Diseases Flashcards
(50 cards)
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algo
A
pain (algesia)
2
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algio
A
pain
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algesio
A
pain
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carcino
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cancer, carcinoma (carcinoid)
5
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cysto
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filled sac or pouch, cyst, urinary bladder (cystic)
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lith
A
calculus, stone (lithiasis)
7
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onco
A
tumor (oncogenic)
8
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patho
A
disease (pathogen)
9
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pyo
A
pus (pyocyst)
10
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pyro
A
fever, fire (pyrexia)
11
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pyreto
A
fever, fire
12
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sclero
A
hard (sclerosis)
13
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toxo
A
poison (endotoxin)
14
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toxico
A
poison
15
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brady-
A
slow (bradypnea)
16
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dys-
A
painful, abnormal, difficult (dysplasia)
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mal-
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bad, poor (malabsorption)
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pachy-
A
thick (pachycephaly)
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tachy-
A
rapid (tachycardia)
20
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xero-
A
dry (xeroderma)
21
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-algia
A
pain (neuralgia)
22
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-algesia
A
pain
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-cele
A
hernia, localized dilation (gastrocele)
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-clasis
A
breaking (karyoclasis)
25
-clasia
breaking
26
-itis
inflammation (cystitis)
27
-megaly
enlargement (hepatomegaly)
28
-odynia
pain (urodynia)
29
-oma
tumor (lipoma)
30
-pathy
any disease of (nephropathy)
31
-rhage
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage (pyorrhea)
32
-rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
33
-rhexis
rupture (amniorrhexis)
34
-schisis
splitting, fissure (retinoschisis)
35
dilation
expansion, widening (vasodilation)
36
dilatation
expansion, widening
37
ectasia
dilation, dilatation, distension (gastrectasia)
38
ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
39
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling (cephaledema)
40
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction (dialysis)
41
malacia
softening (craniomalacia)
42
necrosis
death of tissue (osteonecrosis)
43
ptosis
prolapse, dropping, downward, displacement (blepharoptosis)
44
sclerosis
hardening (phlebosclerosis)
45
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp (arteriospasm)
46
stasis
stoppage, suppression (menostasis)
47
stenosis
narrowing, constriction (bronchostenosis)
48
toxin
poison (nephrotoxin)
49
myco
mold, fungus (mycotic)
50
viro
virus (viremia)
