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MED_TERM_2011
medical terms
Question | Answer |
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pre | before, in front of |
tri | three |
epi | above, upon , on |
cyan | blue |
leuko | white |
-algia | pain; painful position |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
-itis | inflammation |
-scopy | visual examination |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-rrhexis | rupture |
liver | hepat/o |
gland | aden/o |
cell | cyt/o |
movement | kines/o , kinesi/o |
heart | cardi/o , card/o |
artery | arteri/o |
blood vessels | hemangi/o , angi/o |
capillaries | capill/o |
veins | phleb/o , pneumon/o |
fat | ather/o |
blue | cyan/o |
lower part of the body | caud/o |
abdomen | abdomin/o |
joint | arthr/o |
muscle | my/o |
distal | situated farthest from the midline |
lateral | toward of nearer the side and away from the midline |
medial | toward or nearer the midline |
proximal | nearest the midline |
coronal plane | divides the body into anterior and posterior |
horizontal plane | divides body into upper and lower portions |
sagital plane | divides body into unequal left and right portions |
transverse plane | upper and lower portions of body |
caudal | lower part of the body |
cephalic | toward the head |
posterior | in the back |
anterior | in the front |
frontal plane | divides body into front and back portions |
midsagittal plane | divides body from top to bottom into equal left and right portions |
abduction | away from midline |
adduction | toward the midline |
elevation | raises body part |
extension | increases an angle as in straightening a joint |
circumduction | turns at the far end |
flexion | decreases an angle as in bending a joint |
supination | turns palm upward or forward |
pronation | turns palm downward or backward |
epigastric | located above the stomach |
hypogastric | located below the stomach |
peritoneum | membrane that protects and supports organs in abdominal cavity |
hemophilia | bleeding disorder where your blood doesn't clot |
adenosis | any disease condition of a gland |
peritonitis | inflammation of the peritoneum |
kyphosis | humpback |
lordosis | swayback |
scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
comminuted fracture | bone is splintered or crushed |
open fracture | bone is broken and there is an open wound |
compression fracture | bones are pressed together |
radiography | use of x-rays to expose a film that shows the body in profile |
leukocytes | aka white blood cells - fight of invaders |
influenza | flu |
pertussis | whooping cough |
brochospasm | contraction of the walls of the broch |
hemothorax | accumulation of blood in pleural cavity |
oseoporosis | loss of bone density and increas of bone porosity |
paraplegia | both legs and lower part of body are paralyzed |