Medical Terminology Unit 2

immature cell

heart pain

physician specialist in heart disease

enlarged heart

blueness of the skin

condition of blueness

a technologist who studies cellular disease

the science of studying cells 

instrument used to count cells

process of using a cytometer

the science of studying the skin

instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue

pertaining to the duodenum

incision into the duodenum

first part of the small intestine

sonography of the heart

picture (tracing) representing the electrical activity of the heart during the cardiac cycle

instrument that produces the electrocardiogram

process of using the electrocardiograph

reddened skin (erythroderma)

abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes

immature red blood cell

red blood cells

low numbers of erythrocytes

high numbers of erythrocytes

redness of the skin

the study of the origin of the cause of disease

stomach pain

excision of the stomach

pertaining to the stomach (adj)

making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum

enlarged stomach

gastrostomy

immature tissue cells

the science of studying tissues

pertaining to below the dermis

verb form for inflammation

tissue condition of redness, swelling, heat

 yellow appearance due to high bilibrubin level in the blood

blood cancer involving leukocytes and bone marrow

white blood cell

low numbers of leukocytes

high numbers of leukocytes

abnormally white skin (vitiligo)

pertaining to the lymph system

obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissues (swelling)

lymphatic system white blood cell

abnormally enlarged self-image

immature melanocyte

pigment cell

dark patches of skin

physician specialist in the study of disease

the science of studying disease

x-ray picture (film) (radiograph)

instrument used to produce the radiogram or the x-ray

process of producing radiograms (radiographs)

physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities

image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound

instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks them up with a transducer, and uses a computer to create an image of body structures

technologist who performs sonography

process of using a sonograph (ultrasonography)

platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments

low numbers of thrombocytes

high numbers of thrombocytes

picture made by a tomograph

instrument that uses x-ray to produce images through planes (slices) of the body

the process of using a tomograph

yellow condition of the blood (carotenemia)