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Medical Terminology 2 Exam 1
Chap. 12 & 13
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Undergraduate 2
03/07/2009

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AFB
Definition
Acid-fast bacillus
Term
BRONCH
Definition
Bronchoscopy
Term
CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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DPT
Definition
diphtheria pertussis, tetanus vaccine
Term
CXR
Definition
chest x-ray
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SOB
Definition
shortness of breath
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TB
Definition
Tuberculosis
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URI
Definition
upper respiratory infection
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ABO
Definition
blood types, A,B, AB, & O
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BMT
Definition
bone marrow transplantation
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CBC
Definition
complete blood count
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HCT
Definition
hematocrit
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Mono
Definition
monocyte
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RBC
Definition
red blood cell count
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WBC
Definition
white blood cell count
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Type A, blood group
Definition
containing 'A' antigen & the anti-B antibodies
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blood Type B
Definition
containing the B-antigen & the anti-'A' antibodies
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blood type AB
Definition
contain both the A & B antigens, but neither the anti-a,nor the anti-B antibodies
Term
blood type O
Definition
contains no A or B antigens, & both anti-A, and anti-B antibodies.
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RH Factor
Definition
a blood antigen,
Term
nose discharge
Definition
rhinorrhea
Term
nose job
Definition
rhinoplasty
Term
surgical removal of the tonsil
Definition
tonsillectomy
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rapid & shallow breathing
Definition
tachypnea
Term
nose bleed
Definition
epistaxis
Term
a red blood cell
Definition
eurythrocyte
Term
platelet
Definition
thrombocyte
Term
iron deficiency
Definition
sideropenia
Term
deficiency of all blood cells
Definition
pancytopenia
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adenoid/o
Definition
adenoids
Term
bronch/o
Definition
bronchial tube
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capn/o
Definition
carbon dioxide
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coni/o
Definition
dust
Term
cyan/o
Definition
blue
Term
nas/o
Definition
nose
Term
-ox/o
Definition
oxygen
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phon/o
Definition
voice
Term
pulmon/o
Definition
lung
Term
spir/o
Definition
breathing
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-osmia
Definition
smell
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-ptysis
Definition
spitting
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agglutin/o
Definition
grouping, forming a group
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chrom/o
Definition
color
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hemat/o
Definition
blood
Term
kary/o
Definition
nucleus
Term
phag/o
Definition
eat, swallow
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-blast
Definition
embryonic cell
Term
-emia
Definition
blood condition
Term
-penia
Definition
deficiency
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adenoids
Definition
lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx
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carbon dioxide
Definition
gas produced by the body cells when oxygen & food combine
Term
exhalation
Definition
process of breathing out
Term
oxygen
Definition
gas that passes into the blood stream via the lungs, and is carried to all body cells
Term
pharynx
Definition
throat
Term
trachea
Definition
windpipe
Term
bronchospasm
Definition
sudden, involuntary contraction of the bronchial tubes.
Term
hypercapnia
Definition
condition of excessive carbon dioxide in the blood
Term
hypoxia
Definition
condition of deficient oxygen in the blood
Term
dysphonia
Definition
hoarseness in speaking
Term
pleura
Definition
double-folded membrane surrounding each lung
Term
pleurodynia
Definition
inflammation of the lining tissue of the lungs, caused by a viral infection
Term
spirometer
Definition
measurement of breathing
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anosmia
Definition
inability to smell
Term
dyspnea
Definition
difficulty in breathing
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hemoptysis
Definition
spitting up blood
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auscultation
Definition
listening to the sounds within the body
Term
sputum
Definition
material expelled from the chest by coughing
Term
asthma
Definition
chronic inflammatory disorder with an airway obstruction caused by bronchial edema
Term
pneumonia
Definition
acute inflammation& infection of the aveoli (which fill with pus)
Term
tuberculosis
Definition
infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
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anthracosis
Definition
coal dust accumulation in the lungs
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hydrothorax
Definition
collection of fluid in the pleural cavity
Term
silicosis
Definition
disease due to silica or glass dust in the lungs
Term
antibodies
Definition
protein (immunoglobin) produced by lymphocytes in response to bacterial, viral or other antigens
Term
antigens
Definition
substances (usually foreign) that stimulate the production of an antibody.
Term
coagulation
Definition
process of the blood clotting
Term
heme
Definition
iron-containing nonprotein portion of the hemoglobin molecule
Term
heparin
Definition
anticoagulant found in the blood and tissue cells
Term
plasma
Definition
liquid portion of the blood: contains h2o, proteins, salts, nutrients, hormones, and & vitamins
Term
Rh factor
Definition
antigen on the red blood cells of RH positive individuals, 1st discovered in the blood of rhesus monkeys
Term
hypochromia
Definition
a type of anemia with decreasedhemoglobin eurythrocytes
Term
hemolysis
Definition
destruction of red blod cells
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polymorphonuclear
Definition
having a multiply lobed nucleus
Term
sickle cell anemia
Definition
a hereditary condition sharacterized by abnormal sickle -shaped erythrocytes & by hemolysis
Term
hemophilia
Definition
disease where the blood lacks factor VII & does not clot.
Term
leukemia
Definition
increase in cancerous white blood cells
Term
multiple myeloma
Definition
malignant neoplasm of the bone marrow
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bleeding time
Definition
time required for the blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound
Term
bone marrow transplant
Definition
the transplantation of blood stem cells derived from the bone marrow
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