Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 5 Flashcards

5769424062	-asthenia	weakness	0
5769424063	cephal/o	head	1
5769424064	cerebell/o	cerebellum	2
5769424065	cerebr/o	brain	3
5769424066	crani/o	head, skull	4
5769424067	dur/o	tough outer membrane surrounding the brain	5
5769424068	encephal/o	brain	6
5769424069	esthesi/o	feeling, sensation	7
5769424070	gangli/o	nerve bundle	8
5769424071	gnosi/o	know	9
5769424072	hypn/o	sleep	10
5769424073	kinesi/o	movement, motion	11
5769424074	lob/o	lobe	12
5769424075	-mania	excessive desire	13
5769424076	menig/o	meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord	14
5769424077	meningi/o	meninges; membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord	15
5769424078	myel/o	spinal cord, bone marrow	16
5769424079	neur/o	nerve	17
5769424080	-paresis	slight or partial paralysis	18
5769424081	phas/o	speech	19
5769424082	-phobia	excessive fear	20
5769424083	phren/o	mind	21
5769424084	-plegia	paralysis	22
5769424085	psych/o	mind	23
5769424086	somn/o	sleep	24
5769424087	somn/i	sleep	25
5769424088	tax/o	arrangement, order, coordination	26
5769424089	ton/o	muscle tone, tension	27
5769424090	acrophobia	fear of heights	28
5769424091	afferent nerve	a nerve that carries impulses toward the CNS	29
5769424092	agnosia	inability to comprehend	30
5769424093	agoraphobia	fear of outdoor spaces	31
5769424094	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	a degenerative disease of the central nervous system causing loss of muscle control; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS	32
5769424095	analgesic	a drug that relieves pain	33
5769424096	anesthesiologist	doctor who specializes in anesthesiology	34
5769424097	anesthetic	a drug that causes a loss of sensation	35
5769424098	anorexia	an eating disorder characterized by the patient's refusal to eat	36
5769424099	anosmia	lack of sense of smell	37
5769424100	anticonvulsant	a drug that opposes convulsions	38
5769424101	antidepressant	a drug that opposes depression	39
5769424102	antipsychotic	a drug that opposes psychosis	40
5769424103	anxiolytic	a drug that lessens anxiety	41
5769424104	apathy	lack of emotion	42
5769424105	aphasia	inability to speak	43
5769424106	ataxia	a lack of coordination	44
5769424107	atopognosis	inability to locate a sensation	45
5769424108	autism	a psychiatric disorder charaterized by the withdraw of communicaiton with others	46
5769424109	bulimia	an eating disorder characterized by overeating and forced vomiting	47
5769424110	catatonia	condition characteried by reduced muscle tone	48
5769424111	causalgia	painful sensation of burning	49
5769424112	cephalagia	head pain	50
5769424113	cephalodynia	head pain	51
5769424114	cerebellitis	inflammation of the cerebellum	52
5769424115	cerebral aneurysm	the widening or abnormal dilation of a blood vessel in the brain	53
5769424116	cerebral angiography	procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain	54
5769424117	cerebral arteriosclerosis	the hardening of an artery in the brain	55
5769424118	cerebral atherosclerosis	the hardening of an artery in the brain caused by the buildup of fatty plaque	56
5769424119	cerebral atrophy	wasting away of brain tissue	57
5769424120	cerebral embolism	blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caued by a foreign object (embolus) such as fat or bacteria	58
5769424121	cerebral palsy	paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible for movement	59
5769424122	cerebral thrombosis	the blockage of the blood vessel in the brain caused by a clot	60
5769424123	cerebromeningitis	inflammation of the brain and meninges	61
5769424124	cerebrotomy	incision into the brain	62
5769424125	cerebrovascular accident (CVA)	an accident involving the blood vessels of the brain	63
5769424126	cerebrovascular disease	a disease of the blood vessels of the brain	64
5769424127	chemotherapy	treatment using chemicals	65
5769424128	clonus	a muscle spasm or twitching	66
5769424129	cranial hematoma	a hematoma beneath the skull	67
5769424130	craniectomy	removal of a piece of skull	68
5769424131	craniomalacia	abnormal softening of the skull	69
5769424132	craniosclerosis	abnormal hardening of the skull	70
5769424133	craniostenosis	abnormal narrowing of the skull	71
5769424134	craniosynostosis	the premature fusing of skull bones	72
5769424135	craniotomy	incision into the skull	73
5769424136	delirium	brief loss of mental function	74
5769424137	dementia	loss/decline in mental function	75
5769424138	duritis	inflammation of the dura	76
5769424139	dysesthesia	bad feeling	77
5769424140	dyskinesia	difficulty moving	78
5769424141	dyslexia	difficulty reading	79
5769424142	dysphasia	difficulty speaking	80
5769424143	dysphoria	a negative emotional state	81
5769424144	dystonia	condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements	82
5769424145	echoencephalography	procedure used to examine the brain using soundwaves	83
5769424146	efferent nerve	a nerve that carries impulses away from the CNS	84
5769424147	electroencephalography (EEG)	a procedure used to measure the electrical activity of the brain	85
5769424148	encephalagia	brain pain	86
5769424149	encephalitis	inflammation of the brain	87
5769424150	encephalocele	hernia of the brain (normally through a defect in the skull)	88
5769424151	encephalography	procedure for studying the brain	89
5769424152	encephalomyelitis	inflammation of the brian and spinal cord	90
5769424153	encephalomyeloneuropathy	disease of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves	91
5769424154	encephalopathy	disease of the brain	92
5769424155	encephalopyosis	a pus-filled abscess in the brain	93
5769424156	endarterectomy	removal of the inside of an artery	94
5769424157	endovascular neurosurgery	surgery on the nervous sytem performed by entering the body through blood vessels	95
5769424158	epidural anesthetic	anesthetic applied in the dural region of the spinal cord	96
5769424159	epidural hematoma	a hematoma located on top of the dura	97
5769424160	epilepsy	a disease marked by seizures	98
5769424161	euphoria	a positive emotional state	99
5769424162	gangliitis	inflammation of the ganglion	100
5769424163	ganglioma	ganglion tumor	101
5769424164	general anesthetic	anesthetic that causes complete loss of consciousness	102
5769424165	hematoma	a tumor-like mass made up of blood	103
5769424166	hemiparesis	partial paralysis on half of the body	104
5769424167	hemiplegia	paralysis on half the body	105
5769424168	hemorrhagic stroke	a stroke where blood loss is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel	106
5769424169	hydrocephaly	abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain	107
5769424170	hydrophobia	fear of water	108
5769424171	hyperesthesia	increased sensation	109
5769424172	hyperkinesia	increase in muscle movement or activity	110
5769424173	hypnotic	a drug that aids in sleep	111
5769424174	hypomania	a mental state just below mania	112
5769424175	idiopathic	having no known cause or origin	113
5769424176	insomnia	inability to sleep	114
5769424177	interictal	time between seizures	115
5769424178	intracerebral hematoma	a hematoma located inside the brain	116
5769424179	intracerebral hemorrhage	excessive bleeding in the brain	117
5769424180	ischemic stroke	a stroke where blood loss is caused by a blockage	118
5769424181	kleptomania	desire to steal	119
5769424182	lobectomy	removal of a lobe	120
5769424183	lobotomy	incision into a lobe	121
5769424184	local anesthetic	nay anesthetic that does not affect consciousness	122
5769424185	lumbar puncture (LP)	inserting a needle into the lumbar region of the spine in order to collect spinal fluid	123
5769424186	macrocephaly	abnormally large head	124
5769424187	magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)	procedure used to examine blood vessels	125
5769424188	manic depresssion (bipolar)	a psychiatric disorder with characterized by alternating bouts of excitement and depression	126
5769424189	meningioma	tumor of the meninges	127
5769424190	meningitis	inflammation of the meninges	128
5769424191	meningocele	a hernia of the meninges	129
5769424192	meningoencephalitis	inflammation of the meninges and brain	130
5769424193	meningopathy	disease of the meninges	131
5769424194	microcephaly	abnormally small head	132
5769424195	monoparesis	partial paralysis of one limb	133
5769424196	monoplegia	paralysis of one limb	134
5769424197	myasthenia	condition characterized by muscle weakness	135
5769424198	myelitis	inflammation of the spinal cord	136
5769424199	myelocele	a hernia of the spinal cord	137
5769424200	myelodysplasia	defective formation of the spinal cord	138
5769424201	myelogram	image of the spinal cord, usually done using x-ray	139
5769424202	myelomalacia	abnormal softening of the spinal cord	140
5769424203	myoclonus	muscle twitching	141
5769424204	myospasm	involuntary muscle contraction	142
5769424205	narcolepsy	a disease characterized by sudden, uncontrolled sleepiness	143
5769424206	neuralgia	nerve pain	144
5769424207	neurasthenia	nerve weakness	145
5769424208	neurectomy	removal of a nerve	146
5769424209	neuritis	nerve inflammation	147
5769424210	neuroarthropathy	disease of the joint associated with nerves	148
5769424211	neurodynia	nerve pain	149
5769424212	neuroencephalomyelopathy	disease of the nerves, brain, and spinal cord	150
5769424213	neurogenic	originationg from/created by nerves	151
5769424214	neuroglycopenia	deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity	152
5769424215	neurolysis	destruction of nerve tissue	153
5769424216	neuroma	a nerve tumor	154
5769424217	neuropathy	disease of the nervous system	155
5769424218	neuropharmacology	the study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system	156
5769424219	neuroplasty	reconstruction of a nerve	157
5769424220	neurorrphaphy	suturing of a nerve (often the severed ends of a nerve)	158
5769424221	neurosclerosis	hardening of nerves	159
5769424222	neurosis	a nerve condition	160
5769424223	neurotomy	incision into a nerve	161
5769424224	nystagmus	involuntary back and forth eye movements	162
5769424225	paralysis	complete loss of sensation and motor function	163
5769424226	paresthesia	abnormal sensation like numbness or tingling	164
5769424227	photophobia	excessive sensitivity to light	165
5769424228	poliomyelitis	inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord	166
5769424229	polyneuritis	inflammation of multiple nerves	167
5769424230	polyneuropathy	disease affecting multiple nerves	168
5769424231	positron emission tomography (PET) scan	imaging useing radiation to produce cross sections of the brain	169
5769424232	postictal	time after seizure	170
5769424233	preictal	time before a seizure	171
5769424234	prosopagnosia	inability to recognize faces	172
5769424235	pseudoesthesia	false sensation	173
5769424236	psychiatrist	doctor who sepcializes in treatment of the mind	174
5769424237	psychiatry	branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment of the mind	175
5769424238	psychogenic	originating in/created by the mind	176
5769424239	psychologist	doctor who specilalizes in the study of the mind	177
5769424240	psychology	branch of medicine that focuses on the study of the mind	178
5769424241	psychopathy	a mental illness	179
5769424242	psychopharmacology	the study of the effects of drugs on mental processes	180
5769424243	psychosis	a mind condition (involves some sort of break with reality interfering with rational thought or daily functioning)	181
5769424244	psychosomatic	pertaining to the relationship between the body and the mind	182
5769424245	psychotropic	drugs that are able to turn the mind	183
5769424246	pyromania	desire to set fires	184
5769424247	regional anesthesia	anestheic that is injected into a nerve causing loss of sensation over a particular area	185
5769424248	schizophrenia	a mental illness charaterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disordered speech	186
5769424249	somnambulism	sleep walking	187
5769424250	stroke	loss of brian function caused by interruption of blood flow/ supply to the brain	188
5769424251	subdural hematoma	hematoma located beneath the dura	189
5769424252	syncope	fainitng; losing consciousness due to temporary loss of blood flow to the brain	190
5769424253	synesthsia	condition where one sensation is experienced as another	191
5769424254	thrombolytic	a drug that dissolves clots	192
5769424255	tonic	pertaining to muscle tone (weak or unresponsive)	193
5769424256	tonic-clonic seizure	a seizure characterized by both a tonic and a clonic phase	194
5769424257	topical anesthetic	local anesthesia applied to the surface of the area to be anesthetized	195
5769424258	transcranial Doppler sonograpy	an imaging technique that produces an image of the brian using sound waves sent through the skull	196
5769424259	transient ischemic attack (TIA)	a mini-stroke caused by the blockage of a blood vessel that resolves within 24 hours	197
5769424260	myleomeningocele	a hernia of the spinal cord and meninges	198
5769424261	myleopathy	disease of the spinal cord	199
5769424262	paresis	partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function	200