Write the medical terms for the following definitions. Unit 1
1. Study of autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, and immune deficiencies ____________ 2. The study of blood ____________
3. Specialist in the study of immunity ____________
4. Specialist in blood diseases ____________ 5. inflammation of bone marrow ____________
6. a condition in which the blood vessels swell and develop blood clots along their walls ____________
7. deficiency of / a reduction in the number of leukocytes in the blood____________
8. deficiency of / a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood ____________ 9. Decrease in lymphocytes ____________
10. a deficient blood supply to a part of the body ____________
11. Abnormal increase of leukocytes ____________
12. condition of increased red blood cells ____________
13. production/formation of blood cells ____________
14. Formation of red blood cells ____________
15. Malignant overgrowth of white blood cells ____________ 16. Immature white blood cell ____________ 17. An immature red blood cell ____________ 18. The control of bleeding ____________
19. An irregularly shaped rbc, such as sickle cell ____________
20. profuse flow (-rrhage) of blood ____________
21. An iron-containing protein in rbc that transports oxygen and gives blood its red color ____________ 22. White blood cell ____________ 23. Red blood cell ____________ Unit 2
1. any disease of the heart muscle ____________
2. any disease of blood vessels ____________ 3. Any disease of the aorta ____________
4. The study (-logy) of the heart ____________
5. Physician who specializes in study and treatment of the heart ____________
6. surgical incision of an atrium ____________ 7. Incision into a vein ____________
8. the surgical removal of a vein or part of a vein ____________ 9. surgical removal of a valve ____________
10. Surgical removal of a vessel ____________ 11. inflammation of the aorta ____________
12. Inflammation of the lining of the heart ____________
13. Inflammation of the heart muscle ____________
14. Inflammation of the fibrous sac around the heart ____________ 15. Inflammation of a vein ____________
16. Plastic surgery to repair a blood vessel ____________
17. an X-ray examination of a vein using a radio-opaque dye ____________
18. An X-ray picture of blood vessels ____________
19. An X-ray picture of an arota ____________
20. Involuntary contraction of a blood vessel ____________ 21. above a ventricle ____________ 22. widening of a blood vessel ____________ 23. within an artery ____________ 24. Pain in the heart ____________ 25. Herniation of the heart ____________ 26. Enlargement of the heart ____________ 27. Tumor of the blood vessel ____________
28. The escape blood from the artery ____________
29. Rupture of a vessel, especially a blood vessel____________ 30. Ruptute of an artery ____________ 31. Ruptute of the heart ____________
32. A group of disease characterized by thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial wall.___________ 33. Rapid heart rate ____________ 34. Slow heart rate ____________ Unit 3
1. inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx ____________ 2. inflammation of pharynx ____________ 3. inflammation of larynx ____________ 4. inflammation of bronchi ____________
5. inflammation of the bronchioles ____________ 6. Inflammation of the pleura ____________ 7. Inflammation of the trachea ____________ 8. Inflammation of the lung ____________
9. Inflammation of the nose and throat ____________ 10. excision of a lobe ____________
11. instrument used to incise the trachea ____________ 12. excision of a trachea ____________
13. Surgical removal of a lung or lung tissue ____________
14. Surgical removal of the voice box ____________
15. The surgical removal of part of the pharynx ____________
16. Plastic repair of the larynx ____________ 17. Plastic repair of the nose ____________
18. thin, watery discharge from the nose ____________
19. pertaining to the area surrounding the tonsils____________
20. pertaining to the diaphragm ____________ 21. fusion of the pleura ____________ 22. within the lungs ____________
23. presence of air in the heart ____________
24. Painful of difficult breathing ____________
25. Endoscopic examination of a bronchus ____________