Chapter 1 Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
2
Q
Brachy/o
A
Short
3
Q
Bi/o
A
Life
4
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancer
5
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
6
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
7
Q
Cis/o
A
To Cut
8
Q
Col/o
A
Large Intestine
9
Q
Colon/o
A
Large Intestine
10
Q
Cyst/o
A
Urinary Bladder; Cyst
11
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
12
Q
Derm/o
A
Skin
13
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
14
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
15
Q
Encephal/o
A
Brain
16
Q
Enter/o
A
Small Intestine
17
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
18
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
19
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugar
20
Q
Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
21
Q
Hem/o
A
Blood
22
Q
Hemat/o
A
Blood
23
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
24
Q
Hist/o
A
Tissue
25
Iatr/o
Treatment
26
Leuk/o
White
27
Nephr/o
Kidney
28
Neur/o
Nerve
29
Ophthalm/o
Eye
30
Optic/o
Eye; Vision
31
Oste/o
Bone
32
Path/o
Disease
33
Radi/o
Radius; X-ray
34
Ren/o
Kidney
35
Rhin/o
Nose
36
Sarc/o
Connective Tissue
37
Sect/o
To Cut
38
Thromb/o
Clot; Clotting
39
Ur/o
Urine; Urinary Tract
40
a-
no; not; without
41
an-
no; not; without
42
brachy-
short
43
dolicho-
long
44
endo-
in; within
45
epi-
above; upon; on
46
ex-
out; away from
47
exo-
out; away from
48
extra-
outside
49
hyper-
above; excessive
50
hypo-
deficient; below; under; less than normal
51
in-
in; into; not
52
intra-
within; into
53
meso-
middle
54
pro-
before; forward
55
re-
back; again; backward
56
retro-
behind; back; backward
57
sub-
under; below
58
trans-
across; through
59
-ac
pertaining to
60
-al
pertaining to
61
-algia
pain
62
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
63
-cytosis
increase in cell number
64
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
65
-emia
blood condition
66
-emic
pertaining to a blood condition
67
-genic
produced by or in
68
-gram
record
69
-graph
instrument for recording
70
-graphy
process of recording
71
-ic
pertaining to
72
-ical
pertaining to
73
-ion
process
74
-ist
specialist
75
-itis
inflammation
76
-logy
study of
77
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
78
-opsy
view of
79
-osis
abnormal condition
80
-pathy
disease; emotion
81
-scope
instrument for visual examination
82
-scopy
visual examination
83
-sis
state of; condition
84
-tomy
incision; process of cutting
85
BAR
Bright, Alert, Responsive
86
CCU
Critical Care Unit
87
ICU
Intensive Care Unit
88
CWPM
Continue with Previous Medication
89
DLH
Domestic Long Hair
90
DMH
Domestic Medium Hair
91
DSH
Domestic Short Hair
92
DOA
Dead On Arrival
93
DOB
Date Of Birth
94
ER
Emergency Room
95
OR
Operating Room
96
GROS
Gross Review of Systems
97
K-9
Canine/Dog
98
ISO
Isolation Unit
99
NAF
No Abnormalities Found
100
NSF
No Significant Findings
101
P/E
Physical Examination
102
PPH
Past Pertinent History
103
R/O
Rule Out
104
SOAP
Subjective, Objective, Assessment Plan
105
TPR(W)
Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, (Weight)
106
WNL
Within Normal Limits
107
Anemia
Decrease in red blood cells and/or hemoglobin
108
Biopsy
Removal of tissue for microscopic examination
109
Brachycephalic
Pertaining to a short, wide head
110
Dolichocephalic
Pertaining to a narrow, long head
111
Mesocephalic
Pertaining to an average width head
112
Carcinoma
Malignant tumor arising from epithelial tissue
113
Prodrome
Symptoms that run together before the onset of a more specific disease
114
Syndrome
Symptoms that run together and point to a specific disease
115
Sarcoma
Malignant tumor arising from connective tissue
116
Leukemia
Increase in the number of cancerous white blood cells
117
Diagnosis
Estimation of the cause of disease
118
Prognosis
Estimation of disease outcome
119
Canine
Dog (adjective)
120
Feline
Cat (adjective)
121
Bovine
Cattle (adjective)
122
Ovine
Sheep (adjective)
123
Caprine
Goat (adjective)
124
Aggressive
Eager to fight
125
Alert
Energetic, quick, and responsive
126
Docile
Relaxed, easy to handle
127
Feral
Wild
128
Submissive
Willing to submit
129
anti-
Against
130
dys-
bad, painful, abnormal
131
ecto-
outside
132
eu-
good
133
infra-
below
134
inter-
between
135
macro-
large
136
micro-
small
137
meta-
beyond, change
138
neo-
new
139
pan-
all
140
poly-
many
141
pre-
before
142
post-
after
143
supra-
above, beyond
144
ultra-
above, beyond
145
-dynia
pain
146
-genesis
creation
147
-meter
instrument used to measure
148
-penia
difficency
149
-rrhagia, -rraphy
bursting forth
150
-rraphy
to suture
151
-rrhea
discharge
152
-stomy
surgically create a new opening
