NHM 195 Final Exam 2025

Cyt/o - -cells Erythorcyte - -Red blood cell Hct - -Hematocrit Ech/o - -sound made by "reflected" sound waves algia - -pain Brady- - -slow Ather/o - -thick like porridge, fatty Phleb/o - -vein Hemat/o - -blood Scler/o - -hard -plasty - -surgical repair -oma - -tumor, growth -statis - -control, stopping Tachycardia - -fast heart beat Lipolysis - -destruction of fat cells Thrombophlebitis - -inflammation of a vein with clot formation CABG - -coronary artery bypass graft MI - -myocardial infarction TIA - -transient ischemic attack CHF - -congestive heart failure Neurolysis - -destruction of nerve tissue NHM 195 NHM 195 Pyscho - -function of the mind and mental processes Cephalgia - -pain in the head Hydro - -water or fluid Encephal/o - -brain -cele - -swelling -malacia - -softening of tissue dysplasia - -abnormal formation hyperemisis - -excessive vomiting hypertrophy - -increase in size crani/o - -skull adenectomy - -removal of glands melanoma - -black growth stomat/o - -mouth glossitis - -inflammation of tongue gingivalgia - -gum pain esophagogastric - -pertaining to the esophagus and stomach gastrorrhagia - -stomach hemorrhage enter/o - -intestine or small intestine dys- - -difficulty or pain hepatomegaly - -enlargement of liver spelomegaly - -enlargement of speel lith/o - -stone or calculus cholelith - -gall stone NHM 195 NHM 195 cholecystectomy - -excision of the gallbladder amylase - -starch enzyme lactase - -milk enzyme dyspepsia - -painful digestion phag/o - -eat BM - -bowel movement GERD - -gastroesophegeal reflux disease NPO - -nothing by mouth PO - -by mouth oste/o - -bone osteomalacia - -softening of the bones arthr/o - -joint osteoarthropathy - -bone and joint disease arthritis - -inflammation of a joint osteochondritis - -inflammation of bone and cartilage ten/o - -tendon tendonitis - -inflammation of a tendon costal - -pertaining to the ribs dentalgia - -toothache lumb/o - -lower back thorac/o - -chest thoracotomy - -incision of the chest -centesis - -surgical puncture to remove