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VET 114 Week 4
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Angi/o | Vessel |
Ox/o | Oxygen/O2 |
Phleb/o | Vein |
Ather/o | Plaque (Fatty Substance) |
Sphygm/o | Pulse |
Steth/o | Chest |
Capn/o | Carbon Dioxide (CO2) |
Thromb/o | Clot |
Valvul/o | Valve |
Coron/o | Heart |
Cyan/o | Blue |
Vascul/o | Vessel |
Isch/o | To Hold back, back |
Man/o | Pressure |
My/o | Muscle |
Brady- | Slow |
Inter- | Between |
Tachy- | Fast |
-Oma | Tumor, Mass/collection of fluid |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-emia | Blood condition |
-Plasty | Surgical repair |
-rraphy | Suture |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-ole | Small |
-Megaly | Enlargement |
-Tomy | Incision, Process of cutting |
Pector/o | chest |
Phragm/o | Wall |
Capn/o | Carbon Dioxide (Co2) |
Phren/o | Diaphragm |
Pneum/o | Lung/air/Gas |
Furc/o | Fork/ branching |
Py/o | Pus |
Spir/o | To Breath, Breathing |
Thorac/o | Chest |
Olfact/o | Smelling |
Tuss/i | Cough |
anti- | against |
Brady- | Slow |
Meta- | Beyond |
Para- | Near, beside |
-ation | Process, Condition |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | Spitting |
-dynia | Pain |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-ectasia | dialation |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-stasis | stopping; controlling |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stenosis | tightening; narrowing; stricture |
-stomy | new openin |
ET Tube | endotracheal tube |
URI | Upper respiratory infection |