Chapter 1 - Introduction Flashcards
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Bad, difficult, or painful
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Dys-
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Pain, painful condition
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-algia
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Surgical removal, cutting out
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-ectomy
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Excessive, increased
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Hyper-
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Deficient, decreased
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Hypo-
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Inflammation
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-itis
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Abnormal condition, disease
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-osis
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The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
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-ostomy
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Cutting, surgical incision
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-otomy
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Surgical repair
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-plasty
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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhage
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Surgical suturing
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-rrhaphy
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Flow or discharge
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-rrhea
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Rupture
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-rrhexis
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Abnormal hardening
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-sclerosis
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This usually, but not always, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease. (-) <– comes at the end of a word
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Suffix
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_______ is a word root with a combining vowel added at the end. (/) <– between the word root and the _______.
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Combining vowel
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______ contains the basic meaning of the term. In medical terminology, this word part usually, but not always, indicates the involved body part.
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Word root
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________ usually, but not always, indicates location, time, number, or status. Comes at the beginning of the word. (-) <– comes after the _____.
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Prefix
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cyan/o
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Blue
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erythr/o
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Red
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leuk/o
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White
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melan/o
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Black
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poli/o
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Gray
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Surgical repair of a nerve
Neuroplasty
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Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve
Neurorraphy
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Inflammation of the tonsils
Tonsillitis
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Surgical removal of the tonsils
Tonsillectomy
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Skull
Crani
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- a
- e
- um
- us
- y
Suffixes as noun endings
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- ac*
- al*
- an
- ar
- ary
- eal
- ical
- ial*
- ic*
- ine
- ior
- ory
- ous
- tic*
Suffixes meaning "Pertaining To"
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- ago*
- esis*
- ia
- iasis*
- ion
- ism
- osis*
Suffixes meaning "Abnormal Condition"
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Is the study of all aspects of diseases
Pathology
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Disease
Path
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Study of
-ology
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Enlargement
-megaly
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Stomachache
Gastralgia
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Pain
-dynia
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Abnormal softening
-malacia
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Tissue death
-necrosis
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Abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
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Abnormal narrowing
-stenosis
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A surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
-centesis
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Process of producing a picture or record
-graphy
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Picture or record
-gram
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Visual examination
-scopy
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Bleeding
-rrhage and -rrhagia
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Blood
Hem/o
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Surgical suturing to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples, or surgical glue
-rrhaphy
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Through
Dia
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Rupture
-rrhexis
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Birth
nat (nat/o)
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Before
Pre-
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Surrounding
peri-
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After
post-
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Away from, negative, absent
ab-
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Toward, to, in the direction of
ad-
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Right side
dextr/o
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Left side
sinistr/o
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Out of, outside, away from
ex-
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In, into, not, without
in-
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Large, abnormal size, or long
macro-
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Small
micr/o, micro
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Large, great
mega-, megal/o
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Scanty, few
olig/o
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Before
pre-
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After, behind
post-
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Good, normal, well, or easy
eu-
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Excessive or increased
hyper-
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Deficient or decreased
hypo-
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Between or among
inter-
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Within or inside
intra-
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Under, less, or below
sub-
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Above or excessive
super-, supra-
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Larynx or throat
laryng
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Nose
rhin/o
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Stone
lith
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Artery
arteri/o
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Within
end-
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Plaque or fatty substance
anther/o
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Tumor
-oma
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Joint
arthr/o
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Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-ostomy
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Cutting or a surgical incision
-otomy
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Objective evidence of disease such as fever. (Objective- evaluated or measured by the patient or others)
Sign
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Subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache. (Subjective-it can be evaluated or measured by only the patient)
Symptoms
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A set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process
Syndrome
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_____ is the identification of a disease
Diagnosis
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(Rule out) ... An attempt to determine which one of several diseases can be causing the signs and symptoms that are present
Differential diagnosis
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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
Prognosis
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Condition has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration
Acute
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Condition is of long duration
Chronic
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Temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure
Remission
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Condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally
Disease
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A disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first
Eponym
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Word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term
Acronym
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Groove or crack-like sore of the skin
Fissure
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Abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs leading from an organ to the surface of the body
Fistula
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Last and longest portion of the small intestine
Ileum
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Hip bone
Ilium
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Invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism. (Systemic-affecting the entire body)
Infection
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Feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness
Malaise
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Fluid, such as pus, that leaks out of an infected wound
Exudate
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Localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues.
Inflammation
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Redness
Erythema
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Swelling
Edema
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Torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound
Laceration
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Change of the tissues due to disease or injury
Lesion
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Membranes that line the body cavities
Mucous
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Name of the fluid secreted by these mucous membranes
Mucus
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Fungus
Myc/o
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Abnormal condition or disease
-osis
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Bone marrow OR spinal cord
Myel/o (myelopathy)
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Disease
-pathy
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Muscle
My/o
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Specialist
-ologist
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The study of
-ology
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New
Neo-
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Examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts
Palpation
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Pounding OR racing heart
Palpitation
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Renal pelvis
Pyel/o
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Pus
Py/o
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Skin
-derma
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Fever OR fire
Pyr/o
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Heartburn
Pyrosis
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Act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward
Supination
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Formation or discharge of pus
Suppuration
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Medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority
Triage
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Wound or injury
Trauma
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Pertaining to a virus
Viral
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Virus or poison
Vir
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Having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male
Virile
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Liver
Heptato
