Pathology, Otorphinolaryngology, and Prefixes- Unit 5 Flashcards
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twisted chains or strips
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strepto
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growing in bunches like grapes (also used to represent the uvula)
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staphylo
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combining form used for words involving pus
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pyo
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combining form refers to tumors
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onco
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suffix meaning flow or discharge
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rrhea
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suffix meaning hemorrhage
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rrhagia
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suffix meaning suturing
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rrhaphy
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suffix meaning rupture
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rrhexia
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combining form for ear
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oto
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refers to left ear
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auris sinistra
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refers to right ear
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auris dextra
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refers to both ears
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auris uterque
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combining form for hearing
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audio
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combining from for voice or vocal sounds
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phono
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combining from for calculus or stone
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litho
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noun suffix meaning generating, producing, or forming
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genesis
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combining form for gall or bile
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chole
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suffix used to indicate a pathologic condition
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iasis
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used in words to show the opposite of slow
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tachy
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combining form means breathing
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pneo
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combining form for menstruation
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meno
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combining form means heat
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thermo
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used in words to mean small
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micro
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used in words to mean large
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macro
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combining form for finger or toe
dactlyo
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prefix meaning with or together
syn
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prefix meaning too much or too many
poly
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lack of development
agenesis
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chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol
alcoholism
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absence of menstruation
amenorrhea
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cessation of digestion
apepsia
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unable to speak
aphasia
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no voice, unable to make sounds
aphonia
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absence of breathing
apnea
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loss of rhythm
arrhythmia
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graphic record of hearing function
audiogram
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hearing specialist
audiologist
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science that studies hearing
audiology
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instrument to test hearing
audiometer
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process of testing hearing
audiometry
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rod-shaped bacterium
bacillus
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slow heart rate
bradycardia
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slow digestion
bradypepsia
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slow eating/swallowing
bradyphagia
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slow breathing
bradypnea
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calculi
small stones
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formation of cancer
carcinogenesis
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x-ray of the bile ducts
cholangiogram
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gallbladder
cholecyst
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inflammation of the gallbladder
cholecystitis
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x-ray of the gallbladder
cholecystogram
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process of obtaining x-ray of the gallbladder
cholecystography
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gallstone
chloelith
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infestation with gallstones
cholelithiasis
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sphere-shaped bacteria
coccus
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inflammation of the fingers and or toes
dactylitis
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fingerprint
dactylogram
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spasm of a digit
dactylospasm
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double bacillus
diplobacillus
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cocci growing in pairs
diplococci
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abnormal compulsion to drink
dipsomania
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condition characterized by difficulty reading and spelling
dyslexia
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painful menstruation
dysmenorrhea
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irregular rhythm
dysrrhythmia
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poor digestion
dyspepsia
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difficulty swallowing
dysphagia
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difficulty speaking, garbled speech
dysphasia
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difficulty making sounds with the voice
dysphonia
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difficulty breathing
dyspnea
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enlarged head due to fluid accumulation (congenital)
hydrocephalus
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abnormally high body temperature (synonym fever)
hyperthermia
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abnormally low body temperature
hypothermia
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instrument to measure stones
lithometer
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incision for the removal of stones
lithotomy
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abnormally large immature cell
macroblast
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large head size
macrocephalus
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enlarged lips
macrocheilia
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large coccus
macrococcus
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large cells
macrocyte
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abnormally large digits
macrodactylia
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enlarged tongue
macroglossia
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enlarged nose
macrorhinia
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abnormally small-sized heart
microcardia
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abnormally small head
microcephalus
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a small cyst
microcyst
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a small cell
microcyte
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one millionth of a gram
microgram
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surgery performed using a microscope or other magnifying device
microsurgery
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yeast infection
moniliasis
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tumor forming
oncogenesis
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pertaining to the ear
otic
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earache (synonym otalgia)
otodynia
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discharge from the ear
otorrhea
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instrument used to look into the ear
otoscope
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abnormal speech
paraphasia
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disease producing
pathogenic
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study of disease
pathology
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pertaining to the digestion
peptic
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science that studies speech
phasology
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pertaining to the voice
phonic
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science that studies the voice sounds
phonology
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condition of having more than five digits on hands or feet
polydactylism
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condition of excessive thirst
polydipsia
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symptoms before the onset of a disease
prodrome
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pus forming (adj.)
pyogenic
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flow or discharge of pus
pyorrhea
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pus in the chest cavity
pyothorax
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inflammation of the nose
rhinitis
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calculus in the nasal passages
rhinolith
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surgical repair of the nose
rhinoplasty
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runny nose
rhinorrhea
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excision of the uvula (synonym uvulectomy)
staphylectomy
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inflammation of the uvula (synonym uvulitis)
staphylitis
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bacteria growing in bunches (like grapes)
staphylococci
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surgical repair of the uvula
staphyloplasty
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bacillus growing in twisted chains
streptobacillus
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round bacteria growing in twisted chains
streptococci
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joints that are fused and immovable
synarthrosis
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fingers or toes that are fused (congenital)
syndactylism
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symptoms that occur together to characterize a disease
syndrome
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works together
synergistic
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fast heart rate
tachycardia
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fast eating
tachyphagia
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fast breathing
tachypnea
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pertaining to heat (synonym thermic)
thermal
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oversensitivity to heat (synonym thermoalgesia)
thermoesthesia
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generation of heat
thermogenesis
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abnormal fear of heat
thermophobia
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paralysis caused by a person being exposed to too high of a temperature (synonym heat stroke)
thermoplegia
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infestation with trichomonas
trichomoniasis
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excision of the eardrum
tympanectomy
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pertaining to the eardrum
tympanic
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distended with gas (abdomen)
tympanites
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process of measuring eardrum function
tympanometry
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incision into the eardrum (synonym myringotomy)
tympanotomy
