Lesson 9 Flashcards
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What shape is bacillus bacterium?
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Rod shaped
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What shape is coccus?
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Spherical
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What does Strepto mean?
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Twisted. Bacteria found in twisted chains.
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What does Staphylo mean?
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Bunch or clusters. Bacteria found in clusters resembling a bunch of grapes.
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What does Diplo mean?
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In pairs. Bacteria found in pairs.
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What colour is chloro?
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Green
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What does chrom/o mean?
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Color, coloured
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What does chromat/o mean?
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Color, coloured
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What colour is cirrh- ?
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Yellow-orange
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What colour is cyan/o ?
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Blue
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What colour is erythr/o ?
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Red
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What colour is leuko?
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White
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What colour is melano?
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Black
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What colour is alba?
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White
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What does the prefix cyt/o mean
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Cell
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What does the prefix hem/o mean?
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Blood, blood cells
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What does the prefix hema- mean?
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Blood, blood cells
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What does the prefix hemat/o mean?
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Blood, blood cells
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What does the prefix ur/o mean?
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Urine , urinary system
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What does the prefix urin/o mean?
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Urine, urinary system
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What does the suffix cyte- mean?
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Cell
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What does the suffix cytosis mean?
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Increase in numbers of blood cells, or characterizing the nucleus of blood cells.
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What does the suffix -emia mean?
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Blood, blood cells
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What does the suffix -penia mean?
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Deficient
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What does the suffix -uria mean?
Urine
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What is a black or dark tumour called?
Melanoma
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What is a single green bacterium called?
Chlorobacterium
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What is the passing of blue urine called?
Cyanuria
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What is a spherical bacteria occurring in clusters called?
Staphylococci
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What is the virus that contains RNA and can cause tumours called?
Oncornavirus
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What is a rod shaped bacteria occurring in pairs called?
Diplobacilli
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What is the toxic substance that kills white blood cells called?
Leukotoxin
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What is the science of colours called?
Chromatology
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What virus causes pox diseases?
Poxvirus
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What is an RNA containing virus that is oncogenic ( causes neoplasia or cancer)?
Oncornavirus
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What virus can cause papillomas, poliomas and vacuolization?
Papovirus
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What virus cause lifelong persistent infections?
Herpes virus
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What virus causes respiratory and enteric infections?
Reovirus
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What is a small RNA containing virus?
Picorna virus
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What does hemolysis mean?
The rupture of red blood cells.
Hemo->blood cells
Lysis-> rupture
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What does erythrocytosis mean?
Increases number of red blood cells
Erythro-> red
Cytosis-> increase in blood cells
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What does anemia mean?
Deficiency in blood cells
An-> without
Emia-> blood cells
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What does leukemia mean?
Disease characterized by abnormally high number of white blood cells in the blood
Leuk-> white
Emia-> blood, blood cells
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What does hematoma mean?
Growth or tumor like swelling filled with blood.
Hema-> blood
Oma-> tumor, growth
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What does pyuria mean?
Pus in the urine
Py-> pus
Uria-> urine
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What does polyuria mean?
Excessive production of urine
Poly-> much, many
Uria-> urine
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What does urogenital mean?
Pertaining to the urinary and genital systems
Uro-> urinary system
Genital-> genital or reproductive organs
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What does cytopenia mean?
Insufficient number of cells
Cyto-> cells
Penia -> insufficient
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What does hemothorax mean?
Blood in the chest cavity or pleural cavity.
Hemo-> blood
Thorax-> chest cavity
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What does aberration mean?
Deviation from the normal or usual course or condition; imperfection in the refraction of light
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What does aerobic mean?
Requiring oxygen
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What is the meaning of agar?
Mucilaginous substance used to make nutrient media for bacterial cultures and bulk laxatives.
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What does anaerobic mean?
Not requiring oxygen
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What does artifact mean?
Any artificial feature, such as that caused by processing of specimens, tissues or radiographs.
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What is the meaning of asepsis?
Lack of infection or contamination by microorganisms
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What does atypical mean?
Unusual, deviating from normal
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What is a centrifuge?
A machine that spins solutions at very high speeds to separate the lighter portions from the heavier ones.
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What does culture mean?
A growth of microorganisms on living tissue cells or artificial medium; to perpetuate microorganisms
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What is a dermatophyte?
Fungus that grows on the skin
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What does incubation mean?
Development of microorganisms in a host or culture medium; development of the embryo in the eggs of animals.
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What is an incubator?
Environmentally controlled chamber for incubation of cultures, eggs or living cells, or treatment of neonatal or sick animals.
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What does in vitro mean?
Within a test tube or other artificial environment outside the living body
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What does in vivo mean?
Inside the living body
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What is morphology?
Study of form and structure of organisms; form and structure of an organism.
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What is papilloma?
Benign epithelial tumour; wart
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What does sepsis mean?
Presence of microorganism or their toxins in the blood.
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What is a Petri dish?
Shallow dish for growing cultures of microorganisms.
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What does turbid mean?
Cloudy
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What does urinalysis mean?
Analysis of urine by chemical or microscopic examination
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What does virulence mean?
Degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism; degree to which a microorganism can cause serious disease
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Prefix for slow
Brady
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Rupturing of red blood cells
Hemolysis
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Suffix meaning an increase in cell numbers
Cytosis
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Suffix meaning a deficiency in cell numbers
Anemia
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Pus in urine
Pyuria
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Spherical bacterium occurring in chains
Streptococcus
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Prefix for green
Chloro
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Suffix referring to urine
Uria
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Cell that produces dark pigment
Melanocyte
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Disease characterized by abnormally high numbers of white blood cells in the bloodstream
Leukemia
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Microorganism that replicates only inside living cells
Virus
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Deficiency of red blood cells
Anemia
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White blood cell with a single nucleus
Monocyte
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Destruction or decomposition
Lysis
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Rod shaped bacterium
Bacillus
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Nutrient medium for bacterial cultures
Agar
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Spherical bacterium occurring in clusters
Staphylococcus
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Prefix meaning red
Erythro
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Deficient numbers of white blood cells
Leukopenia
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Study if blood cells
Hematology
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Combining form for joints
Arthro
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Blue discolouration of tissue caused by deficiency of oxygen
Cyanosis
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Blood in the urine
Hematuria
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Urinary constituents in the blood
Uremia
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Plug of cellular, bacterial or other debris found in tubules
Cast
