Unit 1, Indroduction To Medterms Flashcards
(89 cards)
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Away from
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Ab-
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Abdomen
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Abdomin/o
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Toward, in the direction of
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Ad-
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Pain, suffering (a)
A
-algia
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Appendix
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append/o
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Artery
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arteri/o
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Joint
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arthr/o
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Plaque, fatty substance
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ather/o
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Heart
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Cardi/o
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-centesis
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Blue discoloration
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cyan/o
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Cell
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-cyte
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Pain (d)
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-dynia
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Bad, difficult, or painful
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Dys-
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Surgical removal, cutting out
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-ectomy
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Within, inside
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Endo-
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Red color
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Erythr/o
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Good, normal, well, or easy
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Eu-
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Stomach, belly
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Gastr/o
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Old age, elderly people
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Geront/o
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Picture or record
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-gram
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Process of producing a picture or record
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-graphy
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Blood, relating to blood
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Hem/o
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Liver
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Hepat/o
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Excessive, increased
Hyper-
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Deficient, decreased
Hypo-
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Means between, or among
Inter-
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Within or inside
Intra-
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Inflammation
-itis
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Larynx, throat
Laryng/o
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White color
Leuk/o
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Abnormal softening
-malacia
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Enlargement
-megaly
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Black color
Melan/o
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Spinal cord
Myel/o
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Fungus
Myc/o
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Muscle
My/o
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Birth
Nat-
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Tissue death
-necrosis
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New or strange
Neo-
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Nerve or nerve tissue
Neur/o
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Specialist
-ologist
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Study or science of
-ology
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Abnormal condition, disease
-osis
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Bone
Oste/o
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The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-ostomy
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Ear or hearing
Ot/o
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Cutting, surgical incision
-otomy
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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-pathy
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Surrounding
Peri-
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Surgical repair
-Plasty
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Gray color
Poli/o
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After, behind
Post-
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Before
Pre-
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Renal pelvis or bowl of kidney
Pyel/o
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Puss
Py/o
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Fever or fire
Pyr/o
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Nose
-rhin/o
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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhage
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Bleeding
-rrhagia
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Surgical suturing
-rrhaphy
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Flow or discharge, flow of most body fluids
-rrhea
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Rupture
-rrhexis
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Abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
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Visual examination
-scopy
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Abnormal narrowing
-stenosis
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Under, less, or below
Sub-
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Above or excessive
Supra-
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Tonsils
Tonsill/o
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Acronym-
A word formed from the initial letters of the major parts of a compound term
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Acute-
A condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration
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Chronic-
refers to something that continues over an extended period of time
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Diagnosis-
The identification of a disease
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Eponym-
Medical thing named for the person who discovered or described it first
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Ligation-
tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
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Mucous-
a thick fluid produced by the lining of some tissues of the body
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mucus-
a viscid slippery secretion that is usually rich in mucins and is produced by mucous membranes which it moistens and protects
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Obiective-
signs, laboratory findings, or both, from a medical source
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Palpation-
a method of feeling with the fingers or hands during a physical examination
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Palpitation-
rapid pulsations or abnormally rapid or irregular beating of the heart
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Prognosis-
determining the predicted or probable level of improvement in function, and the amount of time needed to reach that level of improvement in a health condition
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Remission-
cancer treatment reduced or eliminated the symptoms and signs of cancer
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Sign-
a health issue that can be observed
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Subjective-
information obtained directly from the patient, the patient's family, or from other healthcare providers who have observed changes or symptoms in the patient
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Suturing-
to stitch up a wound or incision
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Symptom-
the subjective experience of a potential health issue, which cannot be observed by a doctor
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Syndrome-
a recognizable complex of symptoms and physical findings which indicate a specific condition for which a direct cause is not necessarily understood
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Trauma-
a set of psychological and physiological responses to pain, injury, serious illness, medical procedures and frightening treatment experiences
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Triage-
the prioritization of patient care (or victims during a disaster) based on illness/injury, severity, prognosis, and resource availability
