Medical Terminology - The Introduction to Medical Terminology |79 questions and answers.

-algia pain, suffering dys- bad, difficult, painful -ectomy surgical removal, cutting out hyper- excessive, increased hypo- deficient, decreased -itis inflammation -osis abnormal condition, disease -ostomy the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface -otomy cutting, surgical incision -plasty surgical repair -rrhage bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge -rrhaphy surgical suturing -rrhea flow or discharge -rrhexis rupture -sclerosis abnormal hardening abdominocentis the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid acroynm a word formed from initial letter of the major parts of a compound term acute rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration angiography the process of producing a radiographic study of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make blood vessels visible appendectomy surgical removal of the appendix ateriosclerosis abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries arthralgia pain in a joint or joints colostomy the surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface cyanosis bluish discoloration of the skin by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood dermatologist a physician who specialized in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin diagnosis identification of a disease diarreha the frequent flow of loose or watery stool edema swelling caused by an abnormal acclamation of fluid in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body endarterial pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery eponym a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first erythrocyte a mature red blood cell fissure a groove or crack-like sore of the skin fistula an abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body gastralgia pain in the stomach gastritis inflammation of the stomach gastroenteritis an inflammation of the stomach and small intestine gastrosis any disease of the stomach hemorrhage the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time hepatomegaly abnormal enlargement of the liver hypertension high blood pressure hypotension low blood pressure infection invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism inflammation a localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues interstitial pertaining to spaces between cells in a tissue or organ intramuscular within the muscle