MedTerms 9th Edition - Ch. 10 Surgery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions
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- abduction
- movement away from the midline
- aberrant
- wandering away from the norm
- ablactation
- weaning a baby from the breast
- ablation
- takes away a layer or destroys a tissue layer
- abnormal
- unusual (not normal)
- aboral
- away from the mouth
- abortion
- termination of pregnancy
- abrasion
- scraping
- adduction
- movement toward the midline
- aerophilia
- attraction to air
- anhidrosis
- absence of sweating
- anisocytosis
- cells of unequal sizes
- anisomastia
- breasts of unequal size
- autodermic
- plastic surgery and grafting using one's own skin (dermatoplasty)
- autodiagnosis
- diagnosing one's self
- autogenous
- made by or from one's own tissues (adjective)
- autograft
- graft of tissue from one's own body
- autohemotherapy
- transfusion with one's own blood (autologous donor)
- autoimmunity
- reaction of immune response to oen's own tissues
- autonomic
- self-controlling part of the nervous system (adjective)
- autophagia
- biting one's self
- autophilia
- attraction to one's self
- autophobia
- abnormal fear of one's self, being alone
- autopsy
- necropsy, postmortem examination
- centigram
- one hundredth of a gram (0.01 g)
- cholangiopancreatography
- x-ray of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts using contrast medium
- circumduction
- moving as to describe a circle with a body part
- circumocular
- encircling the eye
- circumscribed
- limited in space (as though a line were drawn around it)
- cytoplasm
- substance within the cell (endoplasm)
- decagram
- ten grams
- decalcification
- calcium loss (from bone)
- decaliter
- ten liters
- decidious
- falls down (primary teeth that come out)
- deciliter
- one tenth of a liter (0.1 L)
- dehydration
- water loss
- descending
- moving downward
- diaphoresis
- profuse sweating
- diuresis
- increase in urine output
- epilepsy
- disorder characterized by seizures
- excision
- removing a body part
- excretion
- removal of waste (urination, defecation)
- exhale
- breathe out (expire)
- extension
- to straighten or lengthen a body part
- extraction
- removal or pulling out of a body part
- flexion
- to shorten or bend a body part
- hematophilia
- attraction to blood
- hydrophilia
- attraction to water
- hydrophobia
- fear of water (symption of rabies)
- isocellular
- equal size cells
- isodactylism
- digits the same length
- isometric
- measure the same on all sides
- isotonic
- osmotic pressure equal to the inside of a cell
- mastectomy
- excision of breast tissue
- mastocarcinoma
- breast cancer
- millimeter
- one thousandth of a meter (0.001 m)
- monocyte
- one cell (type of leukemia)
- monocytosis
- increase in the number of monocytes
- monoma
- a single tumor
- monomyoplegia
- paralysis of one muscle
- mononeural
- involving one nerve
- mononucleosis
- viral infection causing monocytosis
- multicapsular
- having more than one capsule (adjective)
- multicellular
- having or involving many clles (adjective)
- multiglandular
- having or involving many glands (adjective)
- multinuclear
- a cell having more than one nucleus (adjective)
- multipara
- having many live births (born in third trimester)
- necrectomy
- excision of dead tissue
- necrocytosis
- condition of cell death or decomposition
- necroparasite
- organism that lives off dead tissue
- necrophobia
- abnormal fear of dead bodies
- necrotic
- pertaining to necrosis (condition of dead tissue)
- necrotomy
- incision into dead tissue
- nocturnal enuresis
- bedwetting
- nullipara
- having no pregnancies carried to third trimester
- percussion
- striking or tapping
- percutaneous
- through the skin
- perforation
- puncturing
- periarticular
- area surrounding a joint
- pericardiectomy
- excision of the membrane around the heart
- pericolic
- area surrounding the colon
- perihepatitis
- inflammation around the liver
- peritonsillar
- area surrounding the tonsils
- primigravida
- first pregnancy
- primpara
- first live birth
- pyrexia
- fever (hyperthermia)
- pryolysis
- destruction of tissue caused by fever
- pyromania
- compulsion (madness) for setting fires
- pyrometer
- thermometer
- pyrophilia
- attraction to fire
- pyrophobia
- abnormal fear of fire
- pyrosis
- heartburn
- pryotoxin
- poisonous by product of metabolism created during fever
- transluminal
- across the lumen
- +
- death
- 2 h pc, 2 hr pc, 2
- two hours postcibum (after meal)
- µm
- micrometer
- 2 h pg, 2 hr pg, 2º og
- two hours postglucos (after drinking glucose)
- 2 h pp, 2 hr pp, 2º pp
- two hours postprandial (after meal)
- ab 1, 2, 3, AB
- abortion (number of)
- bid
- twice a day
- qid
- four times a day
- tid
- three times a day
- CST
- certified surgical technologist
- D/W
- dextrose in water
- FBS
- fasting blood sugar
- FME
- full mouth extraction
- grav 1, 2,3
- pregnancy (number of)
- GHB
- glycated hemoglobin
- GTT
- glucose tolerance test (3 hr-5hr)
- Hb A1c, Hgb A1c
- Hemoglobin A1c (test)
- HepB
- hepatitis B vaccine
- Hib
- Haemophilus influenzae vaccine
- hs
- hour of sleep, bedtime
- IPV
- inactivated poliovius vaccine (injectable)
- kg
- kilogram
- LAVH
- laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy
- mcg
- microgram
- mg
- milligram
- ml
- millileter
- mm
- millimeter
- MMR
- measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine)
- para 1,2,3
- live births past 20 weeks' gestation (numbers of)
- PCV
- pneumococcal vaccine
- PTCA
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
- q 2 h, q2 hr, q 2º
- every 2 hours
- S/A, S&A
- sugar and acetone
- Td
- Tetanus toxoid (vaccine)
- Var
- chickenpox vaccine
- diathermy
- treatment by heating through tissues
- laparascopy
- examination of abdominal wall using endoscope
- hyperpyrexia
- high fever
- hyperhidrosis
- profuse sweating
- hyperglycemia
- too much sugar in the blood
- glycolipid
- sugar and fat
- hemi- / semi-
- half
- mono- / uni-
- one
- prot- / prim-
- first
- di(plo)- / bi-
- two
- tri-
- three
- tetra- / quadr-
- four
- penta- / quint-
- five
- hexa- / sex/ta-
- six
- hepta- / septa-
- seven
- octa- / oct-
- eight
- enne(a)- / non(i)-
- nine
- deca-(10) / dec(i)-(0.1)
- ten, tenth
- hecto-(100)/ cent(i)-(0.01)
- one hundred, one hundredth
- kilo-(1,000) / mill(i)-(0.001)
- one thousand, one thousandth
- isothermal
- equal temperature
- periadenitis
- inflammation around a gland
- pericolpitis
- inflammation around the vagina
- perichondral
- around cartilage
- papule
- solid, elevated lesion less than 0.5 cm in diameter (warts)
- wheal
- localized edema in the epidermis causing irregular elevation that may be red or pale
- boil
- skin infection originating in gland or hair follicle
- pustule
- vesicles or dullae that become filled with pus
- macule
- localized changes in skin color less than 1 cm in diameter (freckle)
- crust
- dried serum, blood, or pus on the surface of the skin
- bullae
- same as vesicle only greater than 0.5 cm
- cyst
- encapsulated fluid-filled or a semi-solid mass in the subcutaneous tissue or dermis