CREDIT BY EXAM MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

-oxia

oxygen

-iasis and -osis

abnormal condition, disease

-necrosis

tissue death

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

-clasis

break down

-genesis

creation, reproduction

-emesis

vomiting

-clast

breaking, to break.

-tomy

process of cutting

-plasty

surgical repair

-pexy

surgical fixation

-ectomy

removal

-phasia

to speak or speech

-pepsia

to digest, digestion

-trophy

development, nourishment

-phagia and phag/o

eating, swallowing

-lysis

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

-stasis

control, maintenance of a constant level

-ptosis

droop, sag, prolapse, fall

-emia and hemat/o

blood, blood condition/ relating to the blood

-itis

inflammation

-pathy (suffix) and path/o (prefix)

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion/stopping

-graph

a picture or record, machine for producing a record.

-meter

measure, instrument used to measure

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-tome

cutting instrument

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling, mental state

-phobia

abnormal fear

-algia or -dynia

pain, suffering, painful condition

-edema

swelling by accumulation of fluids

-lith

stone, calculus

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

multi-

many, much

poly-

many

ultra-

beyond, excess

extra-

on the outside, beyond, outside

peri-

surrounding, around

supra-

above, upper, excessive

dia-

through, between, apart, complete sweat

circum-

around, surrounding, or encircling

contra-

against, counter, opposite

trans-

across, through

ad-

toward, to in the direction of

ambi-

both sides, around or about, double

an-

not, without

pan-

all, entire, every

bi-

twice, double, two

infra-

below, beneath, inferior to

pro-

before, on behalf of, supporting

re-

back, again

auto-

self

LUQ

left upper quadrant

LLQ

left lower quadrant

RLQ

right lower quadrant

RUQ

right upper quadrant

UE

upper extremity

CVA

cerebrovascular accident or stroke

EEG

electroencephalography

EMG

electromyogram or electromyography

LP

light perception or lumbar puncture

FBS

fasting blood sugar [test]

IDDM

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes

T3

triiodothyronine thyroid hormone

T4

thyroxine thyroid hormone

GH

growth hormone

NIDDM

Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus or Type 2 Diabetes

adduction

movement of a limb toward the midline of the body

abduction

movement of a limb away from the midline of the mode

posterior

back

anterior

front

prone

lying face down

proximal

neasr the midline of beginning of a body structure

distal

far from the midline or beginning of a body structure

extension

increasing the angle between two bones or straighening out a limb

supine

lying face up

dorsal

back of the organ or body

medial

the direction toward or near the midline

pustule

a small circumscribed lesion containing pus

cyst

an abnormal sac containing fluid, gas or a semisolid material

vesicle

a small blister containing watery fluid, less than 0.5 cm in diameter.

sebaceous cyst

a slow-growing, noncancerous, skin-colored, or reddish bump caused by blocked hair follicle glands or skin trauma, commonly on the face, neck, or back

puncture

a small wound made by a needle

laceration

a torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut

abrasion

an injury where superficial skin layers are scraped or rubbed away

fissure

a groove or crack-like sore of the skin, or normal folds in the contours of the brain.

aphasia

loss of the ability to speak, write, or comprehend

quadriplegic

paralyzed on all 4 extremities

bradycardia

slow heartbeat, less than 60 beats

hypertension

high blood pressure

ischemia

insufficent oxygen supply to the tissues due to restricted blood flow

epistaxis

nosebleeding

apnea

absence of respiration

hypoxia

low oxygen levels

dyspnea

difficult breathing

eupnea

easy or normal breathing

polyuria

excessive urination

Nocturia

frequent of excessive urination at night.

glucometer

measures concentration of glucose in the blood.

hyponatremia

condition of low sodium concentration caused by loss of sodium or excessive water