MedTerms 9th Edition - Chap. 5, Glossary & Abbreviations
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- agenesis
- lack of development
- alcoholism
- chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol
- amenorrhea
- absence of menstruation
- apepsia
- cessation of digestion
- aphasia
- unable to speak
- aphonia
- no voice, unable to make sounds
- apnea
- absence of breathing
- audiogram
- graphic record of hearing function
- audiologist
- hearing specialist
- audiology
- science that studies hearing
- audiometer
- instrument to test hearing
- audiometry
- process of testing hearing
- bacillus
- rod-shaped bacterium
- bradycardia
- slow heart rate
- bradypepsia
- slow digestion
- bradyphagia
- slow eating (swallowing)
- bradypnea
- slow breathing
- calculi
- small stones
- carciongenesis
- formation of cancer
- cholangiogram
- x-ray of the bile ducts
- cholecyst
- gallbladder
- cholecystitis
- inflammation of the gallbladder
- cholecystogram
- x-ray of the gallbladder
- cholecystography
- process of obtaining x-ray of the gallbladder
- cholecystotomy
- incision into the gallbladder
- cholelith
- gallstone
- cholelithiasis
- infestation with gallstones
- coccus
- sphere-shaped bacterium
- dactylitis
- inflammation of the fingers and/or toes
- dactylogram
- fingerprint
- dactylospasm
- spasm of a digit
- diplococci
- cocci growing in pairs
- diplobacillus
- double bacillus
- dipsomania
- abnormal compulsion to drink
- dysmenorrhea
- painful menstruation
- dyspepsia
- poor digestion
- dysphasia
- difficulty speaking, garbled speech
- dysphonia
- difficulty making sounds with the voice
- dyspnea
- difficulty breathing
- hydrocephalus
- enlarged head due to fluid accumulation (synonym fever)
- hyperthermia
- abnormally high body temperature (synonym fever)
- hypothermia
- abnormally low body temperature
- lithometer
- instrument to measure stones
- lithotomy
- incision for the removal of stones
- macroblast
- abnormally large immature cell
- macrocephalus
- large head size
- macrocheilia
- enlarged lips
- macrococcus
- large coccus
- macrocyte
- large cell
- macrodactylia
- abnormally large digits
- macroglossia
- enlarged tongue
- macrorhinia
- enlarged nose
- microcardia
- abnormally small-sized heart
- microcephalus
- abnormally small head
- microcyst
- a small cyst
- microcyte
- a small cell
- microgram
- one millionth of a gram
- microsurgery
- surgery performed using a microscope or other magnifying device
- moniliasis
- yeast infection
- oncogenic
- tumor forming
- otic
- pertaining to the ear
- otodynia
- earache (synonym otalgia)
- otorrhea
- discharge from the ear
- otoscope
- instrument used to look into the ear
- paraphasia
- abnormal speech
- pathogenic
- disease producing
- peptic
- pertaining to digestion
- phasology
- science that studies speech
- phonic
- pertaining to the voice
- phonology
- science that studies the voice sounds
- polydactylism
- condition of having more than five digits on hands or feet
- polydipsia
- condition of excessive thirst
- prodrome
- symptoms before the onset of a disease
- pyogenic
- pus forming
- pyorrhea
- flow or discharge of pus
- pyothorax
- pus in the chest cavity
- rhinitis
- inflammation of the nose
- rhinolith
- calculus (stone) in the nasal passages
- rhinoplasty
- surgical repair of the nose
- rhinorrhea
- runny nose
- staphylectomy
- excission of the uvula (synonym uvulectomy)
- staphylitis
- inflammation of the uvula (synonym uvulitis)
- staphylococci
- bacteria growing in bunches (like grapes)
- staphyloplastiy
- surgical repair of the uvula
- streptobacillus
- bacillus growing in twisted chains
- streptococci
- rounded bacteria growing in twisted chains
- synarthrosis
- joints that are fused and immovable
- syndactylism
- fingers or toes that are fused (congenital)
- syndrome
- symptoms that occur together to characterize a disease
- synergistic
- works together
- tachycardia
- fast heart rate
- tachyphagia
- fast eating
- tachypnea
- fath breathing
- thermal
- pertaining to heat (synonym thermic)
- thermoestheisa
- oversensitivity to heat (synonym thermoalgesia)
- thermogenesis
- generation of heat
- thermophobia
- abnormal fear of heat
- thermoplegia
- paralysis caused by a person being exposed to too high of a temperature (synonym heat stroke)
- trichomoniasis
- infestation with Trichomonas
- tympanectomy
- excision of the eardrum
- tympanic
- pertaining to the eardrum
- tympanites
- distended with gas (abdomen)
- tympanometry
- process of measuring eardrum function
- tympanotomy
- incision into the eardrum (synonym myringotomy)
- AD
- auris dextra - right ear
- AS
- auris sinistra - left ear
- AU
- auris uterque - both ears
- MTD
- right eardrum (membrana tympani dextra)
- MTS
- left eardrum (membrana tympani sinistra)
- VS
- Vital Signs (T, P, R, BP)