Lesson 7 Flashcards
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What is the meaning of crypt/o?
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Hidden, concealed, depression on a surface
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What is the meaning of ankyl/o?
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Bent, looped, fused
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What is the meaning of lith/o?
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Stone, calculus
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What is the meaning megal/o?
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Abnormally large
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What is the meaning of mega-?
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Abnormally large, enlarged
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What is the meaning of necr/o?
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Dead, decaying
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What is the meaning of phag/o?
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Eating, swallowing
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What is the meaning of scler/o?
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Hardening
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What is the meaning of therm/o?
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Relating to heat
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What is the meaning of thromb/o?
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Clot
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What is the meaning of trauma?
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Wound, injury
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What is the meaning of traumato?
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Wound, injury
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What is the meaning of toxo?
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Toxins, poisons
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What is the meaning of toxi?
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Toxins, poisons
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What is the meaning of toxico?
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Toxins, poisons
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What is the meaning of -lith?
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Stone, calculus
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What is the meaning of -lysis?
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Destruction
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What is the meaning of -malacia?
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Softening
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What the meaning of -paresis?
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Weakness, slight or partial paralysis
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What is the meaning of -phagia?
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Eating, swallowing
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What is the meaning of -plasia?
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Development, relating to cell numbers
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What is the meaning of -philia?
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Abnormal attraction, preferring, liking
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What is the meaning of -philic?
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Abnormal attraction, preferring, liking
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What is the meaning of -plegia?
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Paralysis
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What is the meaning of -pnea?
Breathing
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What is the meaning of -rrhexis?
Rupture
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What is the meaning of -rrhea?
Flow or discharge
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What is the meaning of -thermia?
Relating to heat
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What is the meaning of -trophy?
Relating to nutrition, or nourishment, cell size
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What is the meaning of -stasis?
Stable, constant level
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What is the meaning of -toxin?
Poison
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What is the name of the toxin that kills tissues?
Necrotoxin
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What is the term for softening of the bone?
Osteomalacia
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What is the term for stone or calculus in the kidney?
Nephrolith
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What is the term for being in a state of not breathing?
Apnea
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What is the term for an enlarged liver?
Hepatomegaly
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What is the term for enlarged or dilated esophagus?
Megaesophagus
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What is the term for dissolution of a stone or calculus?
Utholysis
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What is the term for hardening and inflammation of the skin?
Sclerodermatitis
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What is the term for spasm of the larynx?
Laryngospasm
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What is the term for an enlarged spleen?
Splenomegaly
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What is the term for loving or preferring heat?
Thermophilia
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What is the term for paralysis in all 4 limbs?
Tetraplegia
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What is the term for weakness or partial paralysis of the rear legs?
Paraparesis
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What is the term for incomplete development of an organ because of insufficient cells?
Hypoplasia
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What is the term for complete cessation of eating?
Aphagia
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What is the term for rupture of an artery?
Arteriorrhexis
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What is the term for discharge of pus?
Pyorrhea
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What is the term for the study of disorders caused by trauma?
Traumatology
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What is the term for the destruction of a thrombus or clot?
Thrombolysis
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What is the term for the cessation of contractions of the intestines?
Enterostasis
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What is the term for abnormally low body temperature?
Hypothermia
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What is the term for abnormally rapid respiration?
Hyperpnea
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What is the meaning of abscess?
Cavity filled with pus
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What is the meaning of adhesion?
Abnormal fibrous union of tissues; process of joining or sticking together.
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What is the meaning of anomaly?
Marked deviation from normal
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What is the meaning of ascites?
Accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal cavity from blood vessels or organs.
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What is the meaning of benign?
Not malignant; with a favourable prognosis
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What is the meaning of cancer?
A malignant tumour
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What is the meaning of congenital?
Present at birth
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What is the meaning of edema?
Accumulation of excessive fluid in the spaces between cells of tissue.
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What is the meaning of embolism?
Sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or foreign material brought to the area by the flow of blood.
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What is the meaning of fistula?
Abnormal tract or passage between two internal organs; or leading from an internal organ to the body surface.
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What is the meaning of friable?
Easily torn; crumbled or pulverized
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What is the meaning of granulation?
Formulation of a small, round, red, flashy mass in wounds; an abnormal small mass of the lymphoid tissue.
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What is the meaning of icterus?
Yellow discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile pigments; jaundice
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What is the meaning of jaundice?
Yellow discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile pigments; icterus
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What is the meaning of lesion?
Any discontinuity of tissue or loss of function.
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What is the meaning of metastasis?
Transfer of disease from one organ or area of the body to another not directly linked to it.
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What is the meaning of neoplasm?
New or abnormal growth; especially that which is progressive and uncontrolled; a tumor
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What is the meaning of prolapse?
Protrusion falling down or sinking of an organ or part of an organ.
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What is the meaning of purulent?
Consisting of or containing pus
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What is the meaning of putrefaction?
Decomposition by body enzymes, with production of foul smelling compounds.
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What is the meaning of remission?
Diminution, lessening or abatement of signs of a disease; the period wen signs of disease have abated or decreased.
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What is the meaning of rigor mortis?
Stiffening of a dead body
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What is a tamponade?
Abnormal compression of the heart from accumulation of fluid in the sac surrounding the heart.
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What is the meaning of thrombus?
Blood clot
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What is the meaning of tumor?
Swelling or pathologic enlargement of tissue; neoplasm.
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What is the term for growth by increase in cell size?
Hypertrophy
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What is the term for the inflammation of a muscle?
Myositis
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What is the term for swelling caused by fluid in the intercellular spaces?
Edema
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What is the term for not malignant?
Benign
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What is the term for softening of the spinal cord?
Myelomalacia
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What is the term for the spreading of cancer cells?
Metastasis
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What is the term for death of tissues?
Necrosis
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What is the suffix meaning weakness?
Paresis
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What is the term for an animal with retained testicles?
Cryptorchid
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What is the combining form for difficult, painful or abnormal?
Dys
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What is the plural ending for words ending in "-is" ?
Es
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What is the term for incomplete development of an organ?
Hypoplasia
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What is the combining form for the urinary tract or urine?
Uro
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What is the term for the enlargement of he colon?
Megacolon
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What is the term for draining tract?
Fistula
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What is the term for a weakness on one side of the body?
Hemiparesis
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What is the suffix for a cutting instrument?
Time
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What is the term for a poisonous substance?
Toxin
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What is the term for the cessation of breathing?
Apnea
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What is the term for abnormal or diseased area of tissue?
Lesion
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What is the term for the stiffening of a joint?
Ankylosis
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What is the suffix meaning paralysis?
Plegia
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What is the term for condition characterized by calculi in the urinary tract?
Urolithiasis
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What the term for of rapid onset?
Acute
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What is the term for hardening of tissue?
Sclerosis
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What is the term for stoppage of bleeding?
Hemostasis
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What is the term for impaired breathing?
Dyspnea
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What is the term for yellowing of tissues by bile salts?
Icterus
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What is the top or point of an organ?
Apex
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What is the plural for the centre of a pathologic process?
Foci
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What is the term for liquid feces?
Diarrhea
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What is the term for body part of the combining form oculo?
Eye
