Ch. 4 Suffixes Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
3
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col/o
A
colon
4
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erythr/o
A
red
5
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isch/o
A
to hold back
6
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my/o
A
muscle
7
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myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
8
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ophthalm/o
A
eye
9
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ot/o
A
ear
10
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phag/o
A
to eat, swallow
11
Q
arthralgia
A
joint pain
12
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otalgia
A
ear pain
13
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neuralgia
A
nerve pain
14
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myalgia
A
muscle pain
15
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-cele
A
hernia
16
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
17
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thoracentesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the thoracic cavity
18
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amniocentesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion
19
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abdominocentesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the peritoneal cavity
20
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-dynia
A
pain
21
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pleurodynia
A
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
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-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
45
hypertrophy
cells increase in size, not number (increase development)
46
leukocytes
eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes
47
eosinophils
Granulocytes… 3%...active and increased in number in allergic conditions such as asthma
48
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)
