| A | B |
|---|
| histology | study of tissue |
| necrosis | death |
| arteri/o | artery |
| pain | algia |
| muscle | my/o |
| rupture | -rrhexis |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -ist | specialist |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nosocominal infection | acquired in hospital facility |
| patella | kneecap |
| emphysema | irreversible enlargement of bronchi w/ infection |
| arthro/o | joint |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| oste/o | bone |
| myel- | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| osteomalacia | adult rickets |
| -malacia | softening |
| dorsiflexion | bend foot upwards |
| hemiplegia | total paralysis of one side of the body |
| capillary | one cell thick |
| systolic pressure | highest pressure against wall of blood vessel |
| thrombocytes | smallest element in blood |
| foreign object circulating in blood | embolus |
| -cide | kill or death |
| Wester Blot Test | confirms HIV |
| anthracosis | black lung disease |
| halitosis | bad breath |
| diverticulum | pouch in wall of colon |
| bruxism | grinding of teeth while sleeping |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| binge eating | bulimia nervosa |
| bolus | mass of chewed food ready to swallow |
| -itis | inflammation |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -ectomy | removal |
| endocrine glands | secrete hormones |
| antibiotics or ABX | chemicals that kill pathogenic microrganisms |
| brady | slow |
| pnea | breath or lung |
| bradypnea | less then 10 breaths per minute |
| spinal cavity | protects spinal cord |
| thoracic cavity | protects heart and lungs |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| extension | straightens a joint |
| pronation | turn palm downward |
| lateralis | toward the side |
| oblique | at an angle |
| rectus | straight |
| transverse | across or crosswise |
| phleb/o | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| arteriosclerosis | thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls |
| bacilli | rod shaped spore forming bacteria |
| rickettisa | small bacteria that live in fleas and ticks |
| spirochetes | spiral or corkscrew shaped bacteria |
| staphylococci | bactria that form irregular clusters or groups |
| streptococci | bacteria that form chains |
| dys- | bad or difficult |
| eu- | ture or normal |
| hyper- | high or elevated |
| hypo- | low or shallow |
| tachy- | rapid or fast |
| hyperpnea | abnormally deep breathing |
| belching | erutation |
| borborygmus | stomach growling also known as bell tones |
| emesis | vomiting |
| flatulence | to fart or movement of gas in the intestine |
| aerophagia | swallowing air |
| tibia | shinbone or front lower leg bone |
| flexion | bends a joint |
| abduction | move away from midline of the body |
| adduction | moves toward the midline of body |
| ather/o | plaque |
