Chapter 1 Vocab Word Parts: -algia: pain, painful condition Dys-: bad, difficult, or painful -ectomy: surgical removal,

cutting out, excision Hyper-: excessive, increased Hypo-: deficient, decreased -itis: inflammation -osis: abnormal condition, disease -ostomy: surgically creating an opening -otomy: cutting, surgical incision -plasty: surgical repair -rrhage: bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge -rrhaphy: surgical suturing -rrhea: flow or discharge -rrhexis: rupture -sclerosis: abnormal hardening

Medical Terms Abdominocentesis: surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluids Acronym: word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of compound terms Acute: rapid onset, severe course, and a relatively short duration Angiography: process of producing a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible Appendectomy: surgical removal of the appendix Arteriosclerosis: abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or vein

Colostomy: surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface Cyanosis: blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen in the blood Dermatologist: physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin Diagnosis: identification of a disease Diarrhea: frequent flow of loose or watery stools (dia- = through rrhea = flow or discharge) Edema: swelling caused by excess fluids in the body tissues Endarterial: pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery Eponym: the name of a disease, structure, operation, or procedure, named for the person who discovered or described it first Erythrocyte: mature red blood cell Fissure: groove or crack-like sore of the skin. Also used to describe normal folds in the contours of the brain Fistula: abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body. May be due to surgery, injury, or draining of an abscess Gastralgia: stomach ache means pain the stomach (gastr = stomach, -algia = pain) Gastroenteritis: inflammation of the stomach and small intestines Gastrosis: any disease of the stomach (gastr means stomach, -osis means abnormal condition or disease) Hemorrhage: loss of a large amount of blood in a short time Hepatomegaly: abnormal enlargement of the liver Hypertension: high blood pressure Hypotension: low blood pressure Infection: invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism Inflammation: a localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues Interstitial: between, but not within, the parts of a tissue Intramuscular: within the muscle Laceration: torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound Lesion: pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury

Mycosis: describes any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus (myc/o = fungus) Myelopathy: describes any pathological change or disease in the spinal cord (myel/o = bone marrow OR spinal cord) Myopathy: describes any pathologic change or disease of muscular tissue (my/o = muscle) Myorrhexis: rupture of a muscle Natal: pertaining to birth Neonatalology: study of disorders of newborns Neuritis: inflammation of a nerve Otorhinolaryngology: study of the ears, nose, and throat Palpation: examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts Palpitation: pounding or racing heart Pathology: study of all aspects of disease (path means disease, -ology means study of) Phalanges: bones of the fingers and toes Poliomyelitis: viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord Prognosis: prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder Prostate: male gland that lies under the bladder and surrounds the urethra Pyoderma: any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection (py/o = pus, -derma = skin) Pyrosis: heartburn discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus (pyr = fever/ fire, -osis = abnormal condition or disease) Remission: disappearance of symptoms without having achieved a cure Sign: objective evidence of disease, such as fever. Objective means the sign can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others. Supination: act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward Suppuration: formation or discharge of pus Supracostal: above or outside the ribs

Symptom: subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache. Subjective means that it can be evaluated or measure ONLY by the patient Syndrome: set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process Tonsillitis: inflammation of the tonsils (tonsill means tonsils, -itis means inflammation) Trauma: wound or injury Triage: medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment Viral: pertaining to a virus (vir = virus or poison, -al = pertaining to)