Medical Terminology

An illuminated optic instrument for the visualization of the interior of a body cavity or organ.

Visual inspection of a cavity of the body by means of an endoscope.

Pressure exerted by the circulating volume of blood on the walls of the arteries and veins on the chambers of the heart.

Instrument for measuring temperature.

Word root meaning gland

• A record
• (un récord)

• Visual examination
• (examinación visual)

• Process of recording
• (registro)

• Instrument used to record
• (instrumento utilizado para registrar)

A hollow flexible tube that can be inserted into a cavity of the body to withdraw or to instill fluids, perform tests, or visualize a vessel or cavity.

Cutting into

• Computed Axial Tomography
• (tomografía axial computada)

• Positron emission tomography
• (tomografía por emisión de positrones)

• Range Of Motion
• (rango de movimiento)

excision of a breast

prefix meanig half

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• (imágenes de resonancia magnética)

Prefix that indicates a 100th of a meter

State of exhaustion or a loss of strengh or endurance.

Sound frequencies so high they cannot be perceived by the human ear.

Light beyond the visible spectrum at its violet end, with poweful properties like sunburn and tanning of the skin.

• refers to one
• refers to two
• refers to three

• Subcutaneous/45 degree angle
• Intramuscular/90 degree angle
• Intradermal/10 degree angle
• Intravenous

Word root indicating none

Attack of several people of a region at a time.

means likely to become cancer

structures extremelly small in size and visible only by the aide of a microscope.

• Anti_preventing or relieving
• preventing or relieving depression.Agent that is used to treat the symptoms of depression.

• Dys_bad or difficult
• restlessnes,depression or anguish

A temperature scale in which 0o is the freezing point of water and 100o is the boiling point of water at sea level.

same as celcius where 0o is the freezing point and 100o is the boiling point of water at sea level

On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the boiling point 212 °F (at standard atmospheric pressure). This puts the boiling and freezing points of water exactly 180 degrees apart

Two principal cavities of the body.Dorsal and ventral,each further subdivided.

Also called anatomic planes are imaginary flat surfaces that are used to identify the position of the body in relation to the anatomic position.

Sociedad Americana del Cáncer

• SIDA
• Síndrome Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida

Alergía

Ambulatorio

Anatomía

Anemia

Anestesia

Anterior,ventral

Antibiótico

Anticuerpos

Antígeno

Antiséptico

Aspiración

Autopsia

Biopsia

Muestra de Sangre

Transfusión de Sangre,transferencia de sangre.

Seno

Cálculo

Capilares

Carcinógeno

• CSC
• Conteno Sanguineo Completo

Centro para el control de Enfermedades

Célula