Chapter 1: Intro To Med Term Flashcards
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Tonsils
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Tonsil/o
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Stomach
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Gastr/o
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Skull
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Crani
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Heart
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Cardi/o
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Noun ending
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Um
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Pertaining to
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Ac
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Abnormal condition or disease
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Osis
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Inflammation
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Itis
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Blue
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Cyan/o
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Red
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Erythr/o
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White
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Leuk/o
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Black
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Melan/o
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Gray
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Poli/o
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Cell
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Cyte
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Spinal cord
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Myel
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Surgical repair
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Plasty
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Small intestine
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Enter/o
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Disease
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Path
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Study of
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Ology
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Pain and suffering
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Algia or Dynia
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Abnormal softening
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Malacia
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Artery
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Arteri/o
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Enlargement
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Megaly
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Liver
Hepat/o
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Tissue death
Necrosis
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Abnormal hardening
Sclerosis
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Abnormal narrowing
Stenosis
28
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
Centesis
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Abdomen
Abdomin/o
30
Process of producing a picture or record
Graphy
31
Blood vessel
Angi/o
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Picture or record
Gram
33
Surgical repair
Plasty
34
Visual examination
Scopy
35
Bleeding
Rrhage or rrhagia
36
Blood
Hem/o
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Bursting forth of blood
Rrhage
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Surgical suturing to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples or surgical clue
Rrhaphy
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Muscle
My/o
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Flow or discharge and refers to flow of most body fluids
Rrhea
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Rupture
Rrhexis
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Before
Pre
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Birth
Nat
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Pertaining to
Al
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Surrounding
Peri
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After
Post
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Away from
Ab
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Bad, difficult or painful
Dys
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Excessive or increased
Hyper
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Between or among
Inter
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Under, less or below
Sub
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Toward or in direction of
Ad
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Good, normal, well or easy
Eu
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Deficient or decreased
Hypo
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Within or inside
Intra
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Above or excessive
Super or supra
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Ears
Ot/o
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Stone
Lith
59
Surgical incision
Otomy
60
Appendix
Appendic
61
Within
End
62
Plaque or fatty substance
Ather/o
63
Tumor
Oma
64
Joint
Arthr/o
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Pain
Algia
66
Surgical removal
Ectomy
67
Appendix
Append
68
Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
Ostomy
69
Colon
Col
70
Cutting or a surgical incision
Otomy
71
Fungus
Myc/o
72
Bone marrow or spinal cord
Myel/o
73
Specialist
Ologist
74
New
Neo
75
Renal pelvis
Pyel/o
76
Pus
Py/o
77
Skin
Derma
78
Fever or fire
Pyr/o
79
Virus or poison
Vir