Med Term Quiz 4

hemophilia

congenital heredity disorder characterized by a deficiency in clotting, resulting in prolonged bleeding; also called bleeders disease

hematoma

a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues

CBC

complete blood count

RBC

red blood cell

WBC

white blood cell

aden/o

gland

agglutin/o

clumping, gluing

blast/o

embryonic cell

chrom/o

color

erythr/o

red

granul/o

granule

lymph/o

lymph

lymphaden/o

lymph gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

morph/o

form, shape, structure

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

phag/o

swallowing, eating

poikil/o

varied, irregular

ser/o

serum

sider/o

iron

splen/o

spleen

thromb/o

blood clot

thym/o

thymus gland

-blast

embryonic cell

-globin

protein

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phil

attraction for

-phylaxis

protection

-poiesis

formation, production

-stasis

standing still

aniso-

unequal, dissimilar

leiomy/o

smooth muscle

rhabd/o

rod-shaped

rhabdomy/o

rod-shaped muscle

carp/o

arm

cervic/o

neck, cervix uteri

clavicul/o

clavicle

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium

dactyl/o

fingers; toes

radi/o

radiation, x-ray, radius

calcane/o

calcaneum

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

lumb/o

loins

pod/o

foot

ankyl/o

stiffness, bent, crooked

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

ped/o

foot, child

scoli/o

crooked, bent

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

-asthenia

weakness, disability

-clasia or -clast

to break, surgical fracture

-desis

binding, fixation

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

syn-

union, together, joined

sprain

overstretching or tearing of ligaments

strain

overstretching or tearing of muscle/tendon

DJD

degenerative joint disease

ROM

range of motion

exacerbation

worsening of a disease, condition, or symptoms