HLT143 - Med. Term. Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| immun/o | immune |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| morph/o | shape |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| a- | without, away from |
| an- | without |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| endo- | within, inner |
| epi- | upon, over |
| eu- | normal, good |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | over, above |
| hypo- | under, below |
| infra- | under, beneath, below |
| inter- | among, between |
| intra- | within, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside, beyond, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backwards, behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| super- | above, excess |
| supra- | above |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| trans- | through, across |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many |
| quad- | four |
| semi- | half, partial |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -cise | to cut |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genesis | produces, generates |
| -genic | producing, produced by |
| -ia | state, condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | development, growth |
| -plasm | foramtion, development |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive, abnormal flow |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treratment |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -ac, al, an, ar, ary, eal, iac, ic, ical, ile, ior, ory, ose, ous, tic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | puncture to withdrawl fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -tomy | cutting into |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| History and Physical | Written or dictated by the admitting physician; details the patients history, results of hte physician's examination, initial diagnoses, and physician's plan of treatment |
| Physician's Orders | Complete list of the care, medications, tests, and treatments the physician orders for the patient |
| Nurse's Notes | Record of the patient's care throughout the day; includes vital signs, treatment specifics, patient's response to treatment, and patient's condition |
| Physician's Progress Notes | Physician's daily record of the patient's condition, results of the physician's examinations, summary of test results, updated assessment and diagnoses, and further plans for hte patient's care |
| Consultation Reports | Reports given by specialists whom the physician has asked to evaluate the patient |
| Ancillary Reports | Reports from various treatments and therapies the patient has received, such as rehabilitation, social services, or respiratory therapy |
| Diagnostic Reports | Results of diagnostic tests performed on the patient, principally from the clinic lab (for example, blood tests) and medical imagining (for example, X-rays and ultrasound) |
| Informed Consent | Document voluntarily signed by the patient or a responsible party that clearly describes the purpose, methods, procedures, benefits, and risks of a diagnostic or treatment procedure |
| Operative Report | Report from the surgeon detialing an operation; includes a pre- and postoperative disgnosis, specific details of the surgical procedure tiself, and how the patient tolerated the procedure |
| Anestheologist's Report | Relates the details regarding the substances (such as meidcaitons and fluids) given to a patient, the patient's response to anesthesia, and vbital signs during surgery |
| Pathologist's Report | Report gien by a pathologist who studies tissue removed from the patient (for example, bone marrow, blood, or tissue biopsy) |
| Discharge Summary | Comprehensive outline of the patient's entire hospital stay; includes condition at time of admission, admitting diagnosis, test results, treatments and patient's response, final diagnosis, and follow-up plans |
| Acute Care or General Hospitals | Provide services to diagnose (laboratory, diagnostic imaging) and trat (surgery, medications, therapy) diseases for a short period of time; in addition, they usually provide emergency and obstetrical care |
| Specialty Care Hospitals | Provide care for very specific types of diseases; for example, a psychiatric hospital |
| Nursing Homes or Long-Term Care Facilities | Provide long-term care for patients who need extra time to recover from an illness or injury before returning home, or for persons who can no longer care for themselves |
| Ambulatory Care, Surgical Centers or Outpatient Clinics | Provide services that do not require overnight hospitalization; the services reange from simple surgeries to diagnostic testing or therapy |
| Physician's Offices | Provide diagnostic and treatment services in a private office setting |
| Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) | Provides a wide range of services by a group of primary-care physicians, specialists, and other healthcare professionals in a prepaid system |
| Home Health Care | Provides nursing, therapy, personal care, or housekeeping servies in the patient's own home |
| Rehabilitation Centers | Provide intensive physical and occupational therapy; they include inpatient and outpatient treatment |
| Hospice | Provides supportive treatment to terminally ill patients and their families |
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