heart action

coronary thrombus

blood clot occluding coronary heart vessel

defibrillation

using electrical impulse to shock heart into a regular heartbeat

-osis

abnormal or diseased

cardioangiogram

radiographic picture of the heart vessels

arteriosclerosis

hardening of the arteries

phlebosclerosis

hardening of the veins

phlebotomy

incision into a vein

phlebitis

inflammation of a vein

thromboangitis

inflammation of a vessel with formation of a clot

thrombectomy

excision of a clot

thrombophlebitis

inflammation of a vein with a thrombus formation

thrombosis

a condition caused by a clot

thrombocyte

a cell that aids in clotting

thromboid

resembling a clot

cystorrhexis

rupture of the bladder

enterorrhexis

rupture of the small intestine

angiorrhexis

rupture of a blood vessel

cardiorrhexis

rupture of the heart

heptaorrhagia

hemorrhage of the liver

rhinorrhea

runny nose

salpingorrhaphy

suturing/joining of the fallopian tubes

anesthia

a condition of being without feeling

anesthesiology

the study or science of removing feeling

esthesiometer

instrument for measuring feeling or sensation

hyperesthesia

abnormally intense feeling or sensation

anemic

a condition of less blood

analgesia

without sensitivity to pain

anesthesiologist

someone who studies and specializes in the science of removing feeling

astomia

without a mouth

afebrile

without fever

anodontia

toothless

aphasia

speechless

tachyphasia

abnormally fast speech

bradyphasia

abnormally slow speech

dysphasia

pain or difficulty when speaking

neuralgia

pain along the the course of a nerve

neurotripsy

crushing destruction of a nerve

cholelithotripsy

surgical crushing of gallstones

myel

bone marrow, spinal cord

myeloblast

immature bone marrow

myelocele

hernia of a spinal cord

dysplasia

bad, defective, poor abnormal formation

hyperplasia

excessive development in the formative years

chondrodysplasia

bad (defective) development of cartilage

osteochondrodysplasia

defective formation of bone and cartilage

-tripsy

rubbing, crushing procedure

lith/o

calculus

micron

unit of measurement (1/1000 mm)

myelogram

radiographic exam of the spinal cord

macrocephalus

abnormally large head

macroglossia

abnormally large tongue

macrotia

abnormally large ears

macrorhinia

abnormally large nose

macrocheilia

abnormally large lips

macrococcus

abnormally large coccus

macrocyte

abnormally large cell

dactylomegaly

abnormally large fingers/toes

dactylitis

inflammation of a digit

dactylospasm

spasms of a digit

dactylogram

a fingerprint

path

disease

polyarthritis

inflammation of many joints

synergetic

working together

synarthrosis

a fused joint that moves as one

syndactylism

fingers grown together as one

analgesia

without sensitivity to pain

hypoesthesia

abnormal lack of sensitivity to pain

hysterorrhexis

ruptured uterus

micrometer

measuring the diameter of something microscopic