Additional Body Terms

term and meaning

allo-

against

a/telo

without end (incomplete)

concio-

dust

cryo-

cold

crypto-

hidden

cyesis- and gravido-

pregnancy

ectesis

dilation

eu-

normal; good; new

feto-

fetus

pachy-

thick

parto- and tocio

birth

physis-

growth

rhytido

wrinkles

-o/rrhexis

ruptured

clysis-

wash; irrigate

holo-

whole

scoto-

darkness

sapro-

rotten

theleo; papillo

nipple

gamo-

joined; united; marriage

gero- and presbyo-

elderly; aged

gyro-

circle

genio-

chin

genu-

knee

calio and laparo

belly

antropo-

human

aniso-

uneven

hamarto-

defect

Disease Diagnosis (PE)

Medical History

Ambulatory

walking; not confined

Clinic (bedside)

direct beside treatment; observe disease

Dia/gnosis

identify disease

meta/stat/ic

disease spreads from one location to another

malignant

progressively worse → results in death

prognosis

predict based on knowledge

pharmo/pharmaco

substance to treat disease

Internal

branch of medicine that deals with disease treatment with drugs

Therapeutics

use medical arts to treat diseases

Therapeutics

medical arts

therapy

hydro, chemo, radio, recrational, occupational, physical and psycho are all diff kinds of ___

A/genesis

natural body problem not produced

bacteria

diseases/etiologic agents that affect man (rod or spirochete shaped)

Congentital

defect with which a person is born with

degenerative

body structure breaks down

Endemic

small group of people affected

epidemic

spread among many people in area

exacerbation

disease becomes severe

Fung/al, tinea, myco

fungus disease

latrogenic

disease that’s a treatment’s side effect

idiopathic

unknown

Infectious

spread from one person to another

Neo/plasm or neo/plastic

disease where new cells form (like cancer)

Sign vs symptom?

sign: what you see

symptom: what patient experiences

Syndrome: group of signs that run together

sepsis

poison