Mod 1 Important definitions
An element used at the beginning of a medical term
What is: Prefix
inflammation
What is: -itis
Binding
What is: -desis
a- or an-
What is: without, not
Lip (cow)
What is: cheil-
sept- scirr-
What is: wall and hard
dynam-
What is: power
Largest of the 3 needle sizes we use
What is: 21g worth 200pts
The main element within a medical term
What is: Root
Soft
What is: -malacia
Falling
What is: -ptosis
Slow
What is: brady-
Mild/ not cancerous
What is: benign-
antr- alveol-
What is: cavity
traumat-
ameb-
What is: wound and change
pneumonia PPE gloves and ________
What is: facemask 400pts
An element used at the end of a medical term (after the root)
What is: Suffix
Disease
What is: -path
Suture/Stitches
What is: -rrhaphy
hemi- or semi-
What is: half
viscero-
What is: organ
plak- sedat- furca-
What is: plate, quiet/calm, fork-shaped
strict-
turbin-
neo-
What is: draw tight, shaped like a top, new
3/4 or 2/3 full
What is: Sharps is full need to replace
A word part used to form a medical term
What is: Element
Surgical repair
What is: -plast
Expansion
What is: -ectasis
Above, more than normal
What is: hyper-
sphenic-
What is: wedge
radic- radi- metabol-
What is: root, ray, change
therm-
sym-
ramus-
What is: heat, together, branch
Can not use alcohol on patient
What is: use chlorhexidine gluconate 800pts
A word or phrase made up of a combination of elements to express a specific idea
What is: A medical term
Specialist
What is: -ologist
Weakness
What is: -asthenia
Between
What is: inter-
plasia-
What is: development
pariet- gemin- grad-
What is: wall, twin, walk take steps
pan-
ab-
ante-
What is: all, away from not, before
Drawing this level of lithium after patients dose
What is: Peak 1000pts
Surgical removal of half the stomach
half + stomach + ectomy =
What is: Hemigastrectomy
The study of
What is: -ology
Paralysis
What is: -plegia
Within
What is: intra-
Wrinkle, fold, crease
What is: rug-
calc- labi- micr-
What is: calcium/stone, lip, small
ex-
puer-
proli-
What is: out/away from, child, offspring
This test can not be run on blood that is hemolized
What is: Potassium 1200pts
Usually O or I used between two elements
What is: Combining vowel
To create an opeining
What is: -ostomy
Flow
What is: -rrhe
multi- and poly-
What is: many
adnexa-
What is: ties, connection
en- pro- mechano-
What is: in, in front of, machine
macro- mal-
lal- glom-
cryo-
What is: large, bad, speech, ball, cold
Tubes used for a coagulation test, WBC, and pregnancy
give the additives
What is: sodium citrate (blue top), EDTA (lav), SST (gold or red top) 1400pts
Term recognition of adenocarcinoma
What is: aden/o/carcin/oma
Rupture
What is: rrhexis
Stop/Standing
What is: -stasis
Backwards
What is: retro-
Ment-
somato-
scler-
What is: mind, body, hard
Microcardia Micr/o/card/ia
What is: a small heart
lalophobia
lal/o/phob/ia
What is: fear or extreme dislike of speaking (stage fright)
Please sit for at least 5 min before the test. And did you have anything to eat or drink for the last 12 hours?
What is: What I would ask my patient for a test that needs them to be in a basal state 1600pts