Medical Terminology 1st semester final

-rrhage, -rrhagia

abnormal/excessive bleeding

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-algia, -dynia

pain

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

-ectomy

surgical removal

hyper

Increased

Hypo

Decreased

-itis

Inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-plasty

surgical repair

-sclerosis

Hardening

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

small intestine

neur/o

Nerve

tonsill/o

tonsils

crani/o

Skull

-um

noun ending

-ic, -tic, -ical, -ac

Pertaining to

-megaly

enlargement

-malacia

softening

arteri/o, arter/o

artery

necrosis

tissue death

-stenosis

narrowing

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

-gram

picture or record

-scopy

visual examination

nat

birth

Ab-

Away

Ad

toward

Ex

outside

In

Inside

Macro

large

Micro

Small

Eu

good, normal

rhin/o

nose

ot/o

Ear

-otomy

surgical incision

Lith

Stone

-ology

study of

-ologist

specialist

-lysis

loosening, destruction

Lateral

away from the midline

endocrinologist

a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and malfunctions of the endocrine glands

immunologist

specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the immune system

oncologist

a physician who studies and treats tumors

Gerontologist

specialist in diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders, and problems associated with aging

cystic fibrosis (cause and symptoms)

Genetic, thick mucus blocks passageways

Relationship between cells, tissues, organs, and systems

Each building block makes the next

Clavicle

the collar bone, a slender bone that connects the sternum to the scapula

Olecranon

elbow

Sternum

breastbone (manubrium, body, xiphoid process)

Patella

kneecap

Zygomatic

upper cheek and bottom of the eye socket

involuntary muscle (function and look)

Continuously do things to keep you alive, do not appear striated

voluntary muscle (function and look)

help you move, appear striated

pectoralis major

chest muscle

Myocardium

Thick middle muscle layer of the heart

ilium

hip bone

ileum

small intestine

mucous

Special membrane

mucus

A thick, slippery substance produced by the body

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

my/o

muscle

Palpation

to examine by touch

palpitation

pounding or racing heart

prostate

male gland

prostrate

lying flat

pyel/o

renal pelvis

py/o

Pus

pyr/o

fever, fire

viral

pertaining to a virus

virile

pertaining to the male

Adhesion

An attraction between molecules of different substances

Leukopenia

Abnormally low white blood cell count

aneurysm

a localized weak spot or balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery

embolus

moving blood clot

lymphadentis

inflammation of the lymph nodes

immunity

Resistance to disease

paraplegia

paralyzed from the waist down

quadriplegia

paralysis of all four extremities

hemiplegia

paralysis of one side of the body

autoimmune disease

a disease in which the immune system attacks the organism's own cells

rheumatoid arthritis

a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs of other body systems are attacked

metastasis

The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site

metastasize

the process by which cancer spreads from one place to another

Systolic

Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles

Diastolic

pressure within the walls of arteries when the left ventricle is at rest

function of epiglottis

closes off the trachea during swallowing

pleurisy

inflammation of the pleura

Trachea

The windpipe; a passage through which air moves in the respiratory system.

Bronchi

The passages that direct air into the lungs

Bronchioles

smallest branches of the bronchi

hemoptysis

coughing up blood

phlegm

thick mucus secreted by the tissues lining the respiratory passages

aspiration

Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs