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basicmedicalterms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| swelling, accumulation of fluid | -edema ex) lymphedema ( swelling of the lymph nodes) |
| seperation, dissolving, looseling, destruction | -lysis ex) dyalisis (seperation of substances by passing through a membrane) |
| malacia | sofetening ex) splenomalacia = sofeting of the spleen (splen/o) |
| death of tissue | necrosis ex. osteonecrosis = death of the bone tissue |
| narrowing, constriction | stenosis anteriostenosis = narrowing of the artery |
| supression, stoppage | statis menostatis- supression of menstrual (men/o) flow |
| dilation, dilatation | expansion, widening vasodialation- widening of the vessels |
| dilation | ectasia, ectasis bronchiectasis- dilation of the bronchus (bronch/o) |
| spasm | sudden contraction, cramp bronchospasm- contraction of the bronchus |
| ptosis | drooping downward displacement, prolapse blepharoptosis - dropping of the eyelid ( blephar/0) |
| fissure, splitting | -schisis retinoschisis |
| pain | -odynia urodynia - pain of urination (ur/o) |
| pain | -algia, -algesia myalgia - pain in the muscle (my/o) |
| -megaly | enlargement cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly - enlargement of the liver (hepat/o) |
| -clasis, -clasia | breaking osteoclasis - breaking of the bone (oste/o) |
| tumor | -oma carcinoma, blastoma- tumor of the immature cells |
| any disease of | -pathy cardiopathy- any disease of the heart |
| -itis | inflamation arthritis- inflammation of the joints |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation hydrocele- localized hernia containing fluid |
| -rhage, -rhagia | bursting forth, hemmorrhage, profuse flow hemorrhage- profuse flow of blood |
| flow , discharge | -rhea mucorrhea- discharge of the mucous |
| rupture | -rhexis amniorrhexis- rupture of the amniotic sac |
| -centesis | puncture , tap thoracentesis- puncture of the thorax ( chest) |
| crushing | -tripsy lithotripsy - crushing of a stone |
| plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction | -plasty rhinoplasty- plastic surgery of the nose ( rhin/o) |
| surgical fixation | -plexy cystoplexy- surgical fixation of the bladder ( cyst/o) |
| -desis | binding, fusion pleurodesis- binding of the pleural membranes |
| excision, surgical removal | -ectomy hysterectomy- removal of the uterus (hyster/o) |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening -colostomy |
| surgical repair, suture | -rhapy herniorrhapy- surgical repair of the hernia |
| crushing | -tripsy lithotripsy |
| incision , cutting | -tomy trechotomy |
| -tome | instrument for incision, cutting microtome |
| before, infront of | pre- predisposing - leading towards a condition |
| before, infront of | pro- prodrome- symptom that precedes a disease |
| after, behind | post- postmenopausal- after menopause |
| before | ante- antenatal- before birth |
| around | peri- perivasucular - around the vessel |
| circum- | around circumoral- around the mouth |
| in, within | intra intrauterine |
| backward | retro- retroperitoneal- behind the peritoneum |
| above | supra- suprascapular |
| above, excess | super- supernumery |
| on, over | epi- epicardium, epithelium |
| outside | extra- extracellular |
| below | infra- infrapatellar |
| below,under | sub- subcutaneous- below theh skin |
| near, beside | juxta- juxtaposition- near or beside another structure |
| near beside behind | para- parasagittal- near or beside a sagittal plane |
| inter- | between intercostal |
| right | dextr/o dextrocardia |
| left | sinistr/o sinistrad- toward the left |
| yellow | xanth/0 |
| middle | mes/o mesencephalon- midbrain |
| together | syn-sym- synapse- junction between two nerve cells |
| in, within | end/o endoscope- device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ |
| ex/o | away from, outside excise- to cut out |
| out, outside | ec- ecto- ectoderm- outermost layer of the developing embryon |
| hyper- | over, excess, abnormally high, increased hyperventilation- excess breathing |
| hypo- | below, under, abnormally low, decreased hypotonic, hypoxia- decreased oxygen in the tissues |
| above, excess | super- supernumerary |
| all | pan- panacea- remedy that cures all ills |
| few, scanty | olig/o oligomenorrhea- scanty menstrual flow |
| equal, same | equi- equilateral- equal sides |
| equal, same | iso- isotonic, isograft |
| other, different , unequal | hetero- heterosexual- pertaining to opposite sex |
| eu- | true, easy normal, good euthanasia - easy death ( thanat/o) |
| homo- homeo- | same, unchanging homeostatis, homothermic |
| macro | large, abnormally large macrocyte-= large rbc |
| ab- | away from abduct |
| ad- | near, towards abduct |
| through | dia- dialysis- seperation of substance by passage through a membrane |
| through | trans- transfusion- introduction of blood into blood stream |
| through | per- percutaneous- through the skin |
| leuk/o | white, colorless -leukoplakia- white patches in the mouth |
| melan/o | black, dark melanin- dark pigment in skin |
| cyan/o | blue cyanosis- blue discoloration of the skin cuz of lack of oxygen |
| red | erythr/o erythorcyte- rbc |
| one | mono- monocular |
| one | unicellular |
| half, one side | hemi- hemidiaphragm |
| four | quadr/i- quadrant |
| four | tetra- tetrahedron |
| multi- | many multiple - many parts |
| many, much | poly- polysaccharide |
| three | tri- triplet, triangle |
| dipl/o | double diploid |
| half, partial | semi- semisolid |
| two, twice | di- dimorphous- 2 forms |
| two, twice | bi- bipolar |
| first | prim/i primitive- first in time |
| brady- | slow bradypnea, bradycardia |
| tachy | fast, rapid tachycardia |
| mal- | mad, poor malnutrition |
| thick | pachy- pachyemia- thick blood |
| dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult dysplasia- abnormal develop. of tissues |
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