Chapter One, Introduction to Medical Terminology (Word Parts, Suffixes, Combining Forms, and Terms)PT.2
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- 2. Any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus
- 3. A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin.
- 5. A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord.
- 7. Any pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue.
- 8. Study of the ears, nose, and throat.
- 11. Study of disorders of the newborn.
- 15. Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.
- 16. Objective evidence of disease, such as a fever.
- 18. Inflammation of the stomach.
- 20. Blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood.
- 22. Any abnormal condition or disease of the stomach.
- 24. Surgical removal of the appendix.
- 25. Higher-than-normal blood pressure.
- 27. The frequent flow of loose or watery stools.
- 29. Pertaining to a virus.
- 31. Medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment.
- 34. Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries.
- 35. An abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body.
- 36. A localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues that is characterized by heat, redness, swelling, and pain.
- 40. A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
- 42. The bones of the fingers and toes.
- 44. Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve.
- 45. A mature red blood cell.
- 46. Inflammation of the tonsils.
- 48. Diagnosis; an attempt to determine which of several possible diseases is causing the signs and symptoms that are present.
- 49. A pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury.
- 50. The rupture of a muscle.
- 51. The study of all aspects of diseases.
- 52. condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally.
- 57. An examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts.
- 58. Pain in a joint or joints.
Down
- 1. Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine
- 2. Any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord.
- 4. Abnormal enlargement of the liver.
- 6. A set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.
- 9. A word formed from the initial letters of the major parts of a compound term.
- 10. Lower-than-normal blood pressure.
- 12. The surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface.
- 13. Discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus.
- 14. A disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.
- 15. Pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery.
- 17. Invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism.
- 19. A groove or cracklike sore of the skin; also a normal fold in the contours of the brain.
- 21. The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward.
- 23. Between, but not within, the parts of a tissue.
- 26. A torn, jagged wound or an accidental cut wound.
- 28. The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time.
- 30. Within the muscle.
- 32. The process of producing a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make the blood vessels visible.
- 33. The surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes.
- 37. Any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection.
- 38. The identification of a disease.
- 39. The formation or discharge of pus.
- 41. pain in the stomach.
- 43. A pounding or racing heart.
- 47. Subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache.
- 53. Above or outside the ribs.
- 54. The temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.
- 55. A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection or other disease.
- 56. Pertaining to birth.
- 58. A condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration
- 59. Wound or injury.