| A | B |
|---|
| Diagnosis | concise technical description of the cause and nature of a patient's condition, situation or problem |
| Cytology | Study of cells |
| Prognosis | prediction about the outcome of an illness |
| Iatrogenic | related to adverse condition in a patient by physician's treatment |
| Distal | pertaining to away from the point of origin (from the beginning of a structure) |
| Erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| Gastrotomy | incision into the stomach |
| Hypodermic | under the skin |
| Rhinitis | inflammation of the nose |
| Nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney |
| Adipose | pertaining to fat |
| Chondrosarcoma | flesh tumor (malignant) of cartilage |
| Lateral | pertaining to the side |
| Posterior | pertaining to the back, behind |
| Ventral | pertaining to the belly side of the body |
| Catabolism | state of building up and breaking down processes in a cell |
| Adenectomy | removal of a gland |
| Arthralgia | pain in a joint |
| Opthalmoscope | instrument to view the eye |
| Platelet | thrombocyte |
| Transverse plane | horizontal plan dividing the body into upper and lower parts |
| Peritoneum | surronds the abdominal viscera (organs) |
| Viscera | internal organs |
| Atrophy | wasting of muscles or organs |
| Hypertrophy | enlargement or overgrowth of organs |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body |
| Peristalsis | muscular wave-like movement to transport food through digestive system |
| Bilirubin | pigment released by the liver with bile |
| Periodontics | Specialist in gums |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| cholecysto- | common bile duct |
| Stomat/o | mouth |
| Steatorrhea | fats improperly digested and appear in the feces |
| Anorexia | lack of appetitie |
| Dysphagia | difficult, painful swallowing |
| Lapar/o | abdomen |
| odont/o | tooth |
| enter/o | intestines |
| oste/o | bone |
| my/o | muscle |
| dia- | complete |
| brady- | slow |
| post- | after |
| pseudo- | false |
| trans- | across |
| -algesia | pain |
| -malacia | softening |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
