med term #5
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Created by:
ddonovan on December 9, 2010
Subjects:
med specialist and case reports
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57 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 path/o nos/o | disease |
| ophthalm/o optic/o or opt/o | eye |
| psych/o | mind |
| ped/o | child |
| odont/o | tooth/teeth |
| endocrin/o | endocrine glands |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| orth/o | straight |
| ger/o | old age |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| psychosis | abnormal condition of the mind |
| anesthesiologist | specialist in the study of no sensation |
| radiotherapy | treatment with x-rays |
| rectocele | hernia or protrusion of the rectum |
| geriatrican | specialist in the treatment of old age |
| obstetrics | pertaining to midwife |
| thoracotomy | to cut into the chest |
| optometrist | specialist in measuring the eye |
| oncogenic | pertaining to tumor producing |
| iatrogenic | pertaining to produced by treatment |
| nosocomial | pertaining to caring for disease |
| posterior | pertaining to the back |
| hematemesis | vomiting blood |
| fixation | surgical repair |
| calculus | stone |
| infiltrate | material that accumulates in an organ |
| antihypertensive | pertaining to against high blood pressure |
| dyspepsia | bad, painful or abnormal digestion |
| percutaneous | pertaining to throught the skin |
| lithotripsy | ultrasound used to break a calculus or stone |
| vasoconstrictor | drug that narrows or constricts the blood vessels |
| hematologist | specialist in the study of blood disorders |
| radiologist | specialist in the study of x-ray interpretation |
| pulmonary specialist | specialist in lung disorders |
| laryngitis | inflammation of the voicebox |
| hematoma | blood mass |
| colostomy | create an opening in the colon |
| vasculitis or phlebitis | inflammation of blood vessels |
| otitis | inflammaton of the ear |
| antiarrhythmic | pertaining to against no rhythm |
| hodgkin disease | malignant tumor of lymph nodes |
| abnormal | pertaining to away from rule or order |
| ectopic | pertaining to outside of place or position |
| incise | to cut into |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| peri- | surrounding |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| rheumat/o | flow, fluid |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| angina | chest pain |
| spasm | involuntary sudden muscle contraction |
| ESWL | lithotripsy process of crushing a stone |
| hilim | depression at the part of an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter |
| esrd | end stage renal disease |
| dilation | widening |
| scotoma | blind spot in vision |
| iatr/o | treatment |
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