med terms Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
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greek origin
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disease
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latin origin
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body organs
3
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prefix
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beginning of the word
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Q
root
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foundation of the word
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Q
suffix
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ending of the word
6
Q
which part are descriptors?
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prefix and suffix
7
Q
who is the “father of medicine”
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Hippocrates
8
Q
T/F: All medical terms have one or more roots
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True
9
Q
Combining form is made up of
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root and combining vowel
10
Q
bone
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oste/o
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Q
muscle
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myo or sarco
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Q
nerves
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neuro
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skin
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derm
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blood vessels
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angi/o
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veins
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ven/o or phleb/o
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Q
heart
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cardio
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Q
nose
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rhino
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eardrum
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tympan
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kidney
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neph
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skull
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crani
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Q
eye
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opthalm or oculo
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blood clot
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thromb/o
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ear
A
oto
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liver
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hepato
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breast
mamm/o
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large intestine
colo
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stomach
gastro
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small intestine
ileo
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chest
thorac/o
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lung
pneumo or pleuro
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macro
large
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micro
small
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megalo- or -megaly
large/ enlarged
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hyper-
high/ elevated/ above
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hypo-
low/ reduced/ below
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tachy-
fast/ rapid
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brady-
slow/ reduced
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chloro-
green
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leuk-
white
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eryth-
red
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cyan-
blue
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endo- or intra-
within
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inter-
between
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extra-
outside
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peri-
around
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trans-
across
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echo-
using ultrasonic waves
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electro-
using electricity
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-ectomy
removal of
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-gram
record
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-graph/y
process of making an image
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-otomy
making a cut in
| incision
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-scopy
using an instrument for viewing
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-stomy
create an opening
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dys-
not working properly
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mal-
bad
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-emia
blood condition
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-itis
inflammation
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-osis
condition or disease
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-pathy
disease
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-aden/o (r)
gland
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endo
within
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exo
outside
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crin/o
secrete
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-ic
pertaining to
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hypo-
under
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-gram
record
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electro-
electricity
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encephal/o
brain
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erythr/o
red blood
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-ectomy
excision
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-tomy
incision
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gnos/o
knowledge
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dia-
complete
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-sis
state of
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gynec/o
women diseases
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hemat/o
blood
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oma
tumor/ collection for blood
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hepat/o
liver
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iatr/o
treatment
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-genic
pertaining to producing
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leuk/o
white
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nephr/o
kidnneys
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor
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-ist
one who specializes in a field of medicine
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-scope
an instrument for visual examination
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opthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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arthr/o
joint
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path/o
disease
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ic-
pertaining to
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ped/o
children
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iatr-
treatment
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
x-rays
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ren/o
kidneys
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sarc/o
flesh
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-al
pertaining to
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sect/o
to cut
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-ion
pertaining to
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carcin/o
cancer
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re-
back
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-itis
inflammation
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enter/o
intestine
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colon
large intestine
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-logy
study of
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-opsy
process of viewing
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nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
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phleb/o
vein
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-cytosis
condition of cells
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thromb/o
clot
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-emia
blood condition (abnormal)
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my/o
muscle
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lith/o
stone
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if it has an "o" it can't be a
prefix
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costo
rib
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ase
enzyme
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oid
like
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start reading from which component
suffix
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Antigen
marker that tells your immune system whether something in your body is harmful or not.
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Antibody
a protein produced by the body’s immune systems when it detects harmful substances (antigens)
