Chapter 1: Introduction Flashcards by Greg Ward

Gloss/o

Tongue

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Lingu/o

Tongue

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Cataract

Progressive opacification of the lens

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Diagnosis

Disease or condition named after an evaluation

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Prognosis

Prediction of the probable outcome of a disease or disorder

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Endo-

in or within

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Sequela

A condition that results from an injury or disease

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Acute

An abrupt severe onset to a disease

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Chronic

Developing slowly and lasting for a long time

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Sign

An objective finding of a disease state (examples include fever high blood pressure rash etc.)

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Symptom

A subjective report of a disease (examples include pain, itching, etc.)

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Eponyms

Terms that are named after a person or place associated with the term

Alzheimer’s disease
Achilles tendon

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CABG

Coronary artery bypass graft

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TURP

Transurethral resection of the prostate

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‘-algia

Pain

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‘-plasty

Surgical repair

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‘-itis

Inflammation

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Arthr/o

Joint

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Hepat/o

Liver

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‘-trite

Instrument to crush

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‘-graph

Instrument to record

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‘-tripter

Machine to crush

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Epi-

Above, upon

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Par-

Near, beside

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Per-

Through

Peri-

Surrounding, around

'-megaly

Enlargement

dys-

abnormal, difficult, painful, bad

para-

abnormal

poly-

many, much, excessive, frequent

par-

near

cardi/o

heart

col/o

colon

cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, or sac

enter/o

intestines

gastr/o

stomach

hyster/o

uterus

mamm/o

breast

nat/o

birth

neur/o

nerves

ophthalm/o

eyes

oste/o

bones

path/o

disease

ped/o

feet

rhin/o

nose

therm/o

temperature

arteri/o

arteries

cephal/o

head

ot/o

ear

somn/o

sleep

splen/o

spleen

'-scope

instrument to view

'-scopy

process of viewing

'-stomy

new opening

'-um

structure, thing, membrane

'-ic

pertaining to

'-ia

condition

'-al

pertaining to

'-graphy

process of recording

'-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

'-logy

study of

'-dynia

pain

'-meter

instrument to measure

'-oma

tumor, mass

'-osis

abnormal condition

'-pathy

disease process

'-rrhage, rrhagia

bursting forth

'-rrhaphy

suture

'-ar

pertaining to

'-ole

small, tiny

'-ule

small, tiny

'-y

process of

'-is

structure, thing

'-icle

small, tiny

'-ac

pertaining to

'-ary

pertaining to

'-eal

pertaining to

'-ous

pertaining to

'-emia

blood condition

'-cele

herniation

'-malacia

softening

'-ptosis

proloapse, drooping, sagging

'-rrhea

discharge, flow

'-rrhexis

rupture

'-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

'-stenosis

abnormal condition of narrowing

'-metry

process of measuring

'-opsy

process of viewing

'-tripsy

crushing

'-tomy

incision, cutting

'-tome

instrument to cut

'-trite

instrument to crush

'-er

one who

ante-

forward, in front of

post-

after, behind

anti-

against

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

a-, an-

no, not, without

inter-

between

intra-

within

neo-

new

pre-

before, in front of

sub-

under, below

trans-

through, across

bacteri/o

bacteria

bi/o

living, life

cervic/o

neck, cervix

chondr/o

cartilage

coron/o

crown, heart

cut/o

skin

cutane/o

skin

dent/o

tooth

dermo/o

skin

duoden/o

duodenum

electr/o

electricity

esophag/o

esophagus

glyc/o

glucose, sugar

hem/o

blood

lipid/o

lipids, fat

lith/o

stone

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

phil/o

attraction

pne/o

breathing

psych/o

mind

spir/o

breathing

tonsill/o

tonsil

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

troph/o

nourishment

urethr/o

urethra

valvul/o

valve

ven/o

vein

vers/o

turning

vertebr/o

backbone, vertebra