Collin College Medical Terminology Midterm TOTAL REVIEW

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-otomy

surgical incision

-ostomy

surgical opening

-ectomy

surgical removal

plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing/stitching

tuss

cough

phor

movement

Ectasis

stretching/enlargement

-esis

abnormal condition

-osis

abnormal condition

ichthy

dry/scaly

canth-

corner of eye

presby

old age

-cusis

hearing

somn

sleep

ambul

walk

proct

anus

sarco

flesh

-penia

deficiency

gast

stomach

orchid/o

testicles

-emesis

vomiting

-phasia

speech

myring/o

eardrum

dispsia

thirst

clon/o

violent action

pil/i, pil/o

hair

-lithiasis

stones

-dynia

pain

ischemia

not enough blood

idio-

singular individual

thromb/o

blood clot

Urticaria

hives

-toma

cutting/segment

pnea

breaths

ventilation

deep breaths

olig/o

few

noso

disease

nosocomial

hospital disease

crepitus

joint noises

sign

objective, can be measured by others

symptom

subjective, only patient knows (ex. body aches)

syndrome

symptoms + signs

fissure

groove/crack in skin

fistula

unusual tube/passage btwn organs

differential diagnosis

AKA rule out

neo-

new

nat

birth

suppuration

pus formation

triage

patient screening to determine priority of need & treatment

prognosis

prediction of disease outcome

-rrhage

flow/discharge

ilium

part of hip bone

ather/o

plaque/fatty substance

arthr/o

joint

arteri/o

artery blood vessel (out of heart)

Angi/o

blood vessel

myc/o

fungus

plasm

growth

Fibrosis

scarring and thickening of tissue

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

My/o

muscle

poli/o

gray

dorsal

posterior

ventral

anterior

distal

away from midline or start of body structure

proximal

nearest midline

medial

toward midline

endocrine

into bloodstream

sagittal plane

UNEQUAL right and left

mid sagital plane

EQUAL right and left

transverse plane

up and down

frontal

anterior and posterior

hist

tissue

functional disorder

undetectable symptoms

Iatrogenic illness

bad response to prescribed treatment

Idiopathic illness

disease without known cause

-plasia

growth

atresia

complete blockage of body passage

aden/o

gland

bakers cyst

behind knee fluid sac

closed reduction

realign fractured bones via traction (force)

lordosis

bent inwards farther down spine

Kyphosis

hunchback or spine bent outwards

scoliosis

spine curved laterally

ankyl

crooked bent or stiff

gout

crystals in joints

lithesis

slipping

open fracture

bone affects skin in fracture

comminuted fracture

bone in many pieces fracture

greenstick

type of incomplete fracture where one side is only bent

buckle fracture

not broken but compressed fracture

Oblique fracture

angled fracture

Pathologic fracture

fracture where bone is already weakened by disease

rickets

defective bone growth from vitamin D deficiency in kids

Paget's disease

chronic disease where bone breaks down then forms

chond-

cartilage

malacia

abnormal softening

-poietic

formation