Medical Terminology part 4 Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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penia
A
deficiency
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pexy
A
surgical fixation
3
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plasty
A
surgical repair
4
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scope
A
instrument for viewing
5
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stomy
A
creation of an artificial opening
6
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tomy
A
cutting into the organ area
7
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uria
A
urination, urine
8
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a, an
A
without, not
9
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anti
A
against
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bi
A
two, double
11
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brady
A
slow
12
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dys
A
bad, difficult, painful
13
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endo
A
within, inside
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epi
A
above
15
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eu
A
good, normal
16
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hemat/o
A
blood
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hemi
A
one half
18
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hyper
A
above normal, excessive, high
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hypo
A
below, beneath, low
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intra
A
inside, within
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mal
A
bad
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neo
A
new
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peri
A
around, surrounding
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poly
A
excessive, many
25
post
after
26
pre
before
27
sub
less than normal, below, underneath
28
supra
above
29
tachy
rapid
30
dyspnea
difficult breathing
31
nevus
birthmark or mole on the skin
32
peritoneum
membrane lining the abdominal cavity
33
examples of exocrine glands
sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate and mucous.
34
lumbar region
lower back
35
bursa
a small serous sac between a tendon and a bone.
36
substance use disorder
replaces drug abuse
37
person with substance use disorder
replaces addict
38
Adiposity-based chronic disease
obesity
39
ectomy
surgical removal
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hypotension
lower than normal blood pressure
