Spelling quiz week 1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Histology
A person engaged in the study of microscopic structure of tissue
Dermatology
Study of skin and its diseases
Hyperglycemia
Increase in blood sugar which can result in diabetes
Ophthalmologist
Physician that specializes in diseases and disorders of the eye
Pneumonitis
Inflammation of the lungs known as pneumonia
Combing forms
In med term the word root with a combining form vowel (usually an “o”) that aids in making the word pronounceable particularly when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant
Prefix
A word component added to the beginning of a word root or combining form that typically modifies the remaining part of the term
Suffix
An addition to the end of a term that changed the grammatical function of term
Airborne
Transported or carried throughout the air
Bacteria
Unicellular microorganism concerned with the fermentation and putrefaction of matter: diseases causing agent
Biohazardous
Any Material that has been in contact with bodily fluids and is potentially capable of transmitting disease
Blood borne
Capable of being transported in blood
Word root
A component of a medical term that does not have a combining form vowel attached
Disinfection
A process by which disease producing microorganisms or pathogens are killed however disinfectants do not always kill spores
Fungi
Simple parasitic plants such as yeast or mold that depend on other life forms for a nutritional source
Microorganisms
A microscopic living body not perceivable by the naked eye
Parasites
Organisms that live in or on another organism with out rendering it any service in return
Pathogen
Any microorganisms or substance capable of producing a disease
Rickettsia
Any of a family of rod shaped coccid or diplococcus shaped often pleomorphic gram negative bacteria that are intercellular parasites of arthropods lice or ticks and are transmitted to humans cause various diseases such as typhus
Protozoa
A single cell animal
Sanitization
Process of washing and scrubbing to remove materials such as body tissue, blood, or other bodily fluids
Standard precautions
Guidelines for prevention of infectious diseases and nosocomial infections established by centers for diseases control and prevention
Vector
Organism such as an insect that transmits a pathogen
Viruses
Very simple, frequently pathogenic microorganisms capable of replicating within living cells
