Chapter 2 Flashcards
(111 cards)
1
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-er, -ist
A
one who
2
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-iatrician
A
practitioner
3
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-logist
A
one who studies; specialist
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
A
pertaining to
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-logic, -logical
A
pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
A
medical profession of treatment
7
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-logy
A
study or science of
8
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
9
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crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
11
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling or sensation
12
Q
gastr/o, enter/o
A
stomach, intestines
13
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
A
elderly
14
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gynec/o
A
female
15
Q
immun/o
A
immune
16
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ne/o, nat/o
A
new, birth
17
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neur/o
A
nerve
18
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obstetr/o
A
midwife
19
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onc/o
A
tumor
20
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ophthalm/o
A
eye
21
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orth/o, ped/o
A
straight, child
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ot/o, laryng/o
A
ear, larynx
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path/o
A
disease
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ped/o
A
child
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
radiation (or radius)
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rheumat/o
rheumatism
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rhin/o
nose
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ur/o
urinary tract, or urine
30
malignant
tending to become worse, spread, and cause death
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benign
not cancerous, does not spread
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triage
patients are prioritized according to their need for treatment
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local anesthesia
affects a small area only
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general anesthesia
act on the brain and cause loss of concoiusness
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regional anesthesia
a local anesthetic is used to block a group of nerve fibers that detect sensations
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theapist
a person with special skills who is trained in one or more areas of health care
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forensic medicience
deals with the legal aspects of health care
38
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
39
-ectomy
excision
40
-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destorying
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
surgical repair
43
-rrhaphy
suture
44
-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument
45
-stomy
formation of a opening
46
-tome
an instrument used for cutting
47
-tomy
incision
48
-tripsy
surgical crushing
49
aden/o
gland
50
angi/o
vessel
51
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
52
bi/o
life or living
53
blephar/o
eyelid
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
brain
55
chir/o
hand
56
col/o
colon or large intestine
57
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
skin
58
faci/o
face
59
hepat/o
liver
60
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
61
muscul/o, my/o
muscle
62
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
63
oste/o
bone
64
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
65
tonsill/o
tonsil
66
trache/o
trachea
67
vas/o
vessel; ductus deferens
68
-algia, -dynia
pain
69
-cele
hernia
70
-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation
71
-edema
swelling
72
-emesis
vomiting
73
-emia
condition of the blood
74
-ia, -iasis
condition
75
-itis
inflammation
76
-lith
stone or calculus
77
-malacia
soft, softening
78
-mania
excessive preoccupation
79
-megaly
enlargement
80
-oid
resembling
81
-oma
tumor
82
-osis
condition (often an abnormal one)
83
-pathy
disease
84
-penia
deficiency
85
-phobia
abnormal fear
86
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
87
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
88
-rrhea
flow or discharge
89
-rrhexis
rupture
90
-spasm
twitching, cramp
91
-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-able, -ible
capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
pertaining to
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-ase
enzyme
95
-eum, -ium
membrane
96
-ia, -ism
condition or theory
97
-iac
one who suffers
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-opia
vision
99
-ose
sugar
100
-ous
pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
state or condition
102
adip/o, lip/o
fat
103
amyl/o
starch
104
glyc/o
sugar
105
hemat/o
blood
106
lact/o
milk
107
lith/o
stone
108
micro-
small
109
muc/o
mucus
110
prote/o, protein/o
protein
111
pyr/o
fire
