Medical terminology Quiz 1 Flashcards
(201 cards)
1
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a-, an-
A
no, not, without,
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Q
ab-
A
away from
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ad-
A
toward or near
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Q
abdomin/o
A
Abdomen
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Q
-ac, -al
A
pertaining to
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-an, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
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Q
aden/o
A
Gland
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Q
adip/o
A
fat
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-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
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Q
-algia
A
pain
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Q
ana-
A
up, apart, backward, again, anew
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Q
angi/o
A
vessel
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ante-
A
before
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anter/o
A
front
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anti-
A
against
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aort/o
A
aorta(larget artery)
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Q
append/o, appendic/o
A
appendix
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arter/o, arteri/o
A
artery
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Q
arthr/o
A
joint
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-ase
A
enzyme
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audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
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aut/o, aut-, -auto
A
self, own
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axill/o
A
armpit
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Bacter/I/o
A
bacteria
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bi-
two
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bil/i
bile or gall
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brachi/o
arm
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Brady-
slow
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bronch/o bronchi/o
bronchial tube
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bucc/o
cheek
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calc/o
calcium
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carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
33
cardio
heart
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-cele, coele
swelling, hernia
35
cell/u
cell level
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (brain)
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cervic/o
neck
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chol/e
bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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col/o colon/o
colon or large intestine
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comi/o
to care for
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contra-
against
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coron/o
heart
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cost/o
rib
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cran/i
skull
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cyan/o
blue
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cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
50
cyt/o -cyte
cell
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de-
lack of or less
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derm/o, derma, dermat/o
skin
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diaphor/o
sweat
54
dist/o
far or distant
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dors/o, dorsi
back of body
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
57
-eal
pertaining to
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-ectomy
removal, excision, resection
59
-emia
blood condition
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-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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end- end/o
in, within
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enter/o
intestines (usually the small one)
63
epi-
above, upon, on
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erythr/o
red
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erythem/o
flushed, redness
66
-esis
action, condition, state of
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ex-
out, away from
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gastr/o
stomach
69
-genesis
production, forming
70
-ger/i, geront/o
old age
71
gluc/o, glyc/o
glucose, sugar
72
-gram
record
73
-graphy
process of recording
74
hem/o, heat/o
blood
75
hemi-
half
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hepat/o
liver
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herni/o
hernia
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hydr/o
water
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hyper-
above, excessive, greater than normal
80
hypo-
deficient, below, less than normal
81
hyster/o
uterus, womb
82
-ia
condition
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-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior
pertaining to
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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ile/o
ileum
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inguin/o
groin
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inter-
between
88
intra-
within
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-ism
process, condition
90
-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflamation
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jaund/o
yellow
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jejun/o
jejunum
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kal/i
potassium
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ket/o
ketones, acetones
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kyph/o
hunch back
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lapar/o
abdominal walll
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later/o
side
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leuk/o
white
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lip/o
lipid, fat
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lob/o
lobe
102
-logy
study (process of)
103
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction
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mal-
bad
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mama/o mast/o
breast
106
medi/o
middle-
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-megaly
enlargement
108
melan/o
black
109
-ment/o
mind
110
my/o
muscle
111
narc/o
numbness, sleep
112
nas/o
nose
113
natr/o
sodium
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necr/o
death
115
nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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norm/o
rule, order
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nos/o
infection
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ocul/o, opthalm/o
eye
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opt/o optic/o
eye, vision
121
-oid
resembling, derived from
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olig/o
scant, slight
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-oma
tumor, mass, fluid collection
124
onc/o
tumor
125
oophor/o
ovary
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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oste/o
bone
128
ot/o
ear
129
-ous
pertaining to
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-oxia, -oxic
oxygen
131
pancreat/o
pancreas
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para-
near, beside, apart from, alongside of
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-paresis
weakness
134
path/o
disease
135
-pathy
disease, emotion
136
pector/o
chest
137
-penia
deficiency
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-phagia
eating, swallowing
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phas/o, phasia
speech
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phleb/o
vein
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-plasia
development
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia, -plegic
paralysis, palsy
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o pneumon/o
lung, air, gas
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post-, poster/o
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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proxi/o
near
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pseudo
false, fake
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pulmon/o
lung
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purul/o
pus
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quadri-
4
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rhino
nose
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-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhea
flow discharge
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sanguin/o
fluid- blood
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
process of visually examining with a scope
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-sect
to cut
161
seps/o
infection
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ser/o
fluid-serum, clear
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-sis
state of
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-spasm
sudden contraction of muscle
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-stasis
to stop, control, place
166
-static
pertaining to stopping, control
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-stenosis
tightening, narrowing
168
stern/o
sternum
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-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
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sub-
under, below
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supra-
above, upper
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syncop/o
faint
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tachy-
fast
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-tension, -tensive
pressure
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therm/o
heat
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thorac/o
chest
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-thorax
chest, pleural activity
178
thromb/o
clot
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thyriod/o
thyroid gland
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tomy
process of cutting
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-toxic
poison
183
trache/o
trachea
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trans-
across, through
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tri-
3
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-trophy
development, condition of
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umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
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uni-
1
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ur/o
urine
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ureter/o
ureter
191
urethr/o
urethra
192
-uria
urination, condition of urine
193
urin/o
urine
194
-us
structure, thing
195
uter/o
uterus, womb
196
vascul/o
vessel (blood)
197
ven/o ven/i
vein
198
ventr/o
abdominal side of the body
199
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
200
xer/o
dry
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-y
condition, process
