Med Term - Chapter 8 - Vocab
psych/o/trop/ic
agent that affect mental processes
narc/otic
analgesic and sleep-producing drug
psych/o/analys/is
analysis of mental and emotional state for treatment
hypo/esthes/ia
below normal ability to feel
thromb/o/angi/itis
blood clot in a vessel causing inflammation
hem/arthr/osis
blood in a joint
myel/o/cyte
bone marrow or spinal cord cell
cyt/o/lysis
cell destruction
arteri/o
combining form for arteries carrying blood away from the heart
hemat/o
combining form for blood (not hem/o)
hem/o
combining form for blood (not hemat/o)
thromb/o
combining form for clot
lip/o
combining form for fat
ather/o
combining form for fatty or porridge-like
fibr/o
combining form for fibrous
scler/o
combining form for hard
spasm/o
combining form for involuntary contraction
kinesi/o
combining form for movement
my/o
combining form for muscle
narc/o
combining form for sleep
phleb/o
combining form for vein
ven/i
combining form for vein
phleb/o
combining form for veins or arteries carrying blood back to the heart
angi/o
combining form for vessel
rhabd/o
combining form indicating rod-shape
pharmac/o
combining form meaning drugs or medicine
ischemia
condition in which blood flow to tissues is temporarily slowed or stopped
narc/osis
condition of being affected by narcotics
angi/o/scler/osis
condition of fibrous growth in the arteries
arteri/o/fibr/osis
condition of fibrous growth in the arteries
thromb/osis
condition of forming clots
an/esthes/ia
condition of no sensation
algesia
condition of pain sensitivity
paroxysm
condition that comes upon someone suddenly
an/alges/ia
condition without pain
chondr/o/dys/plasia
defective development of cartilage
hemat/o/lysis
destruction of blood (hemolysis)
dys/esthes/ia
difficult or painful sensation
phleb/ectasia
dilation of a vein
angi/ectas/ia
dilation of an artery
arteri/ectasia
dilation of an artery
para/oste/o/arthr/o/pathy
disease near the bone and joint
para/medic
emergency medical technician with advanced training who works beside a MD
thromb/ectomy
excision of a clot
phleb/ectomy
excision of a vein
ather/ectomy
excision of an atheroma or athermanous plaque from the arteries
ather/o/scler/osis
fatty deposits on medium to large vessels, causing hardening
my/o/fibr/oma
fibrous muscle tumor
phleb/o/pexy
fixation of a prolapsed vein
my/o/scler/osis
hardening of a muscle
hem/angi/o/blast
immature blood vessel cell
venipuncture
incision into a vein with a needle to remove a venous blood sample (phlebotomy)
para/nephr/itis
inflammation around the kidney
para/hepat/itis
inflammation near the liver
thromb/o/lymph/ang/itis
inflammation of a lymph vessel caused by a clot
afferent
inflowing
algesimeter
instrument for measuring level of pain
esthesi/o/meter
instrument used to measure the amount of sensation
thromb/o/cyt/o/penia
lack of clotting platelets
paralysis
loss of muscle function and sensation
hemat/o/crit
measurement of percent blood formed elements
my/o/spasm
muscle spasm
my/o/lysis
muscle tissue destruction
infarction
necr/osis of tissue due to ischemia (condition in which blood flow to tissues is temporarily slowed or stopped)
neur/osis
nerve condition characterized by anxiety and phobias
para/sympathetic
nerves that return the body to normal following stress
automatic nervous system
nervous system that responds during stress
efferent
outflowing
hyper/esthes/ia
oversensitivity to touch
par/alges/ia
pain in the lower body
alges/ic
pertaining to algesia (condition of pain sensitivity)
thromb/o/genic
pertaining to producing clots
my/o/cardi/al
pertaining to the heart muscle
paroxysmal
pertaining to the sudden onset of an attack, sumptoms, or emotion
ven/ous
pertaining to veins
para-
prefix indicating beside, beyond, near, abnormal
electr/o/neur/o/my/o/graphy
process of making an image of nerve and muscle function using electricity
phleb/o/graphy
process of taking an x-ray of a vein
angi/o/rrhexis
rupture of a blood vessel
phleb/o/rrhexis
rupture of a vein
arteri/o/rrhexis
rupture of an artery
cyst/o/rrhexis
rupture of the bladder
cardi/o/rrhexis
rupture of the heart
hepat/o/rrhexis
rupture of the liver
enter/o/rrhexis
rupture of the small intestine
metr/o/rrhexis
rupture of the uterine tissues
hyster/o/rrhexis
rupture of the uterus
narc/o/lepsy
seizures of uncontrolled sleep
autonomic
self-controlling, stress response center of the nervous system
arteri/o/malacia
softening of the arteries
gastr/o/malacia
softening of the stomach
arteri/o/spasm
spasm of an artery
myel/o/cele
spinal cord herniation
pharmac/ology
study of drug therapy
psych/o/logy
study of the mind and mental processes
-lepsy
suffix meaning seizure
neur/o/tripsy
surgical crushing of a nerve
phleb/o/plasty
surgical repair of a vein
phleb/o/tomy
venipuncture
-tripsy
word root for crushing
