Chapter 2 Flashcards
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Medical Terminology
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To code medical procedures and diagnoses accurately, you first must learn the language of medicine.
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Root
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the base of the word. standing alone as the main portion of the medical term
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Derm/o & Dermat/o
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skin
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Hidr/o
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sweat, perspiration
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Kerat/o
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Keratin, horny layer of skin
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Melan/o
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dark, black, melanin
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Onych/o
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Nail
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Seb/o
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Sebum, Sebaceous gland
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Trich/o
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Hair
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Arthr/o
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Joint
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Burs/o
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Bursa, sac of fluid near joint
12
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
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Erg/o
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Work
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Fasci/o
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Fascia
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Kin/o, Kinesi/o
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Movement
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muscul/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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oste/o
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bone
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synov/i
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synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
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ten/o, tendin/o
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tendon
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Ton/o
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tone, pressure
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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dermabrasion
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total face
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arthrodesis
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binding or fusion of the joint
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Laryng/o
Larynx
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Pharyng/o
Pharynx
27
Phren/o
diaphragm
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Phrenic/o
Phrenic nerve
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Pleur/o
Pleura
30
Pneumon/o
lung
31
Pneum/o, pneumat/o
air, gas; respiration, lung
32
Pulm/o, Pulmon/o
Lungs
33
Rhin/o
nose
34
Sept/o
septum, partition, dividing wall
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Spir/o
Breathing
36
Trache/o
Trachea
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Angi/o
Vessel
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Aort/o
Aorta
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Arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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atri/o
atrium
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cardi/o
heart
43
Phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i
Vein
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Valv/o, valvul/o
valve
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Vas/o, vascul/o
vessel, duct
46
ventricul/o
cavity, ventricle
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Erythr/o, erythrocyt/o
red blood cell
48
Hem/o, hemat/o
blood
49
Immun/o
Immunity, immune system
50
Leuk/o, leukocyt/o
white blood cell
51
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic system
52
lymphaden/o
lymph node
53
lymphangi/o
lymphatic vessel
54
splen/o
spleen
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thromb/o
blood clot
56
thrombocyt/o
Platelet, thrombocyte
57
Thym/o
thymus gland
58
tonsil/o
tonsil
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bucc/o
cheek
60
chol/e, chol/o
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile, duct
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
63
choledoch/o
common bile duct
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enter/o
intestine
65
gastr/o
stomach
66
gloss/o
tongue
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hepat/o
liver
68
labi/o
lip
69
lingu/o
tongue
70
Or/o
mouth
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Sial/o
Saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct
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Stoma, stomat/o
mouth
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Proct/o
rectum and anus
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Uvul/o
Uvula
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Cali/o
Calyx
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Cyst/o
urinary bladder
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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nephr/o , ren/o
kidney
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
80
Ur/o
urine, urinary tract
81
Ureter/o
ureter
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Urethr/o
Urethra
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Urin/o
Urine
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Vesic/o
Urinary bladder
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Epididym/o
epididymis
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Orchi/o, orchid/ o
testis
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Osche/o
Scrotum
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Prostat/o
prostate
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Semin/o
semen
90
sperm/o, spermat/o
semen, spermatozoa
91
test/o
testis,testicle
92
vas/o
vas deferens, ductus deferens; also vessel; duct
93
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
94
colp/o
vagina
95
episi/o
vulva
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Gyn/o, gynec/o
woman
97
hyster/o, metr/o, metr/i
uterus
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Mast/o
breast, mammary gland
99
men/o, mens
menstruation
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O/o, Ov/o, ovul/o
Ovum, egg cell
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Oophor/o
ovary
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saping/o
Oviduct, tube
103
adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenal gland, epinephrine
104
adrenocortic/o
adrenal cortex
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endocrin/o
endocrine glands or system
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hypophys/o, pituitar/o
pituitary gland, hypophysis
107
insul/o
pancreatic islets
108
parathyr/o, parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
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Thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
110
cerebr/o
cerebrum
111
cortic/o
cerebral cortex, outer portion
112
encephal/o
brain
113
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
114
gli/o
neuroglia cells
115
medull/o
medulla oblongata, medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow
116
mening/o, meninge/o
meninges
117
myel/o
spinal cord and bone marrow
118
narc/o
stupor, numbness, sleep
119
neur/o, neur/i
nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve
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psych/o
mind
121
somn/o, somn/i
sleep
