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Medical Terminology
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
05/17/2018
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- osis

 Definition
Abnormal condition
Term
Blood infection
 Definition
Septicemia
Term
Ear pain
 Definition
Otalgia
Term
A condition in which blood is held back from an organ
 Definition
Ischemia
Term
A benign tumor of muscle I a
(an)
 Definition
Myosarcoma
Term
Renal failure leads to this abnormal blood condition:
 Definition
Uremia
Term
Enlargement of the Liver
 Definition
Hepatomegaly
Term
Disease of heart muscle
 Definition
Cardiomyopathy
Term
A cancerous tumor of glandular (epithelial) cells is called:
 Definition
Adenocarcinoma
Term
Discharge of blood during the menstrual period is:
 Definition
Menorrhea
Term
Condition of blood in the Urine
 Definition
Hematuria
Term

A myocardial infarction is a (an)

 

 Definition
Heart Attack
Term
A condition that lasts for a long time is called
 Definition
Chronic
Term
A Suffix that means resection is:
 Definition
- ectomy
Term
Removal of a fallopian tube:
 Definition
oophorectomy
Term
Combining form for blood vessel:
 Definition
angi/o
Term
Treatment using drugs:
 Definition
Chemotherapy
Term
hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
axill/o
 Definition
armpit
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
vascul/o
 Definition
Blood vessel
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
pneumon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
myel/o
 Definition

spinal cord 

and

Bone Marrow
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
bronch/o
 Definition
Bronchial tube
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
Vein
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
-centesis
 Definition

surgical puncture 

to 

remove fluid
Term
- uria
 Definition
urine condtion
Term
-pathy
 Definition
Disease condition
Term
-therapy
 Definition
Treatment
Term
- plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
- gram
 Definition
record
Term
- tomy
 Definition

incision,

process of

cutting into
Term
- ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
- eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term

Removal of

pharyngeal

lymph tissue

 Definition
Tonsillectomy
Term

Ren/o

 Definition
kidney
Term
Sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
chron/o
 Definition
time
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
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