Semester Exam Review- Med Term
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Medtermnerd5 on January 9, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Leukocyte | white blood cell |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -cele | hernia |
| -oid | resembling |
| Mestasis | cancerous growth of cells |
| Hypoglycemia | abnormally low level of sugar/glucose in the blood |
| Dysphagia | difficulty in swallowing |
| Palatoplasty | surgical repair of the palate |
| Analgesia | absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness |
| Polyneuritis | inflammation of many nerves |
| Gingivectomy | Surgical removal of the gum tissue |
| Paraplegia | Complete paralysis of one side of the body |
| Cirrhosis | Chronic disease of liver |
| Hemiparesis | Slight paralysis of one side of the body |
| Cystitis | Inflammation of the bladder |
| Pericardium | Sac of tissue that surrounds the heart & it's vessels |
| Trachea | Airway from larynx to thorax |
| Prone | lying on the belly, face down |
| Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
| -pnea | breathing |
| Colonoscopy | visual examination of the colon |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| The three planes | FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE, SAGITTAL PLANE, AND TRANSVERSE PLANE |
| Dyspnea | labored breathing |
| Heart attack | occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked |
| Nephromalacia | Softening of the kidney |
| pruritus | itching |
| cyanosis | blue discoloration of the skin by lack of oxygen. |
| Spasm | involuntary contraction of a muscle |
| lumbago | painful condition of the lower back |
| pharyngorrhagia | hemorrhage from the pharynx |
| hematemesis | the vomiting of blood |
| hyperventilation | abormal, fast , or rapid respiration |
| dyuriaa | difficulty in urination |
| -cardia | heart |
| Myopia | Visual defect where distant objects are blurred |
| Hyperopia | abnormal condition of the eye |
| Jaundice | yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood |
| Polyuria | Excessive passive of urine |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -desis | binding |
| -ic | of or relating to |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| nephr/o | Kidney |
| -emia | blood |
| Encephal/o | brain |
| Mening/o | Membrane |
| -uria | urination |
| Atherectomy | surgical removal of plaque buildup from the inside of an artery |
| Anesthesia | Medication that minimizes pain |
| Thrombus | blood clot |
| Endemic | disease in a particular region or community |
| Arthrodesis | binding or fusing of joint surfaces |
| empyema | presence of pus in a body cavity |
| Perio- | around |
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