Medi Term Ch1-3

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Aden/o

Adenoids

Cardi/o

Heart

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Cyt/o

Cell

Oste/o

Bone

Adip/o

Fat, fatty tissue.

Cutane/o

Skin

Hidr/o

Sweat, perspiration

Melan/o

Black

Onych/o

Nails

Scler/o

Hardening

Hydr/o

Water

Erythr/o

Red, often talking about red blood cells

Radi/o

Radiation, x-rays, or the radius bone in the forearm

Path/o

Disease or suffering

Hist/o

-ad

Toward

-algia

Pain

-ectomy

Excision, removal

-derma

Skin

-malacia

Softening

-emia

Blood condition

-itis

Inflammation

-gram

Record, writing

-lysis

Separation, destruction, loosening

-megaly

Enlargement

-sclerosis

Hardening of tissue

-tomy

Incision

-stomy

Forming an opening (mouth)

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-oid

Resembling

-plasty

Surgical repair

-plegia

Paralysis

-rrhexis

Rupture

-metry

Act of measuring

-lith

Stone or calculus

-ectasis

Dialation, expansion

-edema

Swelling

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-tripsy

Crushing

Endo-

Within

Hyper-

Excessive, or above normal

Glyco-

Sugar or glucose

Costo-

Rib

Anti-

Without, not

Dys-

Bad, painful, difficult state

Hemi-

Half or one side

Macro-

Large

Poly-

Many, much, or excessive

Hypo-

Under, below, deficient

Mal-

Bad, poor, abnormal

Uni-

One

Tachy-

Rapid

Circum-

Around

Peri-

Around

Dia-

Through, across

Trans-

Through

Endo-

Within

Intra-

In, Within

Primi-

First

Super-

Above

Carcinogenic

Substance, radiation, or organism capable of promoting the development of cancer

Subcutaneous

Beneath the skin

Adenoma

Tumor in the gland tissue

Superficial

Near or on the surface of the body or an organ

Arthroscopy

surgical procedure to visually examine problems in a joint

Biopsy

Removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis

Cystoscopy

Visual examination of the bladder/urethra

Antibiotics

Used to treat or prevent bacterial infections by either killing bacteria or stopping them from reproducing.

Antifungals

Kill fungi that infect the skin

Corticosterioids

Synthetic medications that mimic cortisol primarily used to quickly suppress immune system activity and reduce severe inflammation throughout the body.

Antithrombotics

Medication that prevents/treats blood clots

Allograft

Transplantation to another

Autograft

Transplantation to self

Psoriasis

Autoimmune disease characterized by itchy red patches covered with silvery scales

Scabies

Contagious skin disease transmitted by itch mite.

Impetigo

Bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture.

Thoracic

Pertaining to or located in the chest region

Profuse Sweating

Sudoresis

Without Oxygen

Cyanosis or cyanoderma

Dermatitis

Inflammation of the skin

Hepatoma

Tumor in the liver

Alopecia

Absence or loss of hair, especially of the head.

Debridement

Treatment that involves removal or foreign material or dead or damaged tissue, especially in a wound. Used to promote healing and prevent infection.

Cryosurgery

Use of subfreezing temperature, commonly with liquid nitrogen, to destroy abnormal tissue cells such as unwanted, cancerous, or infected tissue.

Rhinitis

Inflammation of the nose

Ventral

Pertaining to the belly side

Lateral

Pertaining to the side

Medial

Pertaining to the middle

Supine

Lying horizontally on one’s back, facing upward

Distal

Pertaining to the farthest

Prone

Lying facedown on one’s stomach

Anterior

Pertaining to the front

RUQ Organs

Liver, gallbladder, head of pancreas, right kidney and adrenal gland,

LUQ Organs

Largest part of the stomach, spleen, left lobe of the liver, left kidney and adrenal gland, splenic flexure of the colon

RLQ

Cecum, appendix, ascending colon, right ovary and fallopian tube, right ureter

LLQ

Descending colon, sigmoid colon, left ovary and fallopian tube, left ureter