The Language of Medicine Flashcards
(139 cards)
1
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arthr/o
A
Joint
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Carcin/o
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Cancer,cancerous
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Cephal/o
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Head
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Crin/o
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To secrete (to form and give off)
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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Cis/o
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To cut
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Cyst/o
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Urinary bladder, a sac or cyst (containing fluid)
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Cyt/o
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Cell
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Encephal/o
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Brain
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Erythr/o
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Red blood cell
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Enter/o
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Intestines (usually the small Intestines)
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derm/ or dermat/o
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skin
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glyc/o
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Sugar
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gnos/o
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Knowledge
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gynec/o
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Female,Woman
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Hemat/o
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Blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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iatr/o
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treatment,physician
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leuk/o
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White
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log/o
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Study of
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Nephr/o
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Kidney
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Onc/o
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Tumor (cancerous)
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Ophthalm/o
Eye
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Oste/o
Bone
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Path/o
Disease
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Ped/o
Child
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rhin/o
Nose
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Sarc/o
Flesh
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Radi/o
X-rays
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Psych/o
Mind
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sect/o
To cut
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Thromb/o
Clot,clotting
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Ur/o
Urinary tract,urine
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-ac
Pertaining to
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-al
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-ectomy
Excision,removal
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-emia
Blood condition
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-genic
Pertaining to producing,produced by or produced in
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globin
Protein
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-gram
Record
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-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
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-ion
Process
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-ist
Specialist
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-itis
Inflammation
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-logy
Process of study
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-oma
Tumor,mass, swelling
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-opsy
Process of viewing
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase numbers when used with blood cells)
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-pathy
Disease condition
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-scope
Instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
process of visual examination
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-sis
State of; condition
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-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
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-y
Process, condition
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a-, an-
no,not, without
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aut-,auto
Self, own
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dia-
Complete, through
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Endo
Within
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epi-
above, upon
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ex-, exo-
Out, outside of, outward
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Hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
Deficient,below, under, less
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in-
Into
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peri-
Surrounding, around
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pro-
Before
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re-
Backward, back, again
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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
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trans-
across, through
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hist/o
tissue
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Dors/o
back
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ventr/o
belly
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abdomin/o
abdomen: region below the chest containing internal organs (liver,Intestines, stomach, and gallbladder)
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adip/o
fat or lipid
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anter/o
front
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cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue) chondroma: this is a benign of tumor
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chrom/o
color (chromosomes) absorbs the color of dyes used to stain the cell.
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coccyg/o
coccyx(tailbone) coccygeal.
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crani/o
skull (craniotomy)
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dist/o
far,distant (distal)
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kary/o
nucleus
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inguin/o
groin (inguinal)
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later/o
side; lateral
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lumb/o
lower back
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medi/o
middle (medial)
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nucle/o
nucleus, nucleic
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sacr/o
sacrum, sacral
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proxim/o
nearest, proximal
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spin/o
spine,backbone
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thel/o, theli/o
nipple epithelial cell
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thorac/o
chest, thoracic (thoracotomy
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trache/o
trachea,windpipe (tracheal)
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umbilic/o
nevel, umbilicus. (umbilical)
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viscer/o
internal organs. (visceral)
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ventr/o
belly side of the body. (Ventral)
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-eal
pertaining to
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-iac
pertaining to
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-ior
pertaining to (bodies )
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-ism
process,condition (type)
means: picture,classification
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acu/o
sharp,severe,sudden
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angi/o
vessel
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arteri/o
artery
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axill/o
armpit
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blephar/o
eyelid
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bronch/o
bronchial tubes
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
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mamm/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
death ( of cell or whole body)
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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opi/o
opium
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ot/o
eye
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to cell wall)
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-cele eg. rectocele, cystocele.
hernia
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-centesis
means puncture; to remove fluid
Terminology; thoracentesia
shortened from thoracocentesis
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-coccus
-cocci (plural)
berry- shaped bacterium.
bacteria (plural)
Terminologies: streptococcus
straphylococci
(stah-fih-lo-KOK-si)
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-dynia
pain.
Terms; pleurodynia: pain in the chest wall muscle that is aggravated by breathing.
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation.
term: hemolysis (normal breakdown of the red blood cells)
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-malacia
softening
terms: osteomalacia
chondromalacia
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-megaly
enlargement
Term: acromegaly, splenomegaly
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-penia
deficiency
Terms: erythropenia, neutropenia
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
Term: achondroplasia (an inherited disorder or can be a result of mutation ( change) in specific gene. Bones of the arm and leg do not grow to normal size because of the defect in cartilage and bone formation.
Results to Dwarfism.
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-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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hypertrophy
Cells increase in size, not number. Muscles of weight lifters often hypertrophy
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atrophy
Cells decrease in size. Muscles atrophy when immobilized in a cast and not in use.
