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Ch. 4 Suffixes Flashcards

(51 cards)

1
Q

acr/o

A

extremities, top, extreme point

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2
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blephar/o

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eyelid

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3
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col/o

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colon

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4
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erythr/o

A

red

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5
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isch/o

A

to hold back

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6
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my/o

A

muscle

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7
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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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8
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ophthalm/o

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eye

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9
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ot/o

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ear

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10
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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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11
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arthralgia

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joint pain

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12
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otalgia

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ear pain

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13
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neuralgia

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nerve pain

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14
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myalgia

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muscle pain

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15
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-cele

A

hernia

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16
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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17
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thoracentesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid from the thoracic cavity

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18
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amniocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion

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19
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abdominocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the peritoneal cavity

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20
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-dynia

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pain

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21
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pleurodynia

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pain in the chest wall muscles that is aggravated by breathing

22
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-ectomy

A

excision, removal, resection

23
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laryngectomy

A

excision of the larynx

24
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-emia

A

blood condition

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-malacia
softening
26
osteomalacia
softening of the bones
27
-megaly
enlargement
28
acromegaly
gigantism… endocrine disorder where the pituitary gland produces excessive growth hormone
29
-penia
deficiency
30
erythropenia
deficiency of red blood cells
31
-plasia
development, formation, growth
32
achondroplasia
defect in cartilage and bones of the aems and legs fail to grow to normal size
33
-plasty
surgical repair
34
angioplasty
An intervention in which an artery is opened with a balloon that is inserted. Stents are the put in place to keep it open.
35
-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
36
blepharoptosis
drooping of the upper eyelids or the breasts
37
-stasis
stopping, controlling
38
metastasis
beyond stopping (spread of a malignant tumor beyond its original site)
39
hemostat
surgical clamp
40
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
41
tracheostomy
opening from the trachea
42
-tomy
incision, cutting into
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laparotomy
incision into the abdomen (large incision into peritoneal cavity, often done on an exploratory basis)
44
-trophy
development, nourishment
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hypertrophy
cells increase in size, not number (increase development)
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leukocytes
eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes
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eosinophils
Granulocytes… 3%...active and increased in number in allergic conditions such as asthma
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basophils
Granulocytes… 1%...function is unclear, but number of these cells increases in the healing phase of inflammation
49
neutrophils
Granulocytes… 50%-60%... Disease-fighting cells aka phagocytes
50
lymphocytes
Agranulocytes… 32%...fight disease by producing antibodies, thereby destroying foreign cells.
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monocytes
Agranulocytes… 4%...engulf and destroy cellular debris after neutrophils have attacked foreign cells (leave bloodstream to become macrophages)