Medterm I
What is Chondritis?
Inflammation of the cartilage (chondr-cartilage itis-inflammation)
What is bronchitis?
Inflammation of bronchus or lower windpipe (bronch-bronchus; itis-inflammation)
What is amnesia?
no memory (a-no,not,without; mnesia-memory)
What is arthritis?
Inflammation of a joint (arthr/o-joint; itis-inflammation
What is tendinitis?
Inflammation of tendon (tendin-tendon;itis-inflammation
What is myospasm?
Involuntary contraction of a muscle (Myo-muscle spasm-involuntary contraction)
What is adenoma?
Benign tumor of the gland ( Aden/o-gland; oma-tumor/mass)
What is stomatitis?
Inflammation of mouth ( stoma-mouth;itis-inflammation)
What is glossitis?
Inflammation of tongue (gloss-tongue;itis-inflammation)
What is Axilla?
Pertaining to the armpit (axill/o-armpit;-a,means pertaining to
What is onychectomy?
Removal of nail of finger or toe (onych-nail ectomy-removal)
What is bradycardia?
Condition of a Slow heart rate (Brady-slow; CARDI/o-heart; ia-condition)
What is Bursitis?
Inflammation of the sac of fluid near joints. (Burs/o or bursa- sac of fluid near joints; itis-inflammation)
What is dysphasia?
Abnormal speech behavior (days-bad,painful,difficult,abnormal;phasia-speech)
What is endoscopy?
Examination inside the body (endo-in,within;scopy-visual examination)
What is rhinitis?
Inflammation of nose (rhin-nose itis-inflammation)
What is arthrocentesis?
Removal of fluid from joint. (Arthr/o-joint; centesis-surgical puncture to remove fluid)
What is encephalopathy?
Disease of function of the brain is affected (encephal/o-brain;pathy-disease,emotion)
What is arthrodesis?
Surgical fixation of a joint (arthr/o-joint; desis-to bind, tie together)
What is hemoglobin?
A protein of red blood cells that transport oxygen (hem/o-blood;globin-protein)
What is laryngoscopy?
Examination of interior larynx (laryng-larynx oscopy-examination
What is cholecystectomy?
Removal of the gallbladder (cholecyst/o- gallbladder; ectomy-removal, excision, resection
What is hematoma?
Swellling filled with blood (hemat/o-blood;oma-tumor,mass,fluid collection)
What is myoblstoma?
Tumor comprised of immature muscle cells (my/o-muscle; blastoma-immature tumor cells)
What is hemorrhage?
bursting of blood from a ruptured blood vessel (hem/o-blood;rrhage-bursting forth of blood)