Medical

Terminologies
1. Adduction
a. moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
b. Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“I
bring to myself”), from ad + ducō (“I lead”). Compare French
adduction. See adduce.
2. Adenitis
a. inflammation of a gland or lymph node
b. New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) + -itis.
3. Adenocarcinoma
a. malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
b. adeno from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and carcinoma
from Latin carcinōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek
καρκίνωμα (karkínōma), from καρκίνος (karkínos); equivalent to
carcino- + -oma
4. Afebrile
a. having no fever
b. From Middle English a- (“up, out, away”) and febrile from
Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris (“fever”); a- + febrile
5. Akinesia
a. motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis
b. From the Ancient Greek ἀκῐνησίᾱ (akinēsíā, “quiescence”, “rest”),
from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῐνέω (kinéō, “I move”).
6. Alopecia
a. partial or complete loss of hair
b. Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία
(alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓ pēx, “fox”) + -ia, (a
formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in
naming diseases)
7. Amenia
a. Better known as amenorrhea, amenia is the absence or cessation
of menstruation.
b. The word "amenorrhea" is compounded from three Greek roots
"a-", no + "men", month + "rhoia", flow = no monthly flow.
8. Analgesia
a. absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
b. From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία (analgēsía,
“painlessness”).
9. Anopsia
a. Sightlessness
b. The term anopsia comes from the Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), "un-"
and ὄψις (opsis) "sight".
10.Antipyretic
a. preventing or alleviating fever
b. From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”) and New Latin
pyreticus, from Ancient Greek πυρετικός (puretikós, “febrile”),
from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr,
“fire”).
11. Anuria
a. inability to urinate
b. From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) and from the Latin -ūria,
from the Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron,
“urine”).
12. Atrophy
a. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
b. Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from
Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from
ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +
τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I fatten”).
13.Benign
a. kind in disposition or manner
b. From Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”),
from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”).
14.Blepharitis
a. inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and
swelling and dried crusts
b. Ancient Greek βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).
15.Bradycardia
a. abnormally slow heartbeat
b. From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) and καρδία (kardía,
“heart”).
16.Carcinoma
a. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue
b. From Latin carcinōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek
καρκίνωμα (karkínōma), from καρκίνος (karkínos); equivalent to
carcino- + -oma.
17.Carditis
a. inflammation of the heart
18.Cauterization
a. the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot
iron or caustic agent or by freezing
b. From Middle French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizāre (“to
burn with a hot iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω
 (kautēriázō, “to brand”), from καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”),
from καίειν (kaíein, “to burn”) and from Middle English -acioun,
-acion, from Old French acion, -ation, from Latin -ātiō, an
alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion).
19.Cephalalgia
a. pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle
contractions or a reaction to drugs
b. Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεφαλαλγίᾱ (kephalalgíā);
equivalent to cephal- + -algia.
20. Cheilitis
a. inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips
21. Cheiloschisis
a. a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip
22. Cheilosis
a. a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the
corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin
23. Diplococcus
a. Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
24. Diplopia
a. visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects
25. Cardialgia
a. heartburn, pain in the heart
 b. It comes from the Greek words for “heart” and “pain” (kardia
and algos), and is typically used to refer to either heartburn, or
some form of pain in the heart.
26. Tachycardia
a. Abnormally fast heartbeat
b. The word tachycardia came to English from New Latin as a
neoclassical compound built from the combining forms tachy- +
-cardia, which are from the Greek ταχύς tachys, "quick, rapid"
and καρδία, kardia, "heart".
27. Anxiogenic
a. producing anxiety
b. anxiogenic was borrowed from the French anxiogène (which also
means “producing anxiety”), which was itself taken from the
Latin word for “anxious” (anxius) and the French suffix -gène
(“giving rise to”).
28. Hematemesis
a. Blood in vomit.
29. Idiopathic
a. Of unknown cause.
30. Reflux
a. Going in a backward direction.
Submitted to
Dr. Emidio R. Rosal Jr.

Catherine A. Prado

BSN 1-H