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MedTerms Week 1
Medical Terminology Week 1
Question | Answer |
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cardi/o | heart |
angiography | radiographic study of the blood vessels |
angiogram | picture or film produced by an angiography |
carditis | inflammation of the heart |
gastroententeritis | inflammation of the stomach and the small intestine |
-graphy | the process of producing a picture or a record |
angi/o | blood vessel |
endo- | withing, inside |
melanoma | skin cancer that originates from a black pigmentation skin lesion |
poliomyelitis | viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord resulting paralysis |
-scopy | visual exam |
cyanosis | blue discoloration of skin due to lack of oqygen |
cyan/o | blue |
-ac | pertaining to |
poli/o | gray |
enter/o | small intestine |
-osis | abnormal condition or disease |
gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
gastr/o | stomach |
prenatal | pertaining to time before birth |
-al | pertaining to |
cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney |
-gram | picture or record |
endocarditis | inflammation of the inside lining of the heart |
erythr/o | red |
abdominocentesis | puncture into the abdominal cavity to remove fluid |
tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonisll |
angiorrhaphy | surgical suturing of a blood vessel |
tonsill/o | tonsil, throat |
melan/o | black |
-centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
erythrocyte | red blood cells |
leuk/o | white |
endoscopy | visual exam of the inside of a body cavity or organ using a scope |
leukocyte | white blood cell |