Med Terms. Ch 7 Flashcards
(67 cards)
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a-
A
without
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-al
A
pertaining to
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An-
A
without
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Anti-
A
against
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asbest
A
asbestos
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atel
A
incomplete
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-ation
A
state or action
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Brady-
A
slow
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Bronch, bronch/i
A
bronchus
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bronch/o
A
bronchi or bronchial tubes
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Capn
A
carbon dioxide
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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Coni
A
dust
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Cyan
A
blue
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Dys-
A
bad, painful, difficult
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-ectasis
A
stretching or enlargement
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal
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-emia
A
blood (presence in blood)
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Eu-
A
good
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Expector
A
to cough up
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fibros
A
fibrous connective tissue
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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hem/o
A
blood
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hyp-
A
deficient
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hyper
excessive
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hypo-
decreased
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-ia
abnormal condition
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-itis
inflammation
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-ive
performs
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larygn/o
larynx
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Lob
lobe
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-meter
to measure
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Nas, nas/o
nose
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-ologist
specialist
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Or/o
mouth
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-osis
abnormal condition or disease
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-ostomy
surgically creating an opening
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Ot/o
ear
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-otomy
surgical incision
40
Ox
oxygen
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Para-
near
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-pharynx
throat
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Phon
sound
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o
air or lung
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pneum/o
lung
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pneumon
lung
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Poly-
many
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-ptysis
spitting
51
Pulmon
lung
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Rhin
nose
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-rrhagia
bleeding
54
-rrhea
abnormal discharge
55
-scopy
direct visual examination
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sept/o
septum
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silic
glass
58
sinus
sinus
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somn/o
sleep
60
-spasm
involuntary contraction
61
spir/o
to breathe
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Tachy-
rapid
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Thor/a
thorax or chest
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-thorax
chest
65
trache/o
trachea
66
tuss
cough
67
-ventilation
breathing
