Medical Terminology Flashcards by Sam S

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Cardi

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Heart

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Hepat

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Liver

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Nephr

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Kidney

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Neur

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Nerves

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Psych

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Mind

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Thorac

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Chest

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Hyper

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Over, excessive, high

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Hypo

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Under, below normal

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Tachy

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Fast

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Brady

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Slow

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Pre

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Before

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Post

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After

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pertaining to pain

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal of

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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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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-logist

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Specialist

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-meter

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Measuring instrument

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-oma

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Tumor

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-pathy

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Disease

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Anterior (ventral)

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Front surface of body

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Posterior (dorsal)

Back surface of body

Right

Patients right

Left

Patients left

Superior

Closest to head

Inferior

Closest to feet

Proximal

Closest to point of attatchment

Distal

Farthest from point of attatchment

Flexion

Decreasing angle of joint

Extension

Increasing angle of joint

Adduction

Motion towards the midline

Abduction

Motion away from midline

Bilateral

Both sides of midline

Unilateral

One side of midline

Fowler position

Inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised

Supine position

Lying face up

Prone position

Lying face down

Recovery position

Side-lying position used to maintain clear airway in unresponsive patients

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Alges/o

Pain

Angi/o

Vessel

Arter/o, arteri/o

Artery

Arthr/o

Joint

Brachi/o

Arm

Bronch/o

Airway, bronchus

Carcin/o

Cancer

Cephal/o

Brain

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Chron/o

Time

Col/o

Colon

Cost/o

Rib

Cutane/o

Skin

Encephal/o

Brain

Enter/o

Intestine

Gastr/o

Stomach

Gluc/o, glyc/o

Sugar

Gravid/o

Pregnancy

Hem/a, hem/o

Blood

Hydr/o

Water, fluid

Lingu/o

Tongue

Mamm/o, mast/o

Breast

My/o

Muscle

Naso

Nose

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Oro

Mouth

Oset/o

Bone

Ot/o

Ear

Path/o

Disease

Ped/o

Child or Foot

Pharyng/o

Throat

Phleb/o

Vein

Physi/o

Nature

Pneumon/o, pulmon/o

lungs

Pyr/o

Fever, heat

Ren/o

Kidney

Therm/o

Heat

Thromb/o

Clot

Vas/o, vascul/o

Vessel

Ven/o

Vein

a-, an-

Without, lack of

ect(o)-

Out, outside

end(o)-

Within

iso-

Equal

mal-

Bad or abnormal

olig(o)-

Little, deficient

pan-

All, entire

-asthenia

Weakenss

-cycle

Cell

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Pertaining to presence of a substance in the blood

-genic

Causing

-ia

Condition of

-pnea

Pertaining to breathing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge