HOSA Medical Terminology

Exudate

Fluid that leaks out of an infected wound

Pyel/o

Renal pelvis

Supination

Rotating forward

Suppuration

Formation of discharge or pus

Frontal/coronal plane

Front and back

Peritoneum

Parietal, mesentery, visceral, protects and holds organs in abdominal cavity

Dem

Population

Idi/o

Peculiar to individual, self-originating

Ankyl/o

Crooked, bent, stiff

Kyph/o

Bent hump

Lord/o

Curve, swayback

Subluxation

Partial displacement

Listhesis

Slipping

Tax/o

Coordination, order

Ton/o

Tone, stretching, tension

Stern/o

Breastbone, sternum

Cleid/o

Collar bone

Clon

Violent action

Crasia

Mixture or blending

Globin

Protein

Isch—

Hold back

Coron

Crown

Lymphaden/o

Lymph nodes

Lymphangi/o

Lymphatic vessels and ducts

Axill

Armpit

Cide

Causing death

Opsy

View of

Tele

Distant

Atel

Incomplete

Anthrac

Coal dust

Asbest

Asbestos

Atresia

Describes the congenital absence of a normal body opening or the failure of a structure to be tubular

Developmental disorder

(Birth defect) results in an anomaly or malformation

Congenital

Existing at birth

Organic disorder

Produces springs caused by detectable physical changes in the body

Stasis

stop or control

Viscer

internal organs

dx

diagnosis

px

prognosis

CA

cancer

METS

metastasis

XRT

radiation therapy

Xanth

yellow

Bx

biopsy

Pressure ulcer (bedsore)

eroded sore on the skin caused by prolonged pressure (formerly called decubitus ulcer); AB- decub

Shingles (herpes zoster)

development of painful, inflamed blisters that follow the nerve routes

Squamous cell carcinoma

a malignant growth that develops from scale-like epithelial tissue; AB- sqCCA

Abscess

localized collection of pus

Basal cell carcinoma

tumor arising from the outer layer of the skin (the epithelial layer); AB- BCC

Chest radiograph (chest x-ray)

CXR

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

progressive, irreversible condition characterized by diminished capacity for air to flow to and from the lungs; emphysema and chronic bronchitis are types of COPD; AB- COPD

Emphysema

a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by loss of elasticity of the air sacs (alveoli) located within the lung, causing the body to not receive enough oxygen

Sputum

mucus secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth

Upper respiratory infection

infection of the nasal cavity, pharynx, or larynx; AB- URI

Capn

carbon dioxide

\-meter

instrument used to measure

Cyst

bladder

\-tripsy

surgical crushing

Urinalysis

laboratory test in which multiple routine tests are done on a urine specimen; AB- UA

Void

to pass urine

alba-, albi

white

Alges/i/a

pain

\-ase

enzyme

Cent- (i)

hundred

Chlor- (o)

green

Chol- (e, o)

bile, gallbladder

\-cise

to cut

Crypt- (o)

hidden, obscure

E/c

without

Ec- (ti, to)

outside, external

Fore

in front of

\-fuge

driving away, expelling

Galact/o

milk, galactose (milk sugar)

\-genous

kind, type

Herni

rupture

\-lepsy

seizure, convulsion

Meno

monthly, menstruation

Mes- (o)

middle, midline

Narc- (o)

sleep, numb, stupor

Olig

scanty

\-opia

vision

\-partum

birth, labor

Ped- (ia)

child

\-phas, -phasia

speech

\-phylaxis

protection, prevention

Sanguin- (o)

blood

Sep- (ti, tic)

poison, rot, infection

Son- (o)

sound

\-tome

instrument to cut

Vit- (a)

necessary for life

-xen (ia, a)

strange, abnormal

Zymo

enzymes

Dolicocephalica

relatively long skull

Uria

urine

Pericardium

Membrane around the heart

Ectopic Ureter

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

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

Episiotomy

surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth

Pericarditis

Inflammation of sac like membrane around the heart