Chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards
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skin
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dermat
cutane
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Word root
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The foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning.
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Kidney
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nephr
ren
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Mouth
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stomat
or
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Combining form
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root word is combined with a vowel
usually o but sometimes a i
No meaning of it’s own
enables 2 or more elements to be connected
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hepat/o
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liver
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immun/o
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immune, immunity, safe
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nephr/o
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kidney
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oste/o
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bone
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Suffix
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A word or element placed at the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word
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-itis
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inflammation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
A
tumor
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Prefix
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A word or element attached to the beginning of a word or word root
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an-
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without
not
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esthes
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feeling
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-ia
A
condition
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hyper-
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excessive
above normal
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therm
A
heat
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intra-
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in
within
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muscul
A
muscle
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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para-
near
beside
beyond
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nas
nose
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-al
pertaining to
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poly
prefix
many
much
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ur
urine
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-ia
condition
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pre-
before
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nat
birth
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Rules for building medical words
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#1: A word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel
#2: A combining form links a suffix that begins with a consonant
#3: A combining form links one root to another to form a compound word.
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What are the 3 steps to defining a medical word
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#1: Define the suffix
#2: Define the prefix, word root, or combining form
#3: Define the middle of the word
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Compound word
words that contain more than one word root
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hemat
blood
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-emesis
vomiting
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arthr
joint
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-itis
inflammation
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-dynia
pain
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-logy
study of
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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enter
intestine
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arthr
joint
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oste/o
bone
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mening
meninges
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suffixes that begin with a vowel are linked with a _______; suffixes that begin with a consonant are linked with a ________.
root; combining form
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
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-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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-lysis
separation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
incision
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-tripsy
crushing
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-gram
record, writing
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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-metry
act of measuring
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-scope
instrument for examining
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-scopy
visual examination
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-algia
pain
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-dynia
pain
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-cele
hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
dilation, expansion
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-edema
swelling
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-emia
blood condition
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-gen
forming, producing, origin
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-genesis
forming, producing, origin
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-iasis
abnormal condition ( produced by something specified)
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-itis
inflammation
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-lith
stone, calculus
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
abnormal condition; increase ( used primarily with blood cells)
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
eating, swallowing
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-phasia
speech
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-phobia
fear
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-plasia
formation, growth
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-plegia
paralysis
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-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
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-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
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-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
poison
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-trophy
nourishment, development
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-ac
adjective
| pertaining to
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-al
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ar
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ary
adjective
| pertaining to
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-eal
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ic
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ical
adjective
pertaining to
combination of -ic and -al
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-ile
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ior
adjective
| pertaining to
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-ous
adjective
| pertaining to
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-tic
adjective
| pertaining to
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-esis
noun
| condition
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-ia
noun
| condition
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-ism
noun
| condition
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-iatry
noun
| medicine; treatment
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-ician
noun
| specialist
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-ist
noun
| specialist
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-y
noun
| condition; process
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-icle
diminutive
| small, minute
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-ole
diminutive
| small, minute
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-ule
diminutive
| small, minute
