NCCT Medical Terminology

NCCT Medical Terminology 1. suffix EMIA ️ blood 2. expanding or opening wider ️ dilate 3. lack of or absence of breathing ️ apnea 4. groups of cells with the same function ️ tissue 5. basic unit of body structure ️ cell 6. the time when menstruation begins ️ menarche 7. time when menstruation stops ️ menopause 8. involuntary movement ️ reflex 9. paralysis from the waist down ️ paraplegia 10. paralysis from the neck down ️ quadriplegia 11. removal of the tonsils ️ tonsillectomy 12. paralysis on one side of the body ️ hemiplegia 13. turning the joint inward ️ internal rotation 14. turning upward ️ supination 15. decrease in size or a wasting ️ atrophy 16. straightening of a body part ️ extension 17. moving a body part away from the body ️ abduction 18. bending a body part ️ flexion 19. turning downward ️ pronation 20. bending backward ️ dorsiflexion 21. abnormal shortening of a muscle ️ contracture 22. moving a body part toward the body ️ adduction 23. loss of appetite ️ anorexia 24. tube feeding ️ gavage 25. swelling of the body with water ️ edema 26. painful or difficult urination ️ dysuria 27. sugar in the urine ️ glucosuria 28. decubitus ulcer, a pressure sore ️ bedsore 29. preparation that masks and controls body odor