vocab

• What does the suffix "-gram" mean?


  Record or drawing
• What is a mammogram?


  An x-ray recording the structures within the breast
• What does the suffix "-megaly" signify?


  Enlarged
• What is cardiomegaly?


  A condition in which the heart is enlarged
• What does the suffix "-meter" refer to?


  Measuring instrument
• What is a thermometer used for?


  An instrument for measuring temperature
• What does the suffix "-oid" mean?


  Resembling
• What does mastoid refer to?


  Resembling the breast
• What does the suffix "-drome" indicate?


  Moving together
• What is a syndrome?


  Signs and symptoms occurring together and having a common cause
• What does the suffix "-graph" mean?


  Record
• What is a sonographer?


  A sonogram technician
• What does the suffix "-lysis" signify?


  Breakdown or detach
• What is dialysis?


  A procedure in which waste materials are removed from the blood of a person with advanced kidney disease
• What does the suffix "-phragm" refer to?


  Muscular wall
• What is the diaphragm?


  The muscular wall that goes across the thoracic cavity just below the lungs
• What does the suffix "-ole" mean?


  Small
• What are bronchioles?


  The small airways of the respiratory system that form from the larger bronchi into the lobes of the lung
• What does the suffix "-centesis" signify?


  Puncture of cavity
• What is paracentesis?


  Any procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from a bodily cavity
• What does the suffix "-crit" mean?


  To separate
• What is hematocrit?


  A measure of the packed cell volume of red blood cells
• What does the suffix "-clasia" signify?


  Crushing or breaking
• What is osteoclasia?


  The degeneration of bone through disease
• What does the suffix "-phasia" mean?


  Speech
• What is dysphasia?


  Difficulty in speaking
• What does the suffix "-ism" signify?


  State or condition
• What is autism?


  A psychological state of extreme withdrawal
• What does the suffix "-stasis" mean?


  Stoppage or control
• What is hemostasis?


  Stopping of blood flow
• What does the suffix "-oma" signify?


  Swelling or tumor
• What is carcinoma?


  A cancerous tumor
• What does the prefix "path-" mean?


  Disease or suffering
• What is pathogenesis?


  The origin of disease
• What does the prefix "ren-" refer to?


  Kidney
• What does adrenal mean?


  Pertaining to the adrenal gland
• What does the prefix "pro-" signify?


  Before or in front of
• What does progeria mean?


  Early aging
• What does the prefix "cortic-" refer to?


  Cortex or outside organ layers
• What does cortical mean?


  Related to cortex, as in cortical fracture