DISEASE AND TREATMENT Flashcards by galilea morales

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alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

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pain

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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lith

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calculus, stone

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onc/o

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tumor

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path/o

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disease

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py/o

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pus

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pyr/o, pyret/o

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fever, fire

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scler/o

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hard

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tox/o, toxic/o

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poison

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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abnormal, painful, difficult

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mal-

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bad, poor

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pachy-

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thick

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tachy-

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rapid

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xero-

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dry

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-algia, -algesia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis, -clasia

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breaking

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-odynia

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pain

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-oma

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tumor

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-pathy

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any disease of

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-rhage, -rhagia

bursting forth, profuse flow

-rhea

flow, discharge

-rhexis

rupture

-schisis

fissure, splitting

dilation, dilatation

expansion, widening

ectasia, ectasis

dilation

edema

accumulation of fluid, swelling

lysis

separation, loosening

malacia

sofetening

necrosis

death of tissue

necrosis

death of tissue

ptosis

prolapse, dropping

sclerosis

hardening

spasm

sudden contractions, cramp

stasis

suppression, stoppage

stenosis

narrowing, construction

toxin

poison

staphylo-

grape-like cluster

strepto-

chain

bacill/i, bacill/o

bacillus

bacterio/o

bacterium

myc/o

fungus, mold

vir/o

virus

aer/o

air, gas

bar/o

pressure

chrom/o, chromat/o

color, stain

chron/o

time

cry/o

cold

electr/o

electricity

erg/o

work

phon/o

sound, voice

phot/o

light

radi/o

radiation, x-ray

son/o

sound

therm/o

heat, temperature

-centesis

puncture, tap

-desis

binding, fusion

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

plastic repair

rhaphy

surgical repair, suture

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

-tome

instrument for incising (cutting)

-tomy

incision, cutting

-tripsy

crushing

-lytic

dissolving, reducing

-mimetic

mimicking, simulating

-tropic

acting on

anti-

against

contra-

against, opposite

counter-

against, opposed

alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

pain

chem/o

chemical

hypn/o

sleep

narc/o

stupor

pharm, pharmac/o

drug, medicine

pyr/o, pyret/o

fever

tox/o, toxic/o

poison, toxin

vas/o

vessel