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Chapter 2& 3
MST 105 ; Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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What is Studied in pharmacology? | Drugs and their effects on living organisms |
Orthopedist | Medical Specialist |
Neurologist | Specialist in disorders of the nervous system. |
Terms for Old aged or the Elderly | Geriatric, Gerontology,and gynecologist(females) |
Oncology | Study of tumors |
Anesthetic | Produces the loss of feeling |
Urologist | Specialist who treats diseases of the urinary tract |
Where is ophthalmic medication used | The eye |
Dermal | Pertaining to the skin |
Otologist | A specialist who studies the ear |
Orthopedics | Medical Specialty |
Malignant | Tending to becoming worse, spread, and cause death |
Larynx | Voice box |
Pathology | Study of diseases in general |
Optometrist | Professional that measures irregularities of vision. |
Neonatologist | Specialty of newborns |
Cardiology | Specializes in the treatment of the heart. |
Dermatology | Specializes in the treatment of the skin. |
Anatomy | Science structure of the body. |
Therapy | Treatment of a disease. |
Gastric | Stomach |
Thermometer | Instrument used to measure temperature. |
-gram | Record |
-penia | deficiency |
Appendectomy | Surgical removal of the appendix |
Angioplasty | Surgical repair of the blood vessels |
Ophthalmomalacia | Abnormal softening of the eye |
Emesis | Material expelled in vomiting |
Ophthalmoscope | A lighted instrument that is used to examine the eye |
Malacia | A softening. |
Oral Thermometer | An instrument placed in the mouth and used for measuring the body temperature. |
Anesthesia | Loss of sensation/ability to feel pain. |
Analgesic | A drug that relieves pain. |
Rhinoplasty | Plastic surgery on the nose. (Reconstructive or cosmetic.) |
Neurolysis | Surrounding a nerve. |
Edema | The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues. |
Osteoid | Resembling bone |
Cerebrotomy | Incision of the brain. |
Otodynia | Painful ear |
Blepharospasm | Twitching of the eyelid. |
Calcipenia | A deficiency of calcium |
Otoscopy | Examination of the ear. |
Ophthalmodynia | Pain of the eye |
Blepharoplasty | Surgical Repair of the eye. |