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Medical Terminology
Study Guide Exams
Term | Definition |
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What is a medical word root/combining form? | to connect two word roots and to connect a word root and a suffix. |
What is a medical prefix? | located at the beginning of a medical term. |
What is a medical suffix? | Located at the end of a medical term. |
Heart rate that is too fast- | Tachycardia. |
intercostal means what? | Situated between the ribs. |
Nephromalacia- | A medical term for softening of the kidney. |
Inflammation of the stomach and the small intestines- | Gastritis. |
What are the dorsal (posterior) cavities of the body? | At the posterior, or back, of the body and houses the brain, and the spinal cavity (or vertebral cavity) encloses the spinal cord. |
Which body plane divides the body into anterior and posterior views? | frontal Plane |
Study of the urinary system- | urologists/ Urology. |
Dermoplasty means what? | surgical repair of the skin |
Medical term for reddened skin- | Erythema. |
A procedure to visually examine/look inside the joint of the knee- | Arthroscopy. |
Procedure to cut into the bone- | Osteotomy. |
Term for Disease of the muscle. | Myopathy. |
Term for a disease of the muscle of the heart- | Cardiomyopathy. |
Angiostenosis means- | The narrowing of one or more blood vessels. |
Arteriosclerosis means- | The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries. |
Medical term meaning too few or not enough platelet cells- | Thrombocytopenia. |
Medical term meaning a tumor or mass of the blood. | hematoma. |
An immune protein is called- | immunoglobulin. |
Discharge from the nose is called. | rhinorrhea. |
The device or instrument used to view the larynx- | laryngoscope. |
The term Thoracocentesis means? | A procedure to remove fluid or air from around the lungs |
The term which means difficult or labored breathing- | Dyspnea. |
The medical term meaning surgical removal of the gallbladder. | cholecystectomy. |
The term which refers to creating an opening in the colon- | colostomy. |
Ureteropexy means- | surgical fixation to nearby tissue of a displaced urethra. |
The medical term hysterorrhexis means? | Rupture of the uterus. |
A record or image of the breast tissue- | Mammography. |
The term for a condition of state of excessive thyroid- | Hyperthyroidism. |
Review the Venn Diagram for Diabetes Type 1 and 2 | |
Neurorrhaphy means? | suturing of the nerve. |
The medical term meaning inflammation of the pancreas- | Pancreatitis. |
What does Meningiocele mean? | protrusion of the meninges in the spine |
One who specializes in the study of the female reproductive system- | Gynecologist. |
Amniotomy is what? | cutting into the membranes |
A blood sugar that is excessive or too high is? | Hyperglycemia. |
Polyuria is defined as- | Abnormally large volumes of dilute urine. |
The heart resides in which MAJOR and MINOR cavity of the body? | Heart- ventral and thoracic cavity |