HOSA Medical Terminology Practice (1)

Polydactyl

extra fingers or toes

Dolicocephalica

relatively long skull

Bradycardia

slow heart rate

Leukopenia

white blood cell deficiency

Erythrocytosis

increase in red blood cells

Glucosuria

excess sugar in urine

Glossitis

Inflammation of the tounge

Stomatopathy

Disease of mouth (oral cavity)

Enteropathy

Small intestines disease

Gastropexy

Put stomach into place

Chielioplasty

Plastic surgery to repair lip defects

Colostomy

Process of cutting colon (large intestine)

Pericardium

Membrane around the heart

Keratitis

Inflammation of the corneal

Ectopic Ureter

abnormal location for terminating the ureter. In places like vagina, uterus.

Cardiomegaly

Heart enlargement

Hypothyroid

Thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid horome

Polycythemia

abnormally increased concentration of hemoglobin (red blood cells that carry O2) in the blood

Enterohepatic Circulation

Circulation of substances absorbed from the intestine to the liver, where they are turned back into bile and again enter the intestine

Encephalomyelitis

Inflammation of brain and spinal cord

Orchitis

Inflammation to the testies

Episiotomy

surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth

Mastectomy

Removal of breast

Pyoderma

Skin infection with formation of pus

Pyelonephritis

Inflammation of the kidney due to a bacterial infection.

Pericarditis

Inflammation of sac like membrane around the heart

Pneumonitis

Inflammation of walls of alveoli in the lungs

Periodontitis

Inflammation of tissue around the teeth

Blepharitis

Inflammation of eyelid

Otolaryngeal

ear, nose, and throat

Cardiomyopathy

Disease of heart muscle

Rhinitis

Inflammation of mucus membrane in the nose

Pododermatitis

Inflammation of foot skin

Arthropod

Panosteitis

inflammation of outer surface shaft of long bones

Phlebotomist

People who draw blood

Pyorrhea

gum infection that discharges pus that damages gums and can destroy the jawbone.

Asystole

flatline (no cardiac electric activity)