medical terms Flashcards
(73 cards)
1
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cry/o
A
cold
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cutane/o
A
skin
3
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derm/o or dermat/o
A
skin
4
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diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
5
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
6
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itchy/o
A
scaly
7
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kerat/o
A
hard
8
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lip/o
A
fat
9
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melan/o
A
black
10
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myc/o
A
fungus
11
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necr/o
A
death
12
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pil/o
A
hair
13
Q
py/o
A
pus
14
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rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
15
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seb/o
A
oil
16
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ungu/o
A
nail
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xer/o
A
dry
18
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-algia
A
pain
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-cele
A
hernia/protrusion
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-cise
A
cut
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-cyte
A
cell
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-dynia
A
pain
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ectasis
A
dilation (ex: brochiextasis - dilated bronchi)
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-gen
A
that which produces (ex: mutagen produces mutations)
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-genesis
produces, generates
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-genic
produces, produced by (carcinogenic - producing cancer)
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-ia
state, condition (ex: hemiplegia - condition of being half paralyzed)
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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-ism
state of
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-itis
inflammation
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-lysis
destruction
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oma
tumor, mass
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
disease
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-plasia
development, growth
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-plasm
formation, development
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-ptosis
drooping (ex: proctoptosis - drooping rectum)
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-rrhage
excessive, abnormal flow
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-stenosis
narrowing
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trophy
nourishment, development
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a-
without, away from
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an-
without
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ante-
before, in front of
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anti-
against
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auto-
self
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brady-
slow
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dys-
paintful, difficult
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endo-
within, inner
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epi-
upon, over
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eu-
normal, good
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homo-
same
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inter-
among, between
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intra-
within, inside
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para-
beyond, beside, near (ex: paranasal - near or alongside the nose)
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per-
through (ex: percutaneous - through the skin)
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peri-
around (ex: pericardial - around the heart)
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supra-
above (ex: suprapubic - above the pubic door)
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tachy-
rapid, fast
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trans-
through, across (ex: transurethral - through the urethra)
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if the word ends in a, make it plural by
keeping the a adding an e (ex: vertebra --> vertebrae)
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if the word ends in ax, make it plural by
drop the x add ces (ex: thorax --> thoraces)
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make -ex plural
drop -ex and add ices
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make -ix plural
drop -x and add -ces
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make -is plural
-es
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-on plural
drop -on add -a
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-us plural
drop -us add -i
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-x plural
drop -x add -ges
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-nx plural
-ges
