Med term- Module 4 Flashcards
1
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carp/o
A
wrist bones
2
Q
cis/o
A
cut
3
Q
cost/o
A
rib
4
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cutane/o
A
skin
5
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
6
Q
duct/o
A
lead, carry
7
Q
flex/o
A
bend
8
Q
furc/o
A
branching
9
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
10
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
11
Q
imunn/o
A
protection
12
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
13
Q
mort/o
A
death
14
Q
nat/i
A
birth
15
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norm/o
A
rule, order
16
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
17
Q
pub/o
A
pubis
18
Q
seps/o
A
infection
19
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
20
Q
son/o
A
sound
21
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tens/o
A
force, strain, stretch
22
Q
the/o
A
put, place
23
Q
thel/o, theli/o
A
nipple
24
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland; shield
25
top/o
place, position, location
26
tox/o
poison
27
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
28
urethr/o
urethra
29
-drome
run
30
-fusion
coming together; to pour
31
-gen
substance that produces
32
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
33
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
34
-meter
measure
35
-mission
send
36
-or
one who
37
-oxia
oxygen
38
-partum
birth, labor
39
-partum
birth, labor
40
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling
41
-physis
grow
42
-plasia
development, formation, growth
43
-plasm
structure or formation
44
-pnea
breathing
45
-ptom
happening, occurrence
46
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
47
-rrhea
flow, discharge
48
-stasis
stopping, controlling
49
-trophy
development, nourishment
50
-trophy
development, nourishment
51
ad-
toward
52
ana-
up, apart
53
ante-
before, forward
54
anti-
against
55
auto-
self, own
56
bi-
two
57
brady-
slow
58
cata-
down
59
con-
with , together
60
contra-
against, opposite
61
de-
down, lack of
62
dia-
through, complete
63
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
64
ec-
outside, out
65
ec-
outside, out
66
endo-
in, within
67
epi-
upon, on, above
68
epi-
upon, on, above
69
eu-
good, normal
70
ex-
out, outside
71
hemi-
half
72
hyper
excessive, above
73
hypo-
deficient, under
74
in-
not
75
in-
into, within
76
infra-
beneath, under
77
inter-
between
78
intra-
in. within, into
79
macro-
large
80
mal-
bad
81
meta-
beyond, change
82
micro-
small
83
neo-
new
84
pan-
all
85
para-
abnormal, beside, near
86
per-
through
87
peri-
surrounding
88
poly-
many, much
89
post-
after, behind
90
pre-
before, in front of
91
pro-
before, forward
92
pros-
before, forward
93
re-
back again
94
retro-
behind, backward
95
sub-
under
96
supra-
above, upper
97
syn-, sym-
together, with
98
tachy-
fast
99
trans-
across, through
100
ultra-
beyond, excess
101
uni-
one
102
antibodies
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens
103
antigen
a foreign substance
104
bilirubin
a chemical pigment
105
hemolytic disease of the newborn
when antibodies attack and destroy the embryo's RH+ RBCs
106
adrenal glands
endocrine glands above the kidney
107
antibiotic
chemical substance that has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms in the body
108
erythroblastosis fetalis
hemolytic disease of the newborn caused by a blood group incompatibility between the mother and fetus
109
jaundice
yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood
110
RH condition
a condition where antibodies in a pregnant woman's blood destroy her baby's blood cells
111
autoimmune
disease caused by antibodies or lymphocytes produced against substances naturally in the body
112
congenital anomaly
abnormality present at birth
113
contralateral
affecting the opposite side of a part of the body
114
ipsilateral
beginning to or occurring on the same side of the body
115
dialysis
separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when the kidneys no longer function
116
ectopic pregnancy
pregnancy that is out of place
117
parathyroid glands
four endocrine glands on the posterior side of the thyroid gland
118
parathyroid hormone
secreted by the parathyroid glands; increases blood calcium
119
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
120
prolapses
sliding forward or downward
121
polymerase chain reaction
a lab technique used to amplify DNA sequences
122
recombinant DNA
insertion of a gene from one organism into the DNA of another
123
syndrome
signs and symptoms that occur together indicating a particular condition or disorder
124
parasitism
the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism
125
symbiosis
close interaction between two organisms living in close association
126
symphysis
bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage
127
transurethral
pertaining to across or through the urethra
128
echocardiograms
sound waves used to image the structure of the heart
129
sonogram
image of sound waves as they bounce off of organs in the body
130
ultrasonography
use of high-frequency sound waves to produce a record or picture of an organ or tissue
