Medical Terminology Flashcards by Alex Haney

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Tachycardia

A

Rapid (tachy) heartbeat (cardia)

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Hypertension

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High (hyper) blood pressure (tension)

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Hypotension

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Low (hypo) blood pressure (tension)

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Bradycardia

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Slow (brady) heart rate (cardia)

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Bradypnea

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Slow (Brady) breathing (pnea)

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Dyspnea

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Difficulty (dys) breathing (pnea)

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Nocturia

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Night time (noct) urinating (uria)

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Arthritis

A

Inflammation (itis) of the joints (arth)

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Phlebitis

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Inflammation (itis) of the veins (phleb)

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Tracheotomy

A

Cutting into (otomy) the trachea (trache)

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Apnea

A

Absence (a) of breathing (pnea)

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Orthopnea

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Breathing (pnea) sitting up (ortho)

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Hematuria

A

Blood (hema) in the urine (uria)

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Mastectomy

A

Removal (ectomy) of the breast (mast)

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Colonoscopy

A

Inspection with a scope (scopy) of the colon (colon)

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Craniotomy

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Cutting into (otomy) the cranium/skull (crani)

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Dermatitis

A

Inflammation (itis) of the skin (derma)

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Laparotomy

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Cutting into (otomy) the abdomen (lapa)

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Hemiplegia

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Half (hemi) paralyzed (plegia)

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Thoracotomy

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Cutting into (otomy) the chest (thora)

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Bronchitis

A

Inflammation (itis) of the bronchus (bronch)

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Hepatomegaly

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Enlargement of the liver

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Cholycystectomy

A

Removal (ectomy) of the gallbladder (cholycyst)

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Intravenous

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Into (intra) the vein (venous)

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-plasty

Surgical repair or reshaping

-logy

study of

-ostomy

surgical opening

Colostomy

Surgical opening (ostomy) to the colon (colo)

Arth(o)

joint

bronch(o)

bronchus (plural bronchi)

crani(o)

skull

gastr(o)

stomach

hem(a)

blood

hepat(o)

liver

hyster(o)

uterus

mast(o)

breast

myel(o)

spinal cord or bone marrow

phleb(o)

vein

pnea

breathing, respiration

pulm(o)

lung

-ectomy

excision of, removal

-ism

condition of

-itis

inflammation of

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhea

profuse flow, discharge

-scopy

examination with a scope

-otomy

incision, cutting into

-uria

condition of the urine

a-, an-

without, absence of

brady-

slow

dys-

difficult, abnormal

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, high, too much

hypo-

under, less than normal, decreased

intra-

into, within

meg-

large

olig-

small, scant

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

supra-

above, over

tachy-

fast, rapid

trans-

across