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Medical Terminology 41-60
Quiz 3 Medical Terminology
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09/13/2008

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Term
polyneuropathy
Definition
poly-
neur/o
-pathy
a disease involving a number of peripheral nerves
Term
nocturia
Definition
noct/o
-uria
excessive urination at night
Term
opthalmoscope
Definition
opthalm/o
-scope
a device for visually examining the eye
Term
stomatomycosis
Definition
stomat/o
myc/o
-osis
abnormal condition (or disease) of mouth due to fungus
Term
orthopnea
Definition
orth/o
-pnea
breathe easily only when sitting straight or standing erect
Term
osteoma
Definition
oste/o
-oma
a (benign) tumor of the bone
Term
otitis
Definition
ot/o
-itis
inflammation of the ear
Term
phlebotomist
Definition
phleb/o
-tomy
-ist
a specialist in punturing (cutting into) the vein (for purposes of withdrawing blood)
Term
pneumonectomy
Definition
pneum/o
-ectomy
surgical removal of a lung
Term
posterolateral
Definition
poster/o
later/o
-al
pertaining to the area behind and to one side
Term
proximal
Definition
proxim/o
-al
pertaining to the nearest (opposite of distal)
Term
pulmonary
Definition
pulm/o
-ary
pertaining to the lungs
Term
pyogenic
Definition
py/o
-genesis
-ic
pertaining to the production of pus
Term
rhinorrhea
Definition
rhin/o
-rrhea
discharge or flow from the nose (i.e. runny nose)
Term
artherosclerosis
Definition
arther/o
scler/o
-osis
an abnormal condition of hardening (and narrowing) of the arteries
Term
thoracic
Definition
thorac/o
-ic
pertaining to the chest
Term
thrombocytopenia
Definition
thromb/o
cty/o
-penia
a decrease in the number of platelets (in the blood)
Term
toxicology
Definition
toxic/o
-ology
the study of poisonous substances
Term
urodynia
Definition
ur/o
-dynia
pain on urination
Term
vasculitis
Definition
vascul/o
-itis
inflammation of the (blood) vessel(s)
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