Deconstruction & Meaning
This is the breakdown and meaning of the word "esophagitis."
What is esophag/itis and inflammation of the esophagus?
The condition of occurring 2 beats of the heart in rapid succession.
What is bigeminy?
This is the largest section of the large intestine.
What is colon?
This is the location of the ilium.
What is the flat, uppermost portion of the hipbone?
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
What is bronchitis?
The medical term "arteriosclerosis" has this word division and meaning.
What is arteri/o/scler/osis and what is hardening and thickening of the arteries?
This is the term that means affecting one side.
What is "unilateral"?
The lowest part of the small intestine, opening into the large intestine.
What is the ileum?
These glands are located above the kidneys and secrete many hormones.
What are the adrenal glands?
This term denotes acute abdominal pain.
The medical term otolaryngology has this division and meaning?
What is ot/o/laryng/ology and what is the study of the ear and the study of the throat?
The general meaning of "polycystic kidney disease."
What is a progressive disease of MULTIPLE cysts in the kidneys.
The tube which food passes rom the pharynx to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
The female reproductive organs, ovaries, are located here.
What is the pelvis?
The condition described by the term splenohepatomegaly.
What is enlargement of the spleen and the liver?
The medical term "hyperthyroidism" has this division and meaning.
What is hyper/thyroid/ism, and what is excessive activity of the thyroid gland?
The thyroid gland is located near the trachea (windpipe) and has this many lobes.
What is three lobes? [in front of, and on either side of the windpipe (trachea)]
The first section of the small intestine, immediately following the stomach.
What is the duodenum?
The thick, triangular bone called the sacrum, is located here.
What is in the vetebral column, just above the tailbone?
This term denotes low thyroid activity.
What is hypothyroidism?
The medical term, duodenocholecystostomy has this division and meaning.
What is duoden/o/chole/cyst/ostomy and what is surgical creation of an opening between the gallbladder and the duodenum?
"Quadriplegia" has this meaning.
Paralysis of all 4 extremities.
This organ has 3 actions, one of which is to aid in swallowing.
What is the larynx? [also, it is a passageway for air to the lungs, and is the "voice box" which contains the vocal cords]
The location of the two canals called ureters.
What is leaving the kidney, going into the bladder?
Inflammation of a vein.
What is phlebitis?