Medical Term Flashcards by ebony barber | Brainscape

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Suffix “pexy” means

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Fixation, to put in place

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Suffix “lysis” means

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Breakdown, destruction

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Prefix “para” means

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Surrounding

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The medical term for the chest is

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Thorax

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The suffix “malacia” refers to

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Softening

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Air in the pleural cavity is

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Pneumothorax

A Collapse lung

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The term cephalalgia means

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Headache

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The term pharmacodynamics means

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Interaction between drugs and target cells

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Hemostasis means to

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Arrest (stop) blood flow

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