EASY
fast heartbeat
tachycardia
tachy - high/fast
cardi(a) - heart
excessive thirst/ drinking
polydipsia
poly - high/many
dipsia - thirst
having slow movements or reflexes
bradykinesia
brady - slow or low
-kinesia - movement
high plasma potassium levels
hyperkalemia
hyper - high
kalium - potassium
-emia - blood condition
known as clot-busting drugs
thrombolytics
thrombo - clot
lytic - lysis / destruction
surgical removal of ovary and uterus
Oophorohysterectomy
oophor - ovaries
hyster(o) - uterus
-ectomy - removal
difficulty breathing
dyspnea
dys - difficult
-pnea - breath/ respiration
to drain fluid or air form your chest
thoracentesis
thora - chest
-centesis - tap or puncture
inflammation of cartilage that connects ribs to the sternum
costochondritis
costo - rib
chondr- cartilage
-itis - inflammation
yellowing of the skin
cirrhosis
cirr - yellow
-sis - condition of
inflammation of the tongue
glossitis
glosso - tongue
-itis - inflammation
imaging used to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas
cholangiopancreatography
cholangio - bile duct
pancreato - pancreas
graphy - imaging
inflammation of blood vessles
vasculitis
vasc - vessel
-itis - inflammation
excision of fallopian tubes
salpingectomy
salpingo - fallopian tube
-ectomy - removal
gallstones in the common bile duct
choledocholithiasis
choledocho - common bile duct (chole - bile)
lith- stones
sis - condition of