Med Term- Module 2 Flashcards
(149 cards)
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
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gland
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agor/o
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marketplace
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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carcin/o
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cancer
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen/ abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lymph/o
lymph
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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path/o
disease
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)
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pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/o
lungs
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
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strept/o
twisted chains
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
vein
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-algia
pain
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
cell
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-dynia
pain
65
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
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-genesis
condition of producing, forming
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-emia
blood condition
68
-genic
producing, forming
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-gram
record
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-itis
inflammation
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
to view
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease condition
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-penia
deficiency
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-phobia
fear
83
-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
dropping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow; discharge
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
process of visual examination (within an endoscope)
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-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
treatment
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-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-ist
specialist
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
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-um, -ium
structure, tissue
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-y
condition, process
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-ac, -iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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--ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
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cystocele
part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall
113
hernia
protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it
114
hiatal hernia
when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm
115
inguinal hernia
when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male
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omphalocele
herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth
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amniocentesis
puncture with a needle to withdraw fluid from within the amniotic sac
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abscess
collection of pus, white blood cells, and protein that is present at the site of an infection
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diplococci
berry shaped bacteria organized in pairs
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-us
structure, substance
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gonococci
seed bacteria
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pneumococci
lung bacteria
123
staphylococci
berry shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters
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streptococcus
berry shaped bacteria that grow in twisted chains
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basophils
granules stain blue with basic stain
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eosinophils
granules stain red with acidic stain
127
erythrocytes
red blood cells
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granulocytes
contain dark-staining granules in their cytoplasm and have a multilobed nucleus
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hemoglobin
an important protein in erythrocytes, carries oxygen through the bloodstream
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leukocytes
white blood cells
131
lymphocytes
lymph cells
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macrophages
large phagocytes
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monocytes
containing one very large nucleus
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mononuclear leukocytes
cells that have one large nucleus and only a few granules in their cytoplasm
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neutrophils
granules stain a pale purple with a neutral stain
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phagocytes
cells engulfing and digesting bacteria like circulating pac men
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platelets
clotting cells
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polymorphonuclear
multilobed nucleus with many shapes
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thrombocytes
clotting cells
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anemia
condition marked by reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood
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ischemia
condition of holding back blood from an organ or tissue
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ischemic
pertaining to ischemia
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tonsillectomy
removal of the tonsils
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tonsillitis
inflammation if the tonsils
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acromegaly
an endocrine disorder
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pituitary gland
an endocrine gland at the base of the brain
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spleen
organ in the left upper hand quadrant of the abdomen that destroys worn-out red blood cells, activates lymphocytes, and stores blood
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splenectomy
removal of the spleen
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achondroplasia
inherited disorder in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size
