Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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-Algia
A
Pain, painful condition
2
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Dys-
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Bad, difficult or painful
3
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-Ectomy
A
Surgical removal, cutting out
4
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Hyper-
A
Excessive, increase
5
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Hypo-
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Deficient, decreased
6
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-Itis
A
Inflammation
7
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-Osis
A
Abnormal condition, condition
8
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-Ostomy
A
Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
9
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-Otomy
A
Cutting, surgical incision
10
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-Plasty
A
Surgical repair
11
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-Rrhage
A
Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
12
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-Rrhaphy
A
Surgical suturing
13
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-Rrhea
A
Flow or discharge
14
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-Rrhexis
A
Rupture
14
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Word roots
A
Contain basic meaning of term. Usually indicates body part
15
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-Sclerosis
A
Abnormal hardening
17
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-Megaly
A
Enlargement
18
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-Malacia
A
Abnormal softening
18
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Myelopathy
A
Any pathologic change or disease of the spinal cord
19
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-Necrosis
A
Tissue death
21
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-Scopy
A
Visual examination
21
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Hypertension
A
Higher than normal blood pressure
22
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-Stenosis
A
Abnormal narrowing
23
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Natal
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Pertaining to birth
24
Pain is classified as a
Symptom
25
In the term myopathy the suffix pathy means
Disease
26
Leukocyte
White blood cell
27
Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
Prognosis
28
Edema
Swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells tissues or cavities of the body
29
Acute
Rapid onset
30
Supination
Turning the palm of the hand upward
31
Palpation
Examination procedure
32
Exudate
Fluid such as pus that leaks out of an infected wound
33
Lesion
Pathologic tissue change
34
Palpitation
Pounding heart
35
Laceration
Torn or jagged wound or accidental cut wound
36
Gastritis
Inflammation of the stomach
37
Suppuration
Formation of pus
38
Wound or injury
Trauma
39
Viral
Pertaining to virus
40
Gastrosis
Abnormal condition or disease of the stomach
41
A set of signs and symptoms
Syndrome
42
Myorrhexis
Rupture of a muscle
43
Gastralgia
Stomach pain
44
Pyoderma
Acute inflammatory pus forming bacterial skin infection
45
Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries
Arteriosclerosis
46
A fever is considered to be a
Sign
47
Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine is Known as
Gastroenteritis
48
Pain in a joint or joints
Arthralgia
49
Physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disrders of the skin
Dermatologist
50
Hypotension
Lower than normal blood pressure
51
The process of recording a radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium is known as
Angiography
52
Above or outside the ribs
Supracostal
53
Differential diagnosis
Rule out
54
Abnormal passage usually between two internal organs or leading from the organ to the surface of the body
Fistula
55
Erythrocytes
Red blood cells
56
Surgical creation of an artificial opening between the colon and the body surface
Colostomy
57
Invasion of the body by disease producing organism
Infection
58
Study of the ears nose and throat
Otorhinolaryngology
59
Abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus
Mycosis
60
Viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord
Poliomyelitis
61
Study of disorders of the newborn
Neonatology
62
Pertaining to the interior lining of an artery
Endarterial
63
Screening of patients to determine the relative priority of need in the proper place of treatment
Triage
64
Pyrosis
Heartburn
65
Surgical repair of the nerve
Nueroplasty
66
Between but not within the parts of a tissue
Interstitial
67
Enlargement of the liver
Hepatomegaly
68
combining form meaning spinal cord is
myel/o
69
combining form meaning muscle is
my/o
70
combining form meaning bone is
oste/o
71
combining form meaning nerve is
neur/o
72
combining form meaning joint is
arthr/o
73
colors: cyan/o
blue
74
colors: erythr/o
red
75
colors: leuk/o
white
76
colors: melan/o
black
77
colors: poli/o
gray
78
enter/o
small intestine
79
enter/o combined with itis drops the combining vowel, why?
because the suffix starts with a vowel
80
hepat/o
liver
81
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid (abdominocentesis)
82
hem/o
blood
83
ab-
away from, negative, absent
84
dextr/o
right side
85
ex-
out of, outside, away from
86
macro-
large
87
pre-
before
88
ad-
toward, to, in the direction of
89
sinistr/o
left side
90
in-
in, into, not, without
91
micr/o
small
92
olig/o
scanty, few
93
post-
after, behind
94
sub-
under, less, below (subcostal:below ribs)
95
eu-
good, normal, well, easy
96
intra-
within or inside
97
super-, supra-
above or excessive (supracostal:above or outside ribs)
98
ot/o
ear
99
rhin/o
nose
100
ileum
longest portion of small intEstine
101
ilium
part of the hip bone (I in HIP)
102
pyel/o
renal pelvis, part of the kidney
103
py/o
pus
104
pyr/o
fever or fire
105
virile (VIR-ill)
qualities of an adult male
