medical terminology ch1 Flashcards
(134 cards)
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A- or An-
A
without or no
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Atraumatic
A
without injry
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Traumatic
A
Pertaining to injury
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uria
A
Urination
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Dys-
A
difficult, painful, bad
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Ab-
A
Away from
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Emetic
A
pertaining to vomiting
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Dysphagia
A
difficulty eating or swallowing
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Endo-
A
within or inside
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Endocrine
A
Secrete internally
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Endoparasite
A
organism lives within the body of a host
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Hyper-
A
elevated, higher, more than normal
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Hyperglycemia
A
elevated blood glucose
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Inter-
A
between
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intercostal
A
between the ribs
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Poly-
A
many or excessive
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Pre-
A
before
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Preanesthetic
A
before anesthesia
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Sub-
A
below, under, or less
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sublingual
A
under the tongue
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Anuria
A
absence of urine
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Ad-
A
toward
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Adduction
A
moves toward the midline
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Anti-
A
against
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antiemetics
works against or prevents vomiting
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Eu-
good, easy, normal
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Euthyroid
normally functioning thyroid gland
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Ex- or exo-
without, out of, outside, or away from
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exocrine
secrete externally (via a duct)
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Ecto-
outside
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Ectoparasite
organism that lives on the outside of a parasite
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Hypo-
Depressed, lower, less than normal
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Hypoglycemia
depressed amount of blood glucose
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Intra-
within
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intramuscular
within the muscle
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Oligo-
scant or little
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oliguria
Scant amount or frequency of urination
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Post-
After
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postanesthetic
after anesthetic
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Super-, Supra-
above, beyond, excessive
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Supernumerary
more than regular number
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Suprascapular
above the shoulder blade
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Peri-
around
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Epi-
upper
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Extra-
outside
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Infra-
below or underneath
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meta-
beyond
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per-
throughout
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trans-
across
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ultra-
above, increased, more than normal
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arthroscope
instrument used to visually examine a joint
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gastr/o-
stomach
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enter/o-
small intestine
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pan-
all
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leuk/o-
white
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-penia
deficiency or reduction in number
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Panoleukemia
deficiency of all types of white blood cells
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-tomy
cutting into or incision
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-stomy
surgically created openning
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-ectomy
surgical removal or excision
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Gastrotomy
incision into the stomach
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Gastrostomy
surgically created opening between stomach and body surface
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Gastrectomy
surgical removal of stomach
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cardiac
pertaining to the heart
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renal
p.t. kidney
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ovarian
p.t. overy
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lumbar
p.t. loin, lower back
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alimentary
p.t. gastrointestinal tract
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laryngeal
p.t. larynx
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enteric
p.t. intestines
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uterine
p.t. uterus
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cutaneous
p.t. skin
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nephrotic
p.t. kidneys
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mastectomy
surgical removal of breast or mammary glands
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-pexy
suture to stabilize
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gastropexy
suture to stabilize stomach to abdominal wall
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-plasty
surgical repair
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rhinoplasty
surgical repair of nose
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colostomy
surgically created opening btwn colon and body surface
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laparotomy
incision into abdomen
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
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cystocentesis
surgical puncture of bladder to remove fluid (urine)
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-gram
record of
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-graph
instrument that records
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-graphy
procedure that records
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electrocardiograph
machine that records electrical activity of heart
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electrocardiography
procedure that records electrical activity of heart
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-lysis
separation of breakdown
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urinalysis
separation of urine into its constituents
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
procedure to visually examine
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endoscopy
procedure to visually examine inside the body
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-therapy
treatment
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endoscope
instrument to examine inside the body
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-rrhagia or -rrhage
bursting forth
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hemorrhage
bursting forth blood from vessels
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-rrhaphy
to suture
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enterorrhaphy
suturing of intestines
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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diarrhea
complete discharge of the bowels
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-rrhexis
rupture
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myorrhexis
rupture of muscle-
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-algia and -dynia
pain
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-itis
inflammation
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hepatitis
inflammation of the liver
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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osteomalacia
abnormal softening of the bone
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arthralgia and arthrodynia
joint pain
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-megaly
enlargement
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cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
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-osis
abnormal condition
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cardiosis
abnormal condition of the heart
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-pathy
disease
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enteropathy
disease of small intestines
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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arteriosclerosis
abnormal hardening of arteries
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-um
structure
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pericardium
structure surrounding the heart
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cyanosis vs cyanotic
(noun) condition of blue discoloring vs pertaining to (adj)
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anemia vs anemic
(noun) deficient red blood cells and/or hemoglobin vs pertaining to (adj)
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mucus vs mucous
(noun)slimelike substance composed of glandular secretion, salts, cells, and leukoctyes vs pertaining to (adj)
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illium vs illiac
(noun) part of the hip vs pertaining to (adj)
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condyle vs condylar
(noun) rounded projection on a bone vs pertaining to it (adj)
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carpus vs carpal
noun meaning joint btwn radius and ulna and metacarpal bones vs adj pertaining to
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hematoma
mass or collection of blood
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hepatoma
liver mass
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ileum
distal part of small intestines (e- eating)
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ilium
part of pelvic bone (i)
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myel/o
spinal cord and bone marrow
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urethra
Takes urine from bladder to outside of body
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ureters
collects urine from kidney and transport to bladder
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Pertaining to suffixes (10)
-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ine/-ous/-tic
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ovari/o-
ovary
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hysteri/o
uterus
