Study guide#1 Ch. 1 & 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -megaly | suffix means large |
| poly- | prefix meaning many |
| cardi/o | combining form meaning heart |
| Respiratoy,Therapy, Social Services, Rehabilitation | are health specialists that report information reguarding a patient in a Ancillary Report |
| procedure | is information provided by a suffix |
| tachy- | a prefix meaning fast |
| -ptosis | a suffix meaning drooping |
| -oma | a suffix meaning tumor or mass |
| Hospice | a health care seeting that provides suportive treatment for terminally ill patients. |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| gynec/0 | combining form meaning female |
| Operative Report | where the surgen reports the details of a surgery. |
| eu- | a prefix that means normal or good |
| Discharge Summary | is the comprehensive outline of the patients entire hospital stay. |
| cis/0 | a combining form that means to cut. |
| Doctors office | a health care setting that provides treatment in a private setting. |
| -rrhage | a suffix meaning excessive, abnormal flow |
| -cele | a suffix that means hernia or protusion |
| hemi- | a prefix that means half |
| wood-root | med.term. word part that gives the general meaning of the word. |
| infra-, hypo-, sub-, | are all prefixes that mean under or below. |
| retro- | a prefix that means backward |
| wood-root, suffix, and combining form | are all word parts in a medical term. |
| -ectomy, -plasty, -ostomy | are all suffixes that refer to surgical procedures |
| -scope, -graph, -meter | suffixes that refer to insruments. |
| -trophy, -plasia, -plasm | suffixes that mean development |
| -centesis | a surgical suffixs that means puncture and withdraw fluid. |
| combining vowel rule | a prefix and & wood-roots |
| inter- | a prefix means with-in or inside |
| Health Maintenance Organization | a healthcare setting that provides services in a prepaid system |
| rhin/o | a combining form that means nose |
| information provided by a prefix | location of an organ, time, number of parts |
| -stenosis | a suffix that means narrowing |
| morph/o | combining form that means shape |
| --itis | suffix that means inflammation |
| -lysis | a suffix that means destruction |
| nulli- | a prefix that means none |
| Nursing home | a healthcare setting that provides patients extra time to recover from illness or who can longer take care of themselves. |
| micro- | a prefix that means small |
| -metry | a suffix that means the process of measuring |
| Nurse's Report | records the patients care through out the day |
| cardiovascular system | pumps the blood throghout the body |
| lateral | pertaining to the side |
| anterior | intrchangeable with the ventrilcal |
| crural region | lower extremity |
| stomach | organ in the digestive system |
| prostate gland | a organ in the male reproduction system |
| coronal plane | divides the front and back planes of the body |
| opthalmology | study of the eyes |
| histology | the study of tissue |
| nervous | tissue that conducts electrical impulses |
| muscular | tissue that produces movement |
| supine | lying face up |
| superior | interchangable with with cephalic |
| dermatlogy | study of the skin |
| gluteal region | the buttocks |
| sagittal plane | divides the body into left & right portions |
| lungs | organs in the respiratory system |
| superficial | more toward the front |
| apex | tip or summit of a organ |
| dorsum | the back region |
| brachial region | upper extremity |
| abdominal cavity | contains digestive organs |
| cell membrane | outermost boundary of a cell |
| adjective suffixes | -iac, -ac, |
| Abbrevations | can be used if no confusion is a possibility. |
| Are adjective suffixes | -ory, -iac, -tic |
| prefixes that stand for numbers | tri-, quad-, bi- |
| a combining form that means to cut | cis/o |
| -algia | a suffix that means pain |
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