Med & Clinical Term - COMPLETE

1300+ Terms for intro to Medical and Clinical terminology

axilla

the armpit

Confusion

disrupted state of mental abilities, characterized by difficulty thinking, remembering, or making decisions

dehydration

the loss of fluids, mainly water, from the body at a rate faster than it can be replenished, leading to an abnormal depletion of body fluid

Deteriorated

a decline or worsening in a patient's condition, such as a loss of function or a worsening of symptoms

dissipate

to disappear, evaporate

intracranial

pertaining to the inside of the skull

intracranial pressure

Pressure inside the brain/skull

Metabolism

The process of breaking down or synthesizing of substances to maintain a living organism

non-invasive

a procedure, test, or treatment that does not involve cutting the skin or entering the body through a natural opening

pallor

Decreased oxygenation or reduced redness in skin appearance, pale skin

palpable

Able to be touched or felt, usually with the hand

rectum

The final part of the intestine between sigmoid colon and anus

shivering

the body's small rapid movements or shaking in response to cold or hypothermia

therapeutic

Related to the healing of a dysfunction, injury or disease

-cyte

pertaining to cell

acous/o

hearing

-ase

enzyme

-asthenia

weakness

auri/o

ear

blephar/o

eye lid

carcin/o

cancer

-cele

pouching

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

brain

cholecyst/o

gall bladder

-cidal

kill

coagul/o

curdle

-crine

secrete

cryo

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyt/o

cell

dextr/o

right

dont/o

teeth

ent/o

teeth

-emesis

vomitting

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestine

-esthes

sensation

gastri/o

stomach

-genic

producing

genit/o

reproduction

geri/o

old age

giniva

gum

glossal

tongue

gyne-

woman

-globin

protein

-globulin

protein

hepat/o

liver

home/o

constant

hypn/o

sleep

hyster/o

uterus

-ial

related to

iatro-

physician

ipsi-

the same

-ismus

spasm

iso

equal

juxto

next to

kyph/o

humped

labia/o

lip

lacrim

tear

lacta/o

milk

laparo-

abdomen

lingua

tongue

-listhesis

a slippage or displacement of one vertebra relative to another, often in the spinal column

lith/o

stone

mort-

dead

narc/o

sleep, numbness

neo-

new

-odyn

painful

onc/o

tumor

-osis

disease

ossi-

bone

ot/o

ear

oxi-

oxygen

-paresis

partial or incomplete paralysis

-pectoris

chest

ped

feet

pes

feet

-pepsia

stomach

per-

through

-phasia

speech

-phagia

swallowing

-phobia

fear

photo-

light

-plasia

growth

-plegia

paralysis

presby

old age

proct/o

rectum and anus

psyc-

mind

pyro-

fever

sanguine

blood

sarc/o

muscle, flesh

schiz-

split

sero

clear fluid

somat/o

body

spondylo-

spine

-stalsis

contraction

-stasis

stop

-stasic

stop

-staxis

dripping