Medical Terminology 1 Flashcards
(90 cards)
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-al, -ac, -an, -ar, -ary
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pertaining to
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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cision
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process of cutting
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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excision (removal); process of cutting
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis, -poiesis
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producing, forming
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-genic
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produced by
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-globin
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protein
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-gram
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record
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excess flow
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-scope
instrument to view/examine
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-stasis, -stat
control, stop, place, stand
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-stomy
opening
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-tomy
incision
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-uria
urine condition
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a-, an-
no, not , w/o
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ab-
away from
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ad-
towards, near
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ana-
up, apart
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ante
before, forward
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anti
against
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bi
two
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brady
slow
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con
with, together
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dia
complete, thorough
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dys
bad, painful, difficult
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ec
outside
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endo
within, inner
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epi
above, upon
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ex
out
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extra
outside of
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hemi
half
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hyper
excessive
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hypo
deficient
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in
in, into
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inter
between
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intra
within
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mal
bad
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meta
beyond, change
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neo
new
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para
beside, near
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peri
surrounding
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poly
many, much
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post
after, behind
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pre
before
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pro, pros
before, forward
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re
back, behind
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retro
back, behind
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sub
under
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syn
with, together
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tachy
fast
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trans
across, through
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tri
three
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uni
one, single
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anterior/ventral
front of the body
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posterior/dorsal
back of the body
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lateral
to the side, relative to the middle
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medial
middle
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distal
positionally further away
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proximal
positionally closer
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superior
orients in reference to the vertical axis of the body, vertically higher
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inferior
orients in reference to the vertical axis of the body, things that are lower vertically
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flexion
bending movement around a joint in a limb (knee/elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint
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extension
opposite of flexion, increases angle around the joint
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auscultation
listening to sounds produced by the body w/ a stethoscope
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palpation
physical touch to assess: texture, temp, moisture, organ location and size, swelling, vibration/pulsation, rigidity/spasticity, crepitation, presence of lumps/masses, tenderness, pain
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inspection
close, careful scrutiny of the person as a whole, followed by scrutiny of each body system
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somnolence
not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated
| Can be aroused but thinking seems slow, loses train of thought
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obtunded
difficult to arouse, confused when aroused, speech may be mumbled/incoherent
requires constant stimulation for cooperation
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stupor
unconscious w/ some responses to pain/vigorous shaking, groans and mumbles, reflex response, reflex activity maintained
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comatose
completely unconscious, doesn't respond to pain or any stimulation
deep coma has no reflex response
light coma has maintained some reflex response
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delirium
state of dulled cognition, impaired alertness, inattentive, unable to have coherent conversation, impaired memory, may be easily agitated
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iatrogenic
an adverse event caused by medical/surgical treatment
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nosocomial
originating in a hospital
