NHM 195 midterm med term Flashcards
(73 cards)
1
Q
lumb/o
A
lower
2
Q
lei/o
A
smooth
3
Q
-rrhea
A
discharge, flow
4
Q
RA
A
rheumatoid arthritis
5
Q
poster/o
A
back
6
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
7
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
8
Q
aden/o
A
gland
9
Q
AD
A
right ear
10
Q
AA
A
aortic aneurysm
11
Q
-plasty
A
repair of
12
Q
-ia
A
condition
13
Q
-plasm
A
growth of tissue
14
Q
phag/o
A
eat, swallow
15
Q
peri-
A
surrounding
16
Q
-pepsia
A
digestion
17
Q
-penia
A
low number
18
Q
pelv/o
A
pelvis
19
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
20
Q
RL
A
right leg
21
Q
RBC
A
red blood cells
22
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
23
Q
radi/o
A
x-ray
24
Q
OA
A
osteoarthritis
25
my/o
muscle
26
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
27
mening/o
meninges
28
NPO
nothing by mouth
29
MI
myocardial infarction
30
dent/o
tooth
31
cyt/o or -cyte
cell
32
CVA
cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
33
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
34
crani/o
skull
35
CNS
central nervous system
36
-tomy
to cut into
37
TIA
transient ischemic attack
38
hepat/o
liver
39
Hct
hematocrit
40
Fx
fracture
41
fibr/o
fibrous
42
enter/o
intestine
43
EKG
electrocardiogram
44
EEG
electrocephalogram
45
ECHO
echocardiogram
46
oste/o
bone
47
onc/o
tumor
48
-oma
tumor
49
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
50
thromb/o
blood clot
51
thorac/o
chest or thorax
52
stomat/o
mouth
53
steth/o
chest
54
son/o
sound
55
CHF
congestive heart failure
56
cervic/o
neck
57
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
58
CBC
complete blood count
59
carnin/o
cancer
60
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
61
GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
62
C1, C2, etc.
cervical vertebrae
63
brady-
slow
64
BM
bowel movement
65
ather/o
fatty
66
-ase
enzyme
67
arth/o
joint
68
aort/o
aorta
69
anter/o
front
70
angi/o
vessel
71
amyl/o
starch
72
-algia
pain
73
meta-
beyond, after, occurring later in a series
