Medical Terms PDF

### Medical Terms - **arteriosclerosis:** abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery - **arteriostenosis:** abnormal narrowing of an artery - **dysfunctional:** an organ or body part that isn't working great - **eupnea:** easy, normal breathing - **hypertension:** high blood pressure - **hypotens...

### Medical Terms - **arteriosclerosis:** abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery - **arteriostenosis:** abnormal narrowing of an artery - **dysfunctional:** an organ or body part that isn't working great - **eupnea:** easy, normal breathing - **hypertension:** high blood pressure - **hypotension:** low blood pressure - **sub Costal:** below a rib - **supra Costal:** above a rib - **interstitial:** between the parts of a tissue - **intramuscular:** within the muscle ### Some things i need to know: - **Suffix:** 1. Come at the end of the word 2. procedure, Condition, disorder, disease - **Prefix:** 1. Come at the beginning of a Word. 2. describe location, time, number, status - **Sub:** under, less, below - **super/supra:** above, excessive ### Words meaning: - **Cyanosis:** blue discoloration of the skin - **erythrocyte:** red blood cell - **leukocyte:** white blood cell - **melanosis:** any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissue or organ - **poliomyelitis:** Viral infection of the gray matter of spinal cord - **Osteoarthritis:** inflammation of the bone joints - **epicardium:** the outermost layer of the heart - **neuroplasty:** surgical repair of a nerve - **neurorrhaphy:** suturing together the ends of a severed nerve - **tonsillitis:** inflammation of the tonsils - **tonsillectomy:** surgical removal of the tonsils - **Cardiology:** study of heart - **pathology:** study of diseases - **gastralgia:** pain in the stomach - **gastritis:** inflammation of the stomach - **hepatomegaly:** abnormal enlargement of the liver - **arterionecrosis:** tissue death of an artery ### Chapter 1 #### Words root: - **Cyan/o:** blue - **erythr/o:** red - **leuk/o:** white - **melano:** black - **poli/o:** gray - **osis:** abnormal condition - **cyte:** cell - **myel:** spinal cord - **sclerosis:** abnormal hardening - **stenosis:** abnormal narrowing - **arthr:** joints - **epi:** on, over - **cardi:** heart - **um:** structure - **neuro:** nerve - **plasty:** surgical repair - **rrhaphy:** surgical suturing - **ectomy:** surgical removal - **tonsill:** tonsils - **logy:** study of - **path:** disease - **gastr:** stomach - **algia:** pain - **hepato:** liver - **megaly:** enlargement - **arterio:** artery - **necrosis:** tissue death - **itis:** inflammation - **oteo:** bone - **pre:** before - **natal:** birth - **post:** after - **ab:** away from - **ad:** toward - **dys:** bad, difficult, painful - **eu:** good, normal, easy - **hyper:** increased - **hypo:** decreased - **inter:** between - **intra:** within, inside