A | B |
-al | pertainig to |
hemoptysis | coughing up blood from the respiratory tract or lungs |
-rrhaphy | suture |
dyspepsia | difficult digestion |
Pyloric stenosis | narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine |
splenorrhagia | hemorrhage from rupture of the spleen |
-tripsy | to crush |
-ptosis | downward displacement or position |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
cerebral | pertaining to the brain |
myelitis | imflammation of the spinal cord |
anterior | front |
Sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
balanitis | inflammation of the glans penis |
-scope | instrument used to visually examine |
-cocci | berry-shaped bacteria |
otoscopy | visualization of the ear |
myelogram | x-ray of the spinal cord |
wheal | hive |
coccyx | tail of the vertebral column |
myotomy | incision into a muscle |
osteorrhaphy | suturing a a bone |
osteosclerosis | hardening of the bone |
osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
arthrodynia | severe pain in a joint |
anemia | deficiency in erythrocytes and/or hemoglobin |
lobectomy | removal of a portion of the lung |
nephroptosis | prolapse or downward displacement of the kidney |
Palliative | relieving but not curing |
anaphylaxis | Severe hypersensitivity reaction |
Relapse | return of symptoms of disease |
Tinnitus | ringing sound in the ears |
Myopia | nearsightedness |
Dorsiflexion | backward (upward) bending of the foot |
Dermat/o | cutane/o |
Diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
lymphocytosis | increase in numbers of lymphocytes |
Toxic | pertaining to poison |
Percussion | sharp, short blows to the surface of the chest |
Atelectasis | collapsed lung |
leukopenia | deficiency in numbers of white blood cells |
quadraplegia | paralysis of four extremities |
Patent | open |
hypoxemia | decreased O2 in the blood |
Aphasia | inability to speak |
tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
percutaneous | through the skin |
oral leukoplakia | white palques on the mucous membrane of the mouth |
brady- | slow |