Ch1 Introduction To Medical Terminology Flashcards
(38 cards)
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Word Root
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Core, or main part, of a medical term
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Eponym
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Term named after the person who first identified the condition or developed the procedure
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Cerebr/o
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Brain, cerebrum
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Col/o, colon/o
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Colon (section of large intestine)
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Crani/o
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Cranium, skull
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Dermat/o
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Skin
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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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Nephr/o
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Kidney
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Oste/o
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Bone
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Pulmon/o
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Lung
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Ren/o
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Kidney
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Vas
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Vessel
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A-, an-
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Without, not
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Dys-
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Painful, difficult, abnormal
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Inter-
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Between, among
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Intra-
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Inside, within
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Peri-
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Around, surrounding
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Poly-
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Many, much
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Post-
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After, behind
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Pre-
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Before
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Sub-, infra-
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Below, beneath
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Supra-, super-
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Above
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-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-ectomy
Excision, surgical removal
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-gram
Record, recording
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-ism, -ia
Condition of
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-itis
Inflammation
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-ium
Pertaining to body region, structure
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-logy
Study of
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-oma
Tumor
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-tomy
Incision
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Prefix
Word part that comes before the word root; add meaning to the term by adjusting or qualifying the meaning of the root word
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Suffix
Word part that comes after the word root; add the meaning of the suffix to the meaning of the word root ( and prefix when one is present)
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Combining vowel
Vowel used between word parts (usually o, sometimes e or i) that is added to a word root to make the word easier to pronounce
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Combining form
The word root and its associated combining vowel
