Exam 2 Units 5-8 Flashcards
(165 cards)
1
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Coccus, cocci
A
Group, cocci = plural
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Dipl/o
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Double
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Strept/o
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Twisted
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Staphyl/o
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Cluster/uvula
5
Q
Bacillus, bacilli
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Rod-shaped
6
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Uvul/o
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Palatine uvula - thing in the back of your throat
7
Q
Py/o
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Pus
8
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-genic, -genesis
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Producing or forming
-genic is the adjective form
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Q
Onc/o
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Tumor
10
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Ot/o
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Ear
11
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-metry
A
Act of using an instrument to measure
12
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A-
A
Lack of/deficiency
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An-
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Lack of/deficiency
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Brady-
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Abnormally slow
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Dys-
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Abnormal/difficult/painful/poor
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Tachy-
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Abnormally fast
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Audi/o
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Hearing
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Phon/o, -phonia
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Voice, vocal sounds
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Tympan/o
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Eardrum
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-rrhea
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Flow or discharge
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Rhin/o
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Nose
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Lith/o, lith
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Calculus or stone
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Chol/e
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Gall or bile
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-iasis
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Pathological condition, infestation
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Cyst/o, -cyst
Urinary bladder
| Fluid filled sac
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-gram
Picture
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-graphy
Use of device to record
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Phag/o, -phagia
Eat/swallow
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Pne/o, -pnea
Breathing
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Men/o
Menstruation
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Peps/o, -pepsia
Digestion
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Therm/o
Heat
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Hyper-
High, excess, above
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Hypo-
Low, deficient, below
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Micro-
Small
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Macro-
Large
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Dactyl/o
Fingers or toes
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Syn-, sym-
With, together, join
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Erg/o, -ergy
Work
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Drom/o, -drome
Run
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Pro-
Before
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Dips/o, -dipsia
Excessive thirst
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Phas/o, -phasia
Speech
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ur/o
urine
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-uria
condition of the urine
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poly-
many
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ren/o
kidney (latin)
48
nephr/o
kidney (greek)
49
-ptosis
prolapse or displacement
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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ureter/o
ureter
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-rrhaphy
suturing or stitching
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colp/o
vagina
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urethr/o
urethra
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-rrhagia
excessive flow or discharge
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spermat/o
spermatozoa
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sperm/o, sperm/i
spermatozoa
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-lysis
destruction
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-cide
kill or destroy
60
orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o
testicle (greek)
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testicul/o
testicle (latin)
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crypt/o
hidden
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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semin/o
semen
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balan/o
glans penis
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pen/o
penis
67
o/o
egg or ovum
68
oophor/o
ovary
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-pexy
fixation, surgical replacement
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salping/o
fallopian tubes
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hyster/o
uterus as an organ
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metr/o
uterine tissues
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uter/o
womb, place of birth
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end/o
within
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cervic/o
neck-like structure, cervix in context
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gynec/o, gyn/e
woman
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dilation, dilatation
expand, increase in diameter
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vas/o
vessel, tube, duct
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stomat/o
mouth
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-ostomy
a new opening
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myc/o
fungus
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cholangi/o
bile duct
83
gloss/o
tongue (greek)
84
lingu/o
tongue (latin)
85
sub-
below
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-plegia, pleg/o
paralysis
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cheil/o
lips
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gingiv/o
gums
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phag/o, -phagia
swallow
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esophag/o
esophagus
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stenosis
narrowing
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-ectasia
stretching or dilation
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enter/o
small intestine
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dys-
difficult or painful
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duoden/o
first part of small intestine
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jejune/o
second part of small intestine
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ile/o
third part of small intestine
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-cele
herniation
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appendic/o
appendix
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col/o
colon/large intestine
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diverticul/o
pockets that develop in the colon wall
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-clysis
washing or irrigation
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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rect/o
rectum
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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hepat/o
liver
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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chol/e
gallbladder or bile
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lith/o, -lith
calculus or stone
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-ase
indicates an enzyme
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carb/o
presence of carbon compounds
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bar/o
weight, obesity
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-tresia, tresis
hole or opening, perforation
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splen/o
spleen
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anastomosis
surgical connection between tubular structures
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-ose
indicates a sugar
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-ol
indicates alcohol
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chyme
food mixed with gastric juices
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bolus
chewed up food
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peristalsis
rhythmic movement of a substance through a tube
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para-
around
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neur/o
nerve. neuron
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-spasm, spasm/o
involuntary contraction
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scler/o
hardening
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afferent
inflowing, toward the center
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efferent
outflowing, away from the center
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
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-plasia
number of cells
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-dysplasia
defective formation
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psych/o
mind
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psychosis
delusional condition of the mind
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neurosis
emotional/behavioral disorder
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-tropic, trop/o
to alter, to change
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pharmac/o
drugs, medicine
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narc/o
sleep, stupor, numbness
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-lepsy
seizure
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arteri/o
arteries
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ather/o
fatty
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end/o
within
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hem/o
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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-phobia
abnormal fear
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thromb/o
immobile clot
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lymph/o
lymphatic tissue
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phleb/o
vein
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-ectasia
dilation, stretching
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ven/o, ven/i
vein
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-esthesia, esthesi/o
sensation
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alges/o, -algesia
oversensitivity to pain
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aut/o
self
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paroxysm
difficulty breathing
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my/o
muscle
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fibr/o
fibrous
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rhabd/o
striated
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rhabdomy/o
striated muscle - skeletal muscle
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leiomy/o
smooth muscle - organs, vessels
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myocardi/o
heart muscle
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-blast, blast/o
immature cell
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kinesi/o
movement, motion
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brady-
slow
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occlusion
blockage
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plexus
nexus or vessels, nerves, or lymphatics
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embolus
moving clot
