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Swelling/Tumor
What does the suffix -oma mean?
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Near the back of the body
What does posterior mean?
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1. hyperglycemia
2. hypoglycemia 3. glycogenesis
Create a medical term using glyc/o.
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Vein
What does the word root phleb/o mean?
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Binding or surgical fusion
What is the suffix -desis?
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False
A combining vowel is usually an 'a'. (True or False)
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The swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints.
Describe arthritis.
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The renal pelvis.
What does pyel/o mean?
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Surgical repair/reconstruction of the nose.
Define rhinoplasty.
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episiotomy
Complete the term that means incision of the perineum.
episio... |
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They are all colors.
What do all of the following have in common:
chlor/o erythr/o leuk/o |
Radiological examination of the intervertebral disk structures by injecting a contrast medium.
What is discography?
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Fixation of a floating or mobile kidney.
Define nephropexy.
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Inhalation of dust causing lung diseases such as interstitial fibrosis.
Define pneumoconiosis.
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Any surgery that cuts and reshapes your bone
Define osteotomy.
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forming, producing, origin
Name at least 2 definitions for the suffix -genesis.
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The ventral cavity that contains digestive, reproductive, and excretory structures
What does the term abdominopelvic describe?
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Removal of the pineal body.
Define pinealectomy.
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Presence or formation of gallstones in the gallbladder or common bile duct.
Define cholelithiasis.
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A diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum.
Define esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
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A chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of a fine silica dust which is found in most volcanoes.
What does pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis mean (rough definition works)?
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Most severe form of spina bifida in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine.
myel/o: bone marrow; spinal cord mening/o: meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) -cele: hernia, swelling
Define myelomeningocele.
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Radiography of the uterus and uterine tubes (oviducts) following injection of a contrast medium.
hyster/o: uterus (womb) salping/o: tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube) -graphy: process of recording
Define hysterosalpingography.
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Infection of the skin caused by fungi.
Define dermatomycosis.
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An internal examination of the lower large bowel (colon), using an instrument called a sigmoidoscope.
Define proctosigmoidoscopy.
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