Lesson 1 Flashcards
1
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Pertaining to chemistry
A
Chemical
2
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Poor nourishment of tissue
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Dystrophy
3
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Exaggerated feeling of well-being
A
Euphoria
4
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Pertaining to the jaw
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Gnathic
5
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A drug dispensary
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Pharmacy
6
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Inflammation of the lungs
A
Pneumonia
7
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Pseudo-
A
False
8
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Dropping
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Ptosis
9
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Pertaining to rheumatism, a disorder of muscles and joints
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Rheumatic
10
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Pertaining to cartilage,attached to the sternum
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Xiphoid
11
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Persistent and exaggerated fear
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Phobia
12
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Impaired control of alcohol use
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Alcoholism
13
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Acid condition of body fluids
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Acidosis
14
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Sustained muscle contraction
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Tetany
15
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Practioner of medicine
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Physician
16
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Study of the treatment of the aged
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Geriatrics
17
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Study and treatment of the foot
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Podiatry
18
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Study and treatment of the skeleton and joints
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Orthopedics
19
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Specialist in the study and treatment of the heart
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Cardiologist
20
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Study and function in a living organism
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Physiology
21
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Pertaining to the heart
A
Cardiac
22
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Pertaining to the skeleton
A
Skeletal
23
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Pertaining to the muscles
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Muscular
24
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Pertain ingun to the diet
A
Dietary
25
Pertaining to meter
Metric
26
Pertaining to anatomy
Anatomical
27
Pertaining to fever
Febrile
28
Resembling toxins
Toxoid
29
Pertaining to the respiration
Respiratory
30
Pertaining to vein
Venous
31
Pertaining to the gums, and its plural form
Gingiva/ gingivae
32
Pertaining to an opening and its plural form
Foramen/ foramina
33
Prim/i
First
34
Prim/i
First
35
Mon/o
One
36
Uni-
One
37
Hemi-
Half or one-sided
38
Semi-
Half or partial
39
Bi-
Two;twice
40
Di-
Two;twice
41
Dipl/o
Double
42
Tri-
Three
43
Quadr/i
Four
44
Tetra-
Four
45
Multi-
Many
46
Poly-
Many; much
47
Occuring first in time
Primitive
48
Pertaining to one eye
Monocular
49
Composed of one cell
Unicellular
50
One half of a rounded structure
Hemisphere
51
Partially solid
Semisolid
52
A tooth with two points
Bicuspid
53
Having two forms
Dimorphous
54
Having two sets of chromosomes
Diploid
55
Three offspring in a single birth
Triplets
56
A figure of 4 surface
Tetrahedron
57
1/4 of an area
Quadrant
58
Consisting of many parts
Multiple
59
Substances composed of many sugars
Polysaccharide
60
Cyan/o
Blue
61
Erythr/o
Red
62
Leuk/o
White;colorless
63
Melan/o
Black or dark
64
Xanth-o
Yellow
65
Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen
Cyanosis
66
A red blood cell
Erythrocyte
67
White patches in the mouth
Leukoplakia
68
The dark pigment that colors the hair and skin
Melanin
69
Yellow coloration of the skin
Xanthoderma
70
A- or an-
Not;without
71
Anti-
Against
72
Contra-
Against;opposite
73
De-
Down; without
74
Dis-
Absence,removal,separation
75
In- or im-
Not
76
Non-
Not
77
Un-
Not
78
Free of infectious organisms
Aseptic
79
Means for counteracting a poison
Antidote
80
Prevention of conception
Contraception
81
Agent used to remove hair (pil/o)
Depilatory
82
To separate tissues for anatomical study
Dissect
83
Not important
Insignificant
84
Not able to spread disease
Noninfectious
85
Not responsive
Unconscious
86
ab-
Away from
87
Ad-
Toward; near
88
Dia-
Through
89
Per-
Through
90
Trans-
Through
91
To kove away from the midline
Abduct
92
To attach or stick together
Adhere
93
Separation (-lysis) by passage through a membrane
Dialysis
94
Through the skin
Percutaneous
95
Introduction of blood or blood components into the blood stream
Transfusion
96
Hyper-
Over,excess,abnormally high, increased
97
Hypo-
Under or below
98
Olig/o-
Few; scanty
99
Pan-
All
100
Super-
Above, excess
101
Excess breathing
Hyperventilation
102
Decreased oxygen in the tissues
Hypoxia
103
A scanty menstrual flow
Oligomenorrhea
104
Remedy that cures all ills; a cure- all
Panacea
105
In excess numbers
Supernumerary
106
Equi-
Equal; same
107
Eu-
True,good, easy, normal
108
Hetero-
Other, different , unequal
109
Hetero-
Other, different, unequal
110
Homo- or homeo-
Same; unchanging
111
Iso-
Same;equal
112
Macro-
Large, abnormally large
113
Having equal sides
Equilateral
114
Easy or painless death
Euthanasia
115
Pertaining to opposite sex
Heterosexual
116
Maintaining a constant body temperature; warm blooded
Homothermic
117
Graft between two genetically identical individuals
Isograft
118
Extremely large red blood cell
Macrocyte
119
Mega- or megalo-
Large or abnormally large
120
Micro-
Small
121
Neo-
New
122
Normo-
Normal
123
Ortho-
Straight, correct, upright
124
Poikilo-
Varied; irregular
125
Re-
Again; back
126
Enlargement of the bladder
Megabladder
127
Extremely small; visible only through a microscope
Microscopic
128
A new born infant
Neonate
129
Normal blood volume
Normovolemia
130
Correcting or preventing not deformities
Orthotic
131
Mottled condition of the skin
Poikiloderma
132
False paralysis
Pseudoplegia
133
Backward or return flow; as of nlood or stomach contents
Regurgitation
134
Ante-
Before
135
Pre-
Before ; in front of
136
Pro-
Before; in front of
137
Post-
After or behind
138
Before birth
Antenatal
139
Leading toward a condition, such as disease
Prodome
140
After menopause
Post menopausal
141
Dextr/o
Right
142
Sinistr/o-
Left
143
Ec- or ecto-
Out; outside
144
Ex/o -
Away from; outside
145
End/o
In; within
146
Mes/o-
Middle
147
Syn- , sym-
Together
148
Tel-e, tel,o
End
149
Location of the heart in the right side of the chest
Dextrocardia
150
Toward the left
Sinistrad
151
Outermost layer of the developing embryo
Ectoderm
152
To cut out
Excise
153
Device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ
Endoscope
154
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
155
A junction of two nerve cells
Synapse
156
A terminal vessel
Telangion
157
A terminal vessel
Telangion
