Chapter 6: Disease Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
A
pain
2
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, carcinoma
3
Q
cyst/o
A
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder
4
Q
lith
A
calculus, stone
5
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
6
Q
path/o
A
disease
7
Q
py/o
A
pus
8
Q
pyr/o, pyret/o
A
fever, fire
9
Q
scler/o
A
hard
10
Q
tox/o, toxic/o
A
poison
11
Q
brady-
A
slow
12
Q
dys-
A
abnormal, painful, difficult
13
Q
mal-
A
bad, poor
14
Q
pachy-
A
thick
15
Q
tachy-
A
rapid
16
Q
xero-
A
dry
17
Q
-algia, -algesia
A
pain
18
Q
-cele
A
hernia, localized dilation
19
Q
-clasis, -clasia
A
breaking
20
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
21
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
22
Q
-odynia
A
pain
23
Q
-oma*
A
tumor *(plurals: -omas, -omata)
24
Q
-pathy
A
any disease of
25
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
26
-rhea
flow, discharge
27
-rhexis
rupture
28
-schisis
fissure, splitting
29
dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening (may also refer to treatment)
30
ectasia, extasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
31
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
32
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction (may also refer to treatment)
33
malacia
softening
34
necrosis
death of tissue
35
ptosis
dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
36
sclerosis
hardening
37
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
38
stasis
suppression, stoppage (may also refer to treatment)
39
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
40
toxin
poison
41
staphyl/o
grape-like cluster
42
strept/o
twisted chain
43
bacill/i, bacill/o
bacillus
44
bacteri/o
bacterium
45
myc/o
fungus, mold
46
vir/o
virus
