chapter 1 intro to med terms Flashcards
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Suffix
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added to end; procedures, conditions, or disease
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Prefix
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attached to beginning; time, position, direction, number, negation
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Combining vowels
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usually “o”; eases pronunciation
4
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Word root + combining vowel
A
combining form
5
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(Prefix) intra-
A
within or inside
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(prefix) sub-
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below, under
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(combining form) arthr/o
A
joint
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(combining form) hepat/o
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liver
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(combining form) oste/o
A
bones
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(combining form) ven/o
A
vein
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-algia
A
pain
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cyte
A
cell
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-dynia
A
pain
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-gram, -graph
A
record, x-ray, picture
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-graphy
A
processing of recording picture or record
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-malacia
A
abnormal softening
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-megaly
A
enlargement
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-meter
A
instrument used to measure
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-oid
A
like, resembling
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-ologist
A
specialist
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-ology
study of
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-ostomy
creating an artificial opening
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-otomy
surgical incision
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-pathy
disease
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-phobia
abnormal fear of specific things
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-rrhagia, -rrhage
abnormal flow or discharge (blood)
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-rrhaphy
suturing
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-rrhea
abnormal flow or discharge (not blood)
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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-scope
instrument used for visual examination
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-scopy
visual examination
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-stasis
stop, control
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-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
