Ahs 102 – Accurate Solutions For Every Question
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Terms in this set (574)
Algia Pain, painful condition
Dys Bad, difficult, or painful
Ectomy Surgical removal, cutting out
Hyper Excessive, increased
Hypo Deficient, decreased
Itis Inflammation
Osis Abnormal condition, disease
The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body
Ostomy
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
Enter/o Small intestine
Gastr/o Stomach
Neur/o Nerve
Path Disease
Ology Study of
Dynia Pain
Arteri/o Artery
,Stenosis Abnormal narrowing
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for Diagnostic
Centesis
purposes or to remove excess fluid
Graphy Picture or record
Angi/o Blood vessel
Gram Picture or record
My/o Muscle
Scopy Visual examination
Arthr/o Joint
Pre Before
Nat Birth
Al Pertaining to
Ab Away from, negative, absent
Ad Toward, to, in the direction of
Dextr/o Right side
Sinistr/o Left side
Ex Out of, outside, away from
In In, into, not, without
Macro Large, abnormal, size, or long
Micr/o, micro Small
Mega, megal/o Large great
Olig/o Scanty, few
Post After, behind
Sub Under, less, or bleow
Eu Good, normal
Intra Within or inside
Super, supra Above or excessive
Rhin/o Nose
Ot/o Ear
, Lithotomy Surgical incision for the removal of a stone
Is swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid
Edema
in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body
End Within
Ather/o Plaque or fatty substance
Ather Fatty substance
Oma Tumor
Col Colon
Infection Is the Invasion of the Body by a pathogenic
Is a localized response to an injury or to the destruction
Inflammation
of tissue
Laceration Is a torn or Jagged wound or an accidental cut wound
Is a pathologic change of the tissue due to disease or
Lesion
injury
Describe the specialized membranes that line the body
Mucous
cavities
Is the name of the fluid secreted by these mucous
Mucus
membrane
Mye/o Fungus
Myel/o Bone marrow or spinal cord
Ologist Specialist
Neo New
Is an examination technique in which the examiner's
Palpation hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and
location
Palpitation Is a pounding or racing hard
Pyel/o Renal pelvis
Py/o Pus
Pyr/o Fever or fire
Is the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the
Supination
hand is forward or upward
Suppuration Is the formation or discharge of pus
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Terms in this set (574)
Algia Pain, painful condition
Dys Bad, difficult, or painful
Ectomy Surgical removal, cutting out
Hyper Excessive, increased
Hypo Deficient, decreased
Itis Inflammation
Osis Abnormal condition, disease
The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body
Ostomy
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
Enter/o Small intestine
Gastr/o Stomach
Neur/o Nerve
Path Disease
Ology Study of
Dynia Pain
Arteri/o Artery
,Stenosis Abnormal narrowing
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for Diagnostic
Centesis
purposes or to remove excess fluid
Graphy Picture or record
Angi/o Blood vessel
Gram Picture or record
My/o Muscle
Scopy Visual examination
Arthr/o Joint
Pre Before
Nat Birth
Al Pertaining to
Ab Away from, negative, absent
Ad Toward, to, in the direction of
Dextr/o Right side
Sinistr/o Left side
Ex Out of, outside, away from
In In, into, not, without
Macro Large, abnormal, size, or long
Micr/o, micro Small
Mega, megal/o Large great
Olig/o Scanty, few
Post After, behind
Sub Under, less, or bleow
Eu Good, normal
Intra Within or inside
Super, supra Above or excessive
Rhin/o Nose
Ot/o Ear
, Lithotomy Surgical incision for the removal of a stone
Is swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid
Edema
in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body
End Within
Ather/o Plaque or fatty substance
Ather Fatty substance
Oma Tumor
Col Colon
Infection Is the Invasion of the Body by a pathogenic
Is a localized response to an injury or to the destruction
Inflammation
of tissue
Laceration Is a torn or Jagged wound or an accidental cut wound
Is a pathologic change of the tissue due to disease or
Lesion
injury
Describe the specialized membranes that line the body
Mucous
cavities
Is the name of the fluid secreted by these mucous
Mucus
membrane
Mye/o Fungus
Myel/o Bone marrow or spinal cord
Ologist Specialist
Neo New
Is an examination technique in which the examiner's
Palpation hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and
location
Palpitation Is a pounding or racing hard
Pyel/o Renal pelvis
Py/o Pus
Pyr/o Fever or fire
Is the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the
Supination
hand is forward or upward
Suppuration Is the formation or discharge of pus
