Medical Terms Flashcards by Israel Cozar

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Eponyms

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Terms named after the people who invented the technique or discovered a disease

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Ademó

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Gland

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Arthritis

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Inflammation of the joint

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Artho

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Joint

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Arthrodesis

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Surgical procedure to fuse joints together

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Arthroscopy

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Visual examination of the joint space

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Bactericide

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Substance that kills bacteria

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Carcin/o

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Megaly

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Cardio

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Heart

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Cardiology

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Study of heart

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Cardiomegaly

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Enlargement of the heart

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Centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove excessive fluid

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Cerebr/o

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Largest part of brain/cerebrum

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Chiroplasty

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Surgical repair of the hand

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Choke-

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Bile

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Cide

A

Kill

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Colo

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Colon

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Combining vowel

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A vowel, typically an “o” used to ease pronunciation

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Costo

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Rib

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Cyst

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Fluid filled sac

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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Cyto

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Cell

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Derma

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Skin

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Ectomy

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Surgical removal of

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Electro

Electrical activity

Endo

Inside

Enter/o

Intestines

Epi

Upon

Erythrocyte

Red blood cells

Extra

Outside

Fibroadenoma

Lump in breast containing fibrous and glandular tissue

Gastro

Stomach

Gram

Recording/ written record of

Gynec

Woman/ female

Hemat

Blood

Hemorrhage

Excessive/ uncontrollable bleeding

Hermostat

Instrument used to control bleeding

Hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver

Hyper

Above

Hyper

Below

Hyster

Uterus

Inter

Between

Itis

Inflammation

Lapar

Abdomen

Laryng/o

Larynx (voice box)

Leuko

White

Lipo

Fat

Litho

Stone

Lithotripsy

Crushing of stones with laser

Mast

Breast

-megaly

Enlargement

Myo

Muscles

Myocardium

Heart muscle

Nehros

Kidney

Neo-

New

Ology

Study of

-oma

Tumor

Oopher

Ovary

Osteo

Bone

-otomy

Incision into an organ

-pathyl

Disease

Peri

Around

-plasty

Surgical repair

Post-

After

Prefix

At the beginning of medical term

Proctitis

Inflammation of the rectum

Rhino

Nose

Root word

Typically a body part; provides meaning to the world

-rrhage

Flowing/flow

Scope

Viewing instrument

Stoma

Opening

Suffix

At the end of a medical term

Supra

Above

-tome

Cutting instrument

Tonsillitis

Inflammation of the tonsils

Chloe/o

Green

Cyan/o

Blue

Erythr/o

Red

Leuk/o

White

Melan/o

Black, dark

Xanth/o

Yellow