Medical_Terminology_Notecards.txt

Stomach

Liver

Kidney

Bone

Skin

Cartilage

Spleen

Uterus

Intestine

Nerve

Joint

Vessel (blood and lymph)

Aorta

Heart

Bronchus/bronchi

Lung

Muscle

Gland

Blood

• Bone marrow
• Spinal cord

Brain

Bladder

Above; upon

Under; below; deficit

Between

After; behind

Before; in front of; forward

Backward; behind

Two

Double

One half

Excessive; above normal

Large

Small

One

Many; much

First

Four

Three

From; away from

Toward

Around

Through; across

Outside; outward

In; within

Near; beside; beyond

Upper; excessive; above

Without; not

Against

Slow

Bad; diffiicult; painful

Good; normal

Different

Same

Bad

All

False

Above; upper

Union; together; joined

Rapid

Across

Surgical puncture

Excision; removal

Separation; destruction; loosening

Fixation (of an organ)

Surgical repair

Forming of an opening (mouth)

Incision

Crushing

Record; writing

Process of recording

Instrument for examining

Visual examination

Pain

Hernia; swelling

Dilation; expansion

Swelling

Vomitting

Blood condition

Forming; producing; origin

Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

Inflammation

Stone; calculus

Softening

Enlargement

Tumor

Abnormal condition; increase

Disease

Decrease; deficiency

Eating; swallowing

Speech

Fear

Formation; growth

Paralysis

Bursting forth

Discharge; flow

Abnormal condition of hardening

Involuntary contraction; twitching

Poison

Nourishment; development

Condition

Regions beneath the ribs on each side (right/left)

Region above the stomach

Middle lateral regions (right/left)

Region of the naval

Lower lateral regions (right/left)

Lower middle region beneath the naval

Movement away from the midsagittal (median) plane of the body or one of its parts

Movement toward the midsaggital (median) plane of the body

Pertaining to the midline of the body or structure

Pertaining to a side of the body or structure

Toward the head or upper portion of a structure

Away from the head, or toward the tail or lower portion of a structure

Nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body

Further from the center (trunk of the body) or from the point of attachment to the body

Front of the body

Back of the body

Pertaining to the outer wall of the body or cavity

Pertaining to the viscera, or internal organs, especially the abdominal organs

Lying on abdomen, face down

Lying horizontally on the back face up

Turning inward or inside out

Turning outward

Pertaining to the palm of the hand

Pertaining to the sole of the foot

Toward the surface of the body (external)

Away from the surface of the body

Vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

Vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides

Horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portioms

White

Green

Color

Yellow

Blue

Red

Black

Gray; gray matter (of brain and spinal cord)

Removal of a part, pathway, or function by by surgery, chemical destructuon, electrocautery, freezing, or radio frequency

Abnormal fibrous band that hold or binds together tissues that are normally separated

Surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments

Destroy tissue by electricity, freezing, heat, or corrosive chemicals

Scraping of a body cavity with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette

Bursting open of a wound, especially a surgical abdominal wound

Increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms

Feverish, pertaining to fever

Produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)

Pertaining to a disease of unknown origin

Body defense against injury, infection, or allergy that is marked by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and sometimes, loss of function

Diseased; pertaining to disease

Pertaining to or occuring at night

Pathalogical state, usually febrile, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the bloodstream

Producing or associated with generation of pus

Stiffness; bent; crooked

Humpback

Curve; swayback

Vertebrae

Smooth muscle; visceral

Weakness; debility

To break

To break

Binding; fixation

Softening

Growth

Porous

Lameness; limping

Fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of related tissue or joint

Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together from fracture or joint destruction

Effusion of blood into a joint cavity

Loss of muscular tone or diminished resistance to passive stretching

Bony outgrowth; bone spur

Tearing of ligament tissue

Muscular injury

Partial or incomplete dislocation

Movement

Sleep; stupor; numbness

Nerve root

Tenision

Pain

Feeling

Seizure

Partial paralysis

Paralysis

Order; coordination

Any sudden and violent contraction of one or more muscles

Broad term that refers to cognitive deficit; including memory impairment

Involuntary contraction of twitching muscle fibers, visible under the skin

Abnormal inactivity or lack of response to normal stimuli

Paralysis, usually partial, and commonly characterized by weakness and shaking or uncontrolled tremor

Loss of voluntary motion in one or more muscle groups with or without loss of sensation

Sensation of numbness, prickling, tingling, or heightened sensitivity

Temporary loss of consciousness due to sudden decline in blood flow to the brain

Mouth

Tongue

Cheek

Lip

Saliva, salivary gland

Bile vessel

Bile; gall

Gall bladder

Bile duct

Abnormal condition produced by something specific

Enlargement

Appetite

Digestion

Swallowing; eating

Meal

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Rumbling or gurgling noises that are audible at a distance and caused by the passage of gas through the liquid contents of the intestine

Physical wasting that includes loss of weight and muscle mass

Spasm in any hollow or tubular soft organ accompanied by pain

Expulsion of gas in GI tract from a body orifice, especially anus

Vomitting of blood

Passage of dark-colored, tarry stool, due to the presence of blood altered by intestinal juices

Severe constipation

Progressive, wavelike movements that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body, especially the GI tract

Passage of fat in feces due to failure to digest and absorb it

Incomplete; imperfect

Dust

Lobe

Straight

Oxygen

Diaphragm; mind

Breathe

CO2

Smell

Voice

Breathing

Spitting

Listening for sounds within the body using a stethoscope

Nosebleed

Deficiency of oxygen in the blood

Deficiency of oxygen in tissues

Inflammation of the pleural membranes that causes pain and is increased by coughing or deep breathing

A measurement of breathing or lung volumes

Fatty plaque

Blood vessel

Vein

Narrowing; stricture

Blood clot

Inability of the heart to maintain a normal rhythm

Soft blowing sound heard on auscultation, possibly due to vibrations associated with the movement of blood, valvular action, or both; murmur

Any disease or weakening of the heart muscle that diminishes cardiac function

Narrowing of a vessel, especially aorta

Mass of undissolved matter (foreign object, air, gas, tissue, thrombus) ciculating in blood or lymphatic channels until it becomes lodged in a vessel

Area of tissue that undergoes necrosis following cessation of blood supply

Local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to circulatory obstruction

Sensation that the heart is not beating normally

Blood clot that obstructs a vessel

Opening; meatus

Renal pelvis

Urine; urinary tract

Male

Glans penis

Testis; testes

Perinium

Dilated vein

Vessel; vans deferens; duct

Nitrogenous compounds

Hidden

Potassium

Night

Scanty

Pus

Slit; fissure

Urine

Retention of excessive amounts of nitrogenous compounds (urea, creatinine, uric acid) in the blood; uremia

Painful or difficult urination

Involuntary discharge of urine; incontenence

To urinate or void

Diminished capacity to form and pass urine, resulting from insufficient excretiom of the end products of metabolism

Neck; cervix

Vagina

Milk

Uterus

Breast

Menses; menstruation

Birth

Ovary

Tube (fallopian or eustachian)

Beginning

Pregnancy

Pregnant woman

To bear (offspring)

Tube (fallopian or eustachian)

Childbirth; labor

Turning

Congenital absence or closure of a normal body opening

Occurance of pain during sexual intercourse

Period of 42 days after childbirth, during which the reproductive orgsns usually return to normal

Calcium

Secrete

Sugar; sweetness

Poison

Increased formation and secretion of urine

Excessive distribution of body hair, especially in women

Abnormal increase in volume of circulating fluid (plasma) in the body

Masculine or having charcteristics of a man

Masculinization in a womsn or development of male secondary sex charcteristics in a woman

Dull; dim

Eyelid

Tear; lacrimal apparatus

Eye

Old age

Darkness

Ear

Tympanic membrane

Hearing

Turning

Medial movement of the twi eyeballs so that they are both directed at the object being viewed

Involuntary eye movements that appear to be slightly jerky and may reduce vision

Unusual intolerance and sensitivity to light

Area within which objects may be seen when eye is in a fixed position

Perception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in the ears or head when no external sound is present

Pertaining to the tonsil

Hallucination of movement, ir feeling spinning or dizziness

Removal of eyeball from the orbit

Fat

Skin

Sweat

Dry; scaly

Horny tissue; hard; cornea

Fungus

Nail

Hair

Hardening; sclera

Sebum; sebaceous

Scale

Foreign; strange

Dry

Scraping away of the skin by mechanical process or injury

Localized collection of pus at the site of an infection

Partial or complete hair loss

Diffuse, acute infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Yellowish-brown pigmentary skin discoloration

Removal of necrotized tissue from a wound by mechanical means

Infection of the skin caused by fungi

Blue-black, greenish-brown/yellow skin discoloration caused from escaped blood into the tissues; bruise

Redness of the skin caused by swelling of the capillaries

Damaged tissue following a severe burn

Jaundice

Abnormal hard spot(s)

Thickened area of the epidermis or any horny growth on the skin (callous/wart)

Small brown flat lesions, especially on the face and arms, brought on by sun exposure; mole

Unnatural paleness or absence of color in the skin

Minute, pinpoint hemorrhages under the skin

Intense itching

Allergic reaction of the skin characterized by the eruption of pale red, elevated patches called hivea or wheals

Epidermal growth caused by a virus; warts

Localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-white patches

Neutral; neither

Swallowing; eating

Formation; growth

Serum

Iron

Embryonic cell

Protein

Attraction for

Protection

Formation; production

Scattered or distributed over a considerable area; scattered through an organ or body

Localized accumulation of blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel

Destruction of RBC with release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid

Arrest of bleeding or circulation

State of being protected against infectious disease

Serious, life-threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body

Blood test that measures the amount of antibodies in blood; indicator of immune status