Med Term Chapter 4 Flashcards
(131 cards)
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carp/o
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wrist bone
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cis/o
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cut
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cost/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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lead, carry
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flex/o
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bend
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furc/o
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branching
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protect
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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tens/o
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force, strain, stretch
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the/o
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put, place
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thel/o, theli/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
posion
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trache/o
windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
uretha
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-crine
secrete
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-drome
run
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-fusion
coming together; to pour
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-gen
substance that produces
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-lapse
slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
measure
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-mission
send
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-or
one who
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-oxia
oxygen
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-partum
birth, labor
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-phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
grow
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptom
happening, occurrence
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-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-stasis
stop, controlling
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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a-, an-
no, not,
without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
apart, up
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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auto-
self, own
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bi-
two
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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con-
with, together
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contra-
against, oppose
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
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dys-
abnormal,
bad
difficult,
painful
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ec-
out, outside
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endo-
in, within
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epi-
upon, on, above
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, outside
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, under
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in-
not
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in-
into, within
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infra-
beneath,
under
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inter-
between
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intra-
in, within,
into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond,
change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal,
beside, near
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
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pros-
before, forward
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re-
back, again
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retro-
behind, backward
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sub-
under
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
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trans-
across, through
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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uni-
one
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anabolism
Process required energy
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catabolism
Process that releases energy; breaks down complex molecules into smaller unit.
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apnea
temporary stopping of breathing, especially during sleep.
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anoxia
lack of oxygen
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abductor
a muscle that draws a limb away from the body.
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adductor
A muscle that raws a limb towards the body.
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Urainlysis
A laboratory examination of urine that aids in the diagnosis of many medical conditions.
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antecibum
The word cibum means meals. The notation a.c., seen on
prescription orders, means before meals. You can guess
that p.c. means after (post) meals.
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anteflexion
a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.
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antepartum
occuring not long before childbirth
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antibodies
blood proteins produce by B-cells in response and counteracting a specific antigen/
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antibiotics
destroy or inhibit the growth of
microorganisms such as bacteria.
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antisepsis
method of using chemcial, called antisepsis, to destroy the germs cause by infection.
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autoimmune disease
when immune system malfunctions, attacking healthy cells, tissues, and organs, which weakens the bodily function and can be life threatening.
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bifurcation
Normal splitting into two branches, such as bifurcation
of the trachea to form the bronchi.
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bilateral
both sides or two of something.
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bradycardia
Slow heartrate, heart rate lower than 60 bpm
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tachycardia
a pulse of more than 100 bpm
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congenital anomaly
birth defects, develops on its own before or/and after birth that is not due to genetic inheritance.
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contraindication
a specific situation in which a medicine, procedure, or surgery should not be used because it may be harmful to the person.
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contralateral
of or pertaining to the other side
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hemodialysis/ peritoneal diaphysis
waste materials are separated from the
blood via a machine (artificial kidney) when the kidneys
no longer function.
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dyspnea
difficult breathing
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dysentery
infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces.
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dystrophy
a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away.
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Muscular dystrophy
includes many inherited diseases
that cause muscular weakness and deterioration.
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dysplasia
the presence of cells of an abnormal type within a tissue, which may signify a stage preceding the development of cancer.
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ectopic
in wrong place, out of place
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