chapter 1 Flashcards
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inter
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between
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ultra
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excessive
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anti
A
against
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a
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without
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bi
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two
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pre
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before
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poly
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many
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neo
A
new
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peri
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around
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hyper
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excessive
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plasty
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surgical repair
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megaly
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enlargment
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rrhagia
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burst forth
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penia
A
reduction
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necr/o
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death
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toxic/o
A
poison
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acr/o
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extremity
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angi/o
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vessel
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cyt/o
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cell
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melan/o
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black
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-cele
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pouching, hernia
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-ecasis
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expansion, dilation
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-emia
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blood condition
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-iasis
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formation or presence of
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-malacia
softening
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
condition or increase
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-phil, -philia
attraction for
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-plasia
formation of
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-ptosis
falling, dropping
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-rrhage
bursting forth
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-algia, -dynia
pain
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-genic, -genesis
origin, production
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-lysis
breaking down
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-oid
resembling
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-penia
abnormal reduction
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-rrhea
discharge
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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-desis
binding
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-ectomy
excision
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-tomy
incision
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-stomy
new incision
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-tripsy
crushing
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-ia, -ism
condition of
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-ium
structure or tissue
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-y
condition or process of
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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
small
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-iatrics, -iatry
treatment
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-ist
one who specializes in
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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-metry
process of measuring
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-poiesis
formation
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-scope
instrument for examination
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-stasis
stop or standing still
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what is the point of the suffix
gives specific meaning by altering a root:
| disease, surgical procedures, quantities, increase/decrease, direction
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what are the rules for building medical terms
#1 a root word links a suffix that begins with a vowel. #2 A combing form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a suffix. #3 A combining form links a root to another root to form compound word.
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four components of medical term is
root word, combining form, suffix, and prefix