Ch. 2 Flashcards

1
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-tome

A

Instrument used to cut slices

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2
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-tomy

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Cut into, incision

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3
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-ectomy

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Cut out, remove, excision

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4
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-ostomy

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Cut a new surgical opening

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5
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-itis

A

Inflammation

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6
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-megaly

A

Enlarged

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7
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-graph

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Instrument used to record data (telegraph. The machine that spits out the picture)

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8
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-gram

A

Picture or record (telegram. Actual picture)

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9
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Types of tomography:

A

MRI, CT, PET, and SPECT

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10
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-algia

A

Pain

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11
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-Echo

A

Reflected sound waves

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12
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-radi

A

Radius or ray

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13
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-pathy

A

Disease

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14
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Leuk

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White

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15
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Melan

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Black or dark

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16
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Erythr

17
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Cyan

18
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Chlor

19
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Xanth

20
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-osis

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Condition, disease, status or process.

Example: condition of the skin = dermatosis

21
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-cyte

22
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-blast

A

Embryonic or immature cell.

23
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-emia

A

Blood condition

24
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-logy

A

Study of…

25
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-meter

A

Instrument to measure or count something.

26
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-penia

A

Poverty. Decrease in. Not enough of.

27
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Thrombocytes

A

Blood clotting cells

28
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-osis

A

Increase in number of blood cells

29
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-Hist

30
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-mania

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Madness. (Mental disorders)