Medical Terminology Recitation Exam

Alopecia

• Al-o-pee-cia

Condition of hair loss

Cryosurgery

• Cry-o-surgery

Destruction of tissue through freezing

Cutaneous

• Cu-tain-eous

skin

Ecchymosis

• Ek-e-mo-sis

A larger bruise

Ichthyosis

• Ich-thy-o-sis

A condion in which the skin is dry and scaly that resembles fish scales

Dermatosis

• Derm-a-to-sis

A skin condition

Keratosis

• Kera-to-sis

A horny tissue condition

Onychomalacia

• Ony-ko-malacia

Abnormal softening of a nail

Seborrhea

• Seb-or-rhea

Discharge of oil

Xerosis

• Zer-o-sis

Condition of dryness

Ankylosis

• Ang-key-low-sis

Joint stiffness

Atrophy

• A-trop-fee

The under development, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue

Costectomy

• Kaws-tek-tomy

Removal of a rib

Craniomalacia

• Cranio-malacia

Abnormal softening of the skull

Electromyogram

• Electro-myo-gram

Record of the electrical activity of a muscle

Myasthenia

• My-as-thenia

Muscle weakness

Myodynia

• Myo-dynia

Muscle Pain

Osteochondritis

• Osteo-con-dritis

Inflammation of bone and cartilage

Polydactylism

• Poly-dac-tyl-ism

Condition of having more than the normal number of fingers or toes

Spondyloarthropathy

• Spondle-arth-ropathy

Joint disease of the vertebrae

Enchephalocele

• En-ceph-alo-ceal

Hernia of the brain

Hemiplegia

• Hemi-pleg-ia

Paralysis on half of the body

Idiopathic

• Id-io-pathic

Having no known cause or origin

Intracerebral

• Intra-cerebral

Inside the brain

Meningocele

• Men-ingo-ceal

Hernia of the meninges

Myelogram

• My-a-lo-gram

Image of the spinal cord

Neuralgia

• Neur-al-gia

Nerve pain

Polyneuritis

• Poly-neur-itis

Inflammation of multiple nerves

Pseudethesia

• Sude-as-thesia

False sensation

Subdural Hematoma

• Sub-dural Hema-toma

Hematoma located beneath the dura

Acromegaly

• Acro-megaly

Abnormal enlargement of the extremities

Hyperglycemia

• Hyper-gly-cemia

High blood sugar

Hypogonadism

• Hypo-gonad-ism

Under secretion of sex glands

Hypoparathyroidism

• Hypo-para-thyroid-ism

Under production by the parathyroid gland

Thyrotoxicosis

• Thyro-toxi-cosis

Condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone

Hyperpituitarism

• Hyper-pituit-ar-ism

Over functioning of the pituitary gland

Thyroidectomy

• Thyroid-ectomy

Surgical removal of the thyroid

Thyroiditis

• Thyroid-itis

Inflammation of the thyroid

Splenomegaly

• Splen-o-megaly

Enlargement of the spleen

Lymphedema

• Lymph-edema

Swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph

Tonsillectomy

• Tonsil-ectomy

Surgical removal of a tonsil

Anticoagulant

• Anti-coag-ulant

Drug that prevents the coagulation of blood

Erythrocyte

• E-rith-thro-cyte

Red blood cell

Hematopoiesis

• Hemato-poiesis

Formation of blood cells

Leukocytosis

• Leuko-cytosis

Increase in the number of white blood cells

Septicemia

• Septi-cemia

Presence of disease-causing microorganisms in the blood

Arteriopathy

• Arteri-op-athy

Disease of the arteries

Atrial Fibrillation

• A-trial Fibrill-ation

Quivering or spontaneous contraction of muscle fibers in the heart’s atrium

Phlebotomy

• Fla-botomy

Incision into a vein

Ischemia

• Is-chemia

Blockage of blood flow to an organ

Atherosclerosis

• Athero-sclerosis

Hardening of an artery due to fattly plaque build up

Tachycardia

• Tachy-cardia

Rapid heartbeat

Electrocardiogram

• Electro-cardio-gram

Record of the electrical currents of the heart

Cardiomyopathy

• Cardio-my-opathy

Disease of the heart muscle

Vasoconstrictor

• Vaso-constrictor

Drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel

Phlebitis

• Fla-bitis

Inflammation of the veins

Valvulitis

• Valv-u-litis

Inflammation of a heart valve

Bronchiectasis

• Bronchi-ec-ta-sis

Expansion of the bronchi

Dyspnea

• Dysp-nea

Difficulty breathing

Hemoptysis

• He-mop-tasis

Coughing up blood

Hypoxia

• Hy-poxia

Insufficient oxygen

Orthopnea

• Or-thop-nea

Able to breath only in the upright position

Phrenoptosis

• Phren-op-tosis

Drooping of the diaphragm

Rhinorrhea

• Rhino-rrhea

Runny nose

Tracheotomy

• Trache-ot-omy

Incision into the trachea

Palatoplasty

• Pala-to-plasty

Reconstruction of the palate

Cholelithiasis

• Cole-li-lith-i-asis

Presence of a gallstone

Aphagia

• A-phagia

Inability to eat

Enterodynia

• Entero-din-e-a

Pain in the intestines

Gastropexy

• Gastro-pexy

Surgical fixation of the stomach

Ileitis

• Il-e-itis

Inflammation of the ileum

Jejunotomy

• J-jew-not-omy

Incision into the jejunum

Orthodontics

• Ortho-dontics

Medicine branch that deals with the straightening of teeth

Pancreatectomy

• Pan-crea-a-tectomy

Surgical removal of the pancreas

Sigmoidoscopy

• Sigmoid-os-copy

Procedure for looking at the sigmoid colon

Stomatomycosis

• Stoma-toe-my-cosis

Fungus condition of the mouth

Albuminuria

• Al-bumin-eria

Protein in the urine

Lithotripsy

• Litho-tripsy

Breakdown of a stone

Nephroptosis

• Neph-rop-tosis

Downward displacement of a kidney

Pyelogram

• Pie-lo-gram

Image of the renal pevis

Ureterocele

• U-reter-o-cele

Hernia of the ureter

Aspermatogenesis

• A-sperm-ato-genesis

Loss of sperm production

Cryptorchidism

• Cryp-tour-ka-dism

Hidden testicle

Orchiopexy

• Orch-io-pexy

Surgical fixation of a testicle

Prostatitis

• Pros-ta-titis

Inflammation of the prostate

Vasectomy

• Vase-ectomy

Surgical removal of the vas deferens

Amenorrhea

• A-men-or-rhea

No menstration

Colpitis

• Cole-pi-tis

Inflammation of the vagina

Hysterorrhexis

• Hyster-o-rhexis

Rupture of the uterus

Oophoroma

• O-off-o-roma

Ovarian tumor

Salingocyesis

• Sal-pingo-cy-esis

Ectopic pregnancy in the fallopian tube

Endometrium

• Endo-me-trium

Inner lining of the uterine tissue

Aminocentesis

• Am-nio-centesis

Surgical puncture of the amnion

Menorrhagia

• Men-o-rage-ia

Excessive menstrual flow

Hysteropexy

• Hystero-pexy

Surgical fixation of the uterus

Postnatal

• Post-natal

Pertaining to after birth