Med Term - Chapter 8 - Vocab

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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


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