Chapter 1: Learning Terminology, Word Roots, and Combining Forms Flashcards
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aer/o
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air, gas
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ather/o
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plaque, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)
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blast/o
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immature cells
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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chondrio, chondro
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cartilage, grainy, gritty
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chyl/o
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chyle, a digestive juice
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chym/o
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chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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cyst/o, cysti
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bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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cyt/o
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cell
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ethm/o
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ethmoid bone
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gli/o
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glue
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gluc/o
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glucose
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glyc/o
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sugars
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hydr/o
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hydrogen, water
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ket/o, keton/o
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ketone, acetone
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lip/o
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fat (outside of a blood vessel)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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plasma, plasmo
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formative, plasma
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salping/o
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tube
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sider/o
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iron
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somat/o
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body
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squam/o
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scale, squamous (meaning scaly)
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syring/o
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tube
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algesi/o, algi/o, alg/o
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pain
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cry/o
cold
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dips/o
thirst
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esthesi/o
sensation, perception
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kin/o, kine
motion
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phon/o
sound, voice, speech
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phot/o
light
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son/o
sound
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therm/o
heat
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acanth/o
spiny, thorny
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andr/o
masculine
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chlor/o
chlorine, green
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chrom/o, chromat/o
color
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crypt/o
hidden, obscure
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cyan/o
blue
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eosin/o
red
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erythr/o
red, redness
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granul/o
granular
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gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o
women
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home/o, hom/o
same, constant
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ichthy/o
dry, scaly, fishy
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idi/o
distinct, unknown
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immun/o
safe, immune
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leuk/o
white
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macr/o
large, long
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meg/a, megal/o
large, million
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melan/o
black, dark
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micr/o
small, tiny
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mio
smaller, less
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morph/o
structure, shape
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norm/o
normal
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physi/o
physical, natural
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pseud/o
false
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scler/o
hardness, hardening
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scoli/o
crooked, bent
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spher/o
round, spherical
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staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
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sten/o
narrowness
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strept/o
twisted chains, streptococci
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terat/o
monster (as a malformed fetus)
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xanth/o
yellow
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bacill/o
bacilli, bateria
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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carcin/o
cancer
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kypth/o
humpback
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onch/o, onc/o
tumor
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path/o
disease
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pyr/o
fever, fire, heat
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schist/o
split
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schiz/o
split, division
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spasm/o
spasm
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anteri/o
front
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dextr/o
right, towards the right
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dors/o
back
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goni/o
angle
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later/o
lateral, to one side
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medi/o
middle, medial plane
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mes/o
middle, median
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orth/o
straight, normal
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top/o
place, topical
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crin/o
secrete
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gen/o
producing, being born
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hypn/o
sleep
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log/o
speech, words, thought
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narc/o
sleep, numbness
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phag/o
eating, devouring, swallowing
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somn/o, somni
sleep
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spir/o
breath, breathe
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actin/o
light
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amyl/o
starch
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bar/o
weight, pressure
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bas/o, basi/o
base
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bio
life
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chem/o
chemical
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chrono
time
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coni/o
dust
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cycl/o
circle, cycle
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dyna, dynam/o
force, energy
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echo
reflected sound
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electr/o
electricity
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eti/o
cause
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fibr/o
fiber
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fluor/o
light, luminous, fluorine
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fungi
fungus
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galact/o
milk
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ger/o, geront/o
old age
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lact/o, lacti
milk
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lith/o
stone
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lys/o
dissolution, destruction
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necr/o
death, dying
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noct/i, nyct/i
night
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pharmaco
drugs, medicine
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phyt/o
plant
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py/o
pus
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radio
radiation, x-ray, radius
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stere/o
three-dimensional
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tel/o, tele/o
distant, end, complete
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ton/o
tension, pressure
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toxi, toxic/o, tox/o
poison, toxin
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troph/o
food, nutrition
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a
before
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ac
before meals
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AMI
acute myocardial infarction
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bid
twice a day
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BP
blood pressure
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c/o
complaining of
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Ca
cancer/carcinoma
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CC
chief complaint
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COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)
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CXR
chest x-ray
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DOB
date of birth
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Dx
diagnosis
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ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram
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Fx
fracture
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GI
gastrointestinal
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h/o
history of
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HEENT
head, ears, eyes, nose, throat
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HTN
hypertension
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Hx
history
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IM
intramuscular
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LAC
laceration
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LOC
level of consciousness
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mcg
microgram
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NKDA
no known drug allergies
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npo
nothing by mouth
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po
by mouth
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PRN
as needed
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qid
four times a day
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SOB
shortness of breath
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tid
three times a day
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Tx
treatment
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w/o
without
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WNL
within normal limits
