MBC 101 & 102 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
(98 cards)
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-al, -eal
A
pertaining to
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hepat/o
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Liver
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-ectasis
A
Expansion or Dilation
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-ectomy
A
Excision or Removal
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Q
-ia
A
Condition of
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-itis
A
Inflammation
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-logy
A
Study of
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Lip/o
A
Fat
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-megaly
A
Enlargement
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-stomy
A
Creation of an opening
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-tomy
A
Incision
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oligo-
A
Few or deficient
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enter/o
A
small intestine
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cardi/o
A
Heart
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para-
A
Alongside of, abnormal
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peri-
A
Around
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hyper-
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Excessive
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protein
A
Protein
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ur/o, urin/o
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Urine
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angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
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Vessel
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-emia
A
Blood condition
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hem/o, hemat/o
A
Blood
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gastr/o
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Stomach
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-ia
A
Condition of
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esophag/o
esophagus
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oste/o
Bone
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anti-, contra-
Against or opposed to
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mono-, uni-
One
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a-, an-
without
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pan-
All
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ad-
To, Toward, or Near
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ad-
To, Toward, or Near
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dia-, trans-
across or through
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poly-, multi-
Many
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ab-
away from
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retro-
Backwards or Behind
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quadri-
Four
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super-, supra-
Above or Excessive
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de-
From, down, or not
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tri-
three
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brady-
Slow
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tachy-
Fast
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post
After or behind
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re-
Again or Back
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con-, syn-, sym-
together or with
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dys-
Painful, difficult, or faulty
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eu-
Good or normal
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neo-
New
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hypo-
Below or deficient
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e-, ec-, ex-
Out or away
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inter-
Between
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epi-
Upon
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bi-
two
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meta-
Beyond, after or change
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sub-, infra-
Below or under
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macro-
large or long
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hemi-, semi-
Half
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ultra-
beyond or excessive
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meso-
Middle
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ante-, pre-, pro-
Before
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en-, endo-, intra-
Within
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micro-
small
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ecto-, exo, extra-
outside
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post
After or behind
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circum-, peri-
around
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-genesis
origin or production
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-algia, -dynia
pain
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-lysis
breaking down or dissolution
69
-oid
resembling
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-penia
abnormal reduction
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-rrhea
discharge
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-cele
hernia or pouch
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-iasis
formation or presence of
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-iasis
formation or presence of
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-malacia
softening
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
condition or increase
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-phil, -philia
attraction for
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-ptosis
falling or downward displacement
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive discharge, to burst forth
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-osis
condition or increase
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-centesis
surgical puncture for aspiration or to remove fluid
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-desis
binding
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-pexy
suspension or fixation
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-plasty
surgical repair or reconstruction
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-rrhaphy
suture
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-ation
state, process or action
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-e
general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing
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-y
condition or process of
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-ium
structure or tissue
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
small
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument of recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-iatrics, -iatry
treatment
