Download Medical Terminology and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Allied Health 2021 Final Exam Hypo - deficient, below, under, less than normal Cystoscopy - visual examination of the urinary bladder Reno - kidney Nephro - kidney Prognosis - prediction about the outcome of an illness Neuralgia - nerve pain Hyperglycemia - excessive (more than normal) amount of sugar in the blood Sarcoma - malignant tumor of flesh tissue Larynx - voice box Spinal cord - nervous tissue surrounded by backbones Peritoneum - Double-layered membrane surrounding the abdominal organs Cartilage - flexible connective tissue found between bones at joints CT scan - a series of x-ray images that show the body in cross section Pharyngeal - pertaining to the throat -osis - abnormal condition Myocardial infarction - heart attack Hemodialysis - separation of waste (urea) from the blood by filtration through a machine Angio - blood vessel Ischemia - condition in which blood is held back from an organ Ultrasonography - process of recording sound waves to make an image of organs in the body Thoracic surgeon - a doctor who specializes in operating on the chest Geriatrician - a physician who specializes in the care of older people Leukemia - an increase in malignant white blood cells Gastroenteritis - inflammation of the stomach and intestines Pleurisy (pleuritis) - inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs Craniotomy - incision of the skull Myalgia - pain in the muscle Tracheotomy - creation of an artificial opening into the trachea (windpipe) Atherosclerosis - condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on the inner walls of the arteries Hematuria - blood in the urine Adrenal - endocrine glands that are near (above) each kidney Congenital anomaly - irregularity present at birth -itis - inflammation -logy - study of Adenoma - tumor of a gland Cerebral - pertaining to the brain Thrombosis - abnormal condition of clot formation Laparotomy - incision into/across the abdomen Electroencephalogram - record of the electricity in the brain Enteritis - inflammation of the small intestine Osteo - bone chronic - continuing for a long time -megaly - enlargement -centesis - surgical puncture to remove fluid -rrhagia - excessive discharge of blood -pathy - disease -lysis - separation, breakdown, destruction -therapy - treatment -plasty - surgical repair mammo - breast hystero - uterus oophoro - ovary apnea - condition of not being able to breathe antepartum - before birth prosthesis - artificial substitute for a missing body part subscapular - pertaining to under the shoulder bone bilateral - pertaining to two (both) sides metastasis - The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site ab - away from ad - toward mal - bad uni - one bi - two peri - surrounding neo - new brady - slow pulmonologist - physician who studies and treats diseases of the lung iatrogenic - a disorder that is unexpectedly caused by treatment prescribed by a doctor ortho - straight
