Intro To Medical Terminology Flashcards by Veronica Carew

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Athr/o

A

Joint

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Enter/o

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Intestine

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Derm/o ; dermat/o

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Skin

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Cholangi/o

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Bile vessel

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Col/o; colon/o

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Colon

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Append/o

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Appendix

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-clasis

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To break; surgical fracture

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-desis

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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-pexy

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Fixation (of an organ)

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-stomy

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-gram

Record, write

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-metry

Act of measuring

-scope

Instrument for examining

-scopy

Visual examination

-algia , -dynia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone, calculus

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-phobia

Fear

-plegia

Paralysis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Bursting (of)

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-toxic

Poison

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ous, -tic

Pertaining to

-ia, -ism

Condition

-iarty

Medicine, treatment

-ist

Specialist

-y

Condition, process

A- , an-

Without, not

Circum- , peri-

Around

Dia- , trans-

Through, across

Dipl- , diplo-

Double

Dys-

Bad, painful, difficult

Endo- , intra-

In, within

Homo- , homeo-

Same

Hypo-

Under,below,deficient

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Mono- , uni-

One

Pre-

Before, In front of

Primi-

First

Post-

After, behind

Retro-

Backward, behind

Super-

Upper, above