Medical Terminology Exam 1

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cyan/o

blue

erythro/o

red

leak/o

white

poli/o

gray

inter

between, among

intra

within, inside

-ab

away

-ad

toward

dys

bad, painful

eu

good, normal

endo

in, within

exo

outside

peri

around

-osis

abnormal condition

necrosis

tissue death

sclerosis

abnormal hardening

stenosis

abnormal narrowing

rrhage

abnormal excessive fluid (blood)

rrhagia

abnormal excessive fluid (others)

rrhea

flow, discharge

rrhaphy

surgical suturing

rrhexis

rupture

pathy

disease

plasty

surgical repair

otomy

surgical incision

ostomy

surgical creation of an opening

ectomy

surgical removal

graphy

producing picture or record

graph

picture or record

gram

picture or record

scopy

visual examination

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

crani

skull

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

algia/dynia

pain

malacia

abnormal softening

py/o

pus

pyr/o

fever

myc/o

fungus

arther/o

plaque

acute

sudden onset of symptoms

remission

temporary disappearence of symptoms

sign

objective evidence

symptom

subjective evidence

syndrome

sign+symptoms together

a/an

without

plasm

formative material

trophy

development

crine

to secrete

oma

tumor

plasia

formation condition

stasis

control

distal

furthest from midline

proximal

nearest to midline

dorsal

towards back of body

ventral

towards front of body

retro

behind

hist/o

tissue

pelv/o

pelvis

condro/o

cartilage

periton

peritoneum

aden/o

gland

ili/o

hip bone

epi

above

home/o

constant

-stasis

control

cry/o

cold

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hairy/rough

kerat/o

has horns/hard

seb/o

sebum

xer/o

dry

lun

moon

onych/o

finger/toenail

-phyma

growth

pil/o, pil/l

hair

pedicul

lice

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkles

rhin/o

nose

lysis

setting free/separation

anhidrosis

condition unable to sweat

hypohidrosis

condition lacking sweat

hyperhidrosis

condition of excessive sweating

pediculosis

condition of lice

pediculosis captis

head lice

pediculosis corporis

body lice

lunula

half-moon shaped region at the nail root

onychia

condition of the nail

onychitis

inflammation of the bed of the nail

oncholysis

seperation of the nail plate from nail bed

paronychia

condition of skin fold around the nail

petechiae

small pinpoint hemorrhages

purpura

multiple purple discolorations on the skin

purpulent

producing or containing pus

edema

swelling

urticaria

hives

pruritis

itching