Chapter 3 Flashcards
(140 cards)
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
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fat
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding uterus)
7
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angi/o
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vessel
8
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arteri/o
A
artery
9
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arthr/o
A
joint
10
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axill/o
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armpit
11
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bi/o
A
life
12
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blephar/o
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eyelid
13
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
14
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
16
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chrondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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inguin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
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lymph/o
lymph
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ophthalm/o
eye
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opi/o
opium
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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path/o
disease
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
52
pleur/o
pleura
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pneumon/o
lungs
54
pulmon/o
lungs
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radi/o
x-rays
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rect/o
rectum
57
ren/o
kidney
58
rhin/o
nose
59
sarc/o
flesh
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
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strept/o
twisted chains
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
67
ven/o
vein
68
-algia
pain
69
-cele
hernia
70
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
71
para-
beside or near
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-coccus, -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
73
-cyte
cell
74
-dynia
pain
75
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
76
-emia
blood condition
77
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
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-gram
record
79
-graph
instrument for recording
80
-graphy
process of recording
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-itis
inflammation
82
-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
softening
85
-megaly
enlargment
86
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
to view
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease condition
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-penia
deficiency
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-phobia
fear
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
93
-plasty
surgical repair
94
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
96
-sclerosis
hardening
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ather/o
fatty material
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
99
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
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-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
treatment
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-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-ist
specialist
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
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-um, -ium
structure, tissue
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-us
structure, substance
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eso-
within or inward
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-y
condition, process
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-ac, iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
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omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
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dipl/o
two
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gon/o
seed
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C. difficile infection
causes inflammation of the colon and severe diarrheal disease
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globin
protein
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granulocytes
contain dark-staining granules in their cytoplasm and have multi lobed nucleus, formed in bone marrow, type of leukocytes
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eosinphils
increase in number in allergic conditions such as asthma, about 3%, leukocytes and granulocytes
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eosin/o
rosy
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basophils
function not clear, cells increase in the healing phase of inflammation , less than 1%, leukocytes and granulocytes
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bas/o
basic
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neutrophils
most important disease-fighting cells and most numerous, 50-60%, engulf and digest bacteria, multi lobed nucleus, leukocytes and granulocytes
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mononuclear cells
one large nucleus and only few granules in cytoplasm, produced in bone marrow, lymph nodes and spleen
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lymphocytes
fight disease by producing antibodies, destroy foreign cells, t cells and b cells, 32%, leukocytes and mononuclear cells
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monocytes
engulf and destroy cellular debris and neutrophils have attacked foreign cells, 4%, leukocytes and mononuclear cells
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acromegaly
endocrine disorder, occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty, sometimes results in a benign tumor in the pituitary gland
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adenoids
small masses of lymphatic tissue in the part of the pharynx near the nose and nasal passageways, neither endocrine nor exocrine glands
