5-6 Module Doc

afebrile

without fever

anesthesia

absence of feeling

diaphoresis

sweating

febrile, pyretic

with fever

malaise

discomfort/uneasiness

malingering

faking symptoms

nocturnal

occurring at night

pallor

pale skin

prodromal

symptoms that run the course before

remission

lessoning of symptoms or no current signs of disease

syncope

fainting, passing out

syndrome

signs and symptoms run with it

aer/o

air,gas

baro/o

pressure

chrom/o

color, stain

cry/o

cold

electr/o

electricity

erg/o

work

fluor/o

luminous

phon/o, son/o

sound

phot/o

light

radi/o

radiation

therm/o

heat, temperature

-centesis

puncture

-cise, -otomy

to cut

-desis

fuse

-ectomy

to cut out

-gram

image

-graph

writing

-meter

instrument for measuring

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phoresis

migration

-plasty

reconstruct, repair

-rrhaphy

surgical repair

-scope

instrument to view

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

surgically create an opening

-tripsy

crushing

ausculation

listening to sounds in the body

biopsy (Bx)

removal of a tissue sample

catheter

hollow, flexible tube inserted into body vessel or cavity

cautery

intentional tissue destruction

contrast study

ingesting a radiopaque substance prior to radiograph or scan

debride

remove damaged tissue

endoscopy

viewing inside a cavity using lighted instruments

excision

removal by cutting

fluoroscopy

visualizing via continuous x-ray imaging

incision

to cut into

irrigation

washing/cleaning a wound or cavity

lavage

washing out a joint or organ

oximetry

measuring oxygen saturation

palliative treatment

treatment providing relief but not cure

palpation

examining by feeling with hands

paracentesis

withdrawing fluid from a cavity through an incision

percussion

tapping over organs/cavities

position emission tomography (PET)

imaging using radioactive materials to visualize metabolic activity

radiograph

image left on a film after an x-ray passes through a person or object

resection

cutting out a significant portion of a structure

sharps

any sharp item that could cause a wound

speculum

retractor used to sepearte walls of a cavity

spirometry

measurement of lung capacity

triage

sorting (eg patients) for treatment

physis/epiphyseal line

growth plate

epiphysis

end of bone

diaphysis

shaft of bone

head

prominent, round articulating end

neck

narrow region near the head

apophysis

site of tendon attachment

brachi/o

arm

carp/o

wrist

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck/cervix

clavicul/o

clavicle

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

dactyl/o

fingers/toes

humer/o

humerus

radi/o

radius/radiation

calcane/o

calcaneus/heel

femor/o

femur/thigh

fibul/o, perone/o

fibula

ili/o

ilium (pelvic “wings”)

ischi/o

ischium (“sit bones”)

lumb/o

lower back

patell/o

knee cap

pelv/i/o

pelvis

ankyl/o

stiff/crooked

burs/o

fluid sac

fasci/o

fascia

fibr/o

fiber/fibrous

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebra)

lord/o

swayback

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

orth/o

straight

scoli/o

cooked

synov/o

synovium of the joint

avulsion

tendon pulls away from bone

claudication

leg cramping/pain with exercise

contracture

fibrosis of connective tissue around a joint that prevents full ROM