General Medical Terminology

ESP Michigan State University

139 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
A
Without/lacking; separation
Apnea
Not breathing
Agenesis
Absence of a organ, usually due to no failure of development
Anesthesia
A state of unconsciousness and insusceptibility to pain produced by the administration of anesthetic agents
Ascites
Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
Arthro
Relating to the joint
Arthrocentesis
Joint tap
Arthroscopy
Putting an instrument with a camera into the joint to view the joint
Atrophy
Decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
Bacteremia
Presence of bacteria in the blood
-blast
Germ or bud
Myoblast
Progenitor/originator to muscle cells
Blastocyst
One of the early stages of an embryo
Brady-
Slow
Bradycardia
Slow heart rate