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Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 2
09/18/2012
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-chezia
 Definition
defecation; elimination of wastes
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-ectasia
 Definition
stretching; dilation; expansion
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-ecstasis
 Definition
stretching; dilation; expansion
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-ectomy
 Definition
removla; excision; resection
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-genesis
 Definition
producing; forming
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-orexia
 Definition
appetite
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-pathy
 Definition
disease; emotion
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-phagia
 Definition
eating; swallowing
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-prandial
 Definition
meal
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
droop; sag; prolapse; fall
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-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
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-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow; discharge
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-spasm
 Definition
sudden contraction of muscles
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-stasis
 Definition
stop; control; place
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-stenosis
 Definition
tightening; stricture
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-stomy
 Definition
new opening (to form a mouth)
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting
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-tresia
 Definition
opening
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bucc/o
 Definition

cheek

 

(buccal mucosa)
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celi/o
 Definition

belly, abdomen

 

(celiac)
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dent/i
 Definition

tooth

 

(dentibuccal)
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esophag/o
 Definition

esophagus

 

(esophageal)
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sialaden/o
 Definition

salivary gland

 

(sialadenitis)
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labi/o

cheil/o

 Definition
lip
Term
rugae
 Definition
rippled
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palat/o
 Definition
palate
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uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
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gloss/o

lingu/o

 Definition
tongue
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
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gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
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dent/i

odont/o

 

 Definition
tooth
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-um
 Definition
structure, thing
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cementum
 Definition
structure or thing that cements in the tooth
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periodontal
 Definition
around the tooth
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submandilar gland
 Definition
under the mandible
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sublingular gland
 Definition
under the tongue
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deglutition
 Definition
swallowing
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pharynx
 Definition
throat
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GERD
 Definition
Gastro entestinal blah blah blah
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fundus
 Definition
structure or thing
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pyloric sphincter
 Definition
pertaining to the pyloric area of the stomach
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vilus, vili
 Definition
hairlike structure that absord nutrients
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duodenum
 Definition
first section of the small intestine
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jejunum
 Definition
2nd section of small intestine
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Ileum
 Definition
last part of the small intestine
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Ileocecal valve
 Definition
valve between small and large intestines
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crine
 Definition
to secrete
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anastomoses
 Definition
state of opening up
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lip-
 Definition
fat
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BRB PR
 Definition
Bright red blood per rectum
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choledocho
 Definition
common bile duct
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lith-
 Definition
stone
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choledocholithiasis
 Definition
gall stones
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postprandialhypoglycemia
 Definition

low blood sugar after a meal

 

insulin gets in the blood before the sugar does

 
Term
inguinal canal
 Definition
where the testes drop from during puberty
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chole
 Definition
liver, bile
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congenital
 Definition
pertaining to birth
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atresia
 Definition
without an opening
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emetic
 Definition
pertaining to vomit
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dysphasia
 Definition
difficulty speaking
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dysplasia
 Definition
painful growth
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polyphagia
 Definition
eating to much
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Xray can record?
 Definition
tissue, gas, bone and fluid
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cholangiography
 Definition
record of the vessels of the liver
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amyl-
 Definition
starch
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cholangio
 Definition
bile vessel
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cholecyst
 Definition
gall bladder
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cirrho
 Definition
orange and yellow
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cholecystectomy
 Definition
removal of the gall bladder
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cholenoscopy
 Definition
visual examination of the colon
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gastrojejunostomy
 Definition
old fashion gastric bybass, new opening from the jejunum to the stomach bypassing the duedenum
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gingivectomy
 Definition
removal of the gums
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hypoglossal
 Definition
below the tongue
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pyloroplasty
 Definition

surgical repair of the pylorus portion of the stomach

 
Term
stomatitis
 Definition
infection of mouth of opening
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Amalase
 Definition
enzyme that breaks down starch
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stratorrhea
 Definition
abnormal flow of fat
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strato
 Definition
fat
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BE
 Definition
barium enema
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EGD
 Definition
esophageal gastro duedonoscopy
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cholecystolithiasis
 Definition
gall stones
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
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append/o

appendic/o

 Definition
appendix
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bil/i
 Definition
bile
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bilirubin/o
 Definition
bilirubin
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bronch/o
 Definition
bronchiole tubes
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cec/o
 Definition
cecum
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cervic/o
 Definition
cervix
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celi/o
 Definition
belly or abdomen
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chlorhydr/o
 Definition
hydrochloric acid
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cib/o
 Definition
meal
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col/o
 Definition
colon
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colon/o
 Definition
colon, large intestine
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines
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eti/o
 Definition
cause
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gluc/o
 Definition
sugar
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glyc/o
 Definition
glucose, sugar
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glycogen/o
 Definition
glycogen or animal starch
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hem/o

hemat/o

 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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herni/o
 Definition
hernia
Term
idi/o
 Definition

unknown, individual distinct

 
Term
ile/o
 Definition
ileum
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
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peritone/o

 

 Definition
peritenum
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pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx
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proct/o
 Definition
anus, rectum
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prote/o
 Definition
protein
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rect/o

 

 Definition
rectum
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sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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steat/o

 

 Definition
fat, sebum
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stomat/o
 Definition
mouth, opening
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