ch 1- PPT Flashcards by Evy Villarreal | Brainscape

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eponyms

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reflecting the name of an individual who made the discovery

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MRSA

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methcilin resistant S.aureus

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EMG

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electromyogram

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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GERD

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gastroesopageal reflux disease

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carin/o

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cancer

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cyt/o

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cell

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epithrli

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epithelium

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hist

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tissue

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lip

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fat

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my

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muscle

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neur

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nerve

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onc

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tumor

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path

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disease

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abnormal condition

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ago
esis
a
iasos
ion
ism
osis

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-al

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pertaining to

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-genic

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producing, originatin, causing

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-logist

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speicialist

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-algia

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pain/suffering

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-dynia

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pain

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-itis

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inflimation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-necrosis

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tissue death

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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-centisis

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puncture

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-gram

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record, picture

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-scopy

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visual examination

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the Double RR suffixes

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rrhage, -rrhagia
rrhaphy
rrhea
rrhexis

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-rhage, -rhhagia

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severe, sudden bleeding

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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-rrhea

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flow of body fluid

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-rrhexis

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rupture of

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty deposition

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arther/o

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joint

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-ostomy

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surgical creation of an opening

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-otomy

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cutting, surgical incsion

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fissure

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deep furrow or cleft

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fistula

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abnormal passage from one epithelial surface to another

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lleum

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third part of the inestine

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ilium

A

hip bone

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infection

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disease causing organism in the body

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inflammation

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body’s response to injury

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laceration

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jagged wound caused by trauma

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lesion

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wound or injury

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myc/o

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fungus

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myel/o

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bone marrow or spinal chord

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my/o

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muscle

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palation

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feeling with fingers

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palitation

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racing heart

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prostate

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male gland

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prostrate

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lying flat, collapse

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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py/o

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pus

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pyr/o

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fever, fire

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supination

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palm up

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suppuration

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formation, discharge of pus

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triage

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medical screening of patients to determine treatment priority

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trauma

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injury

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viral

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pertaining to virus

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virile

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nature, qualities of an adult male