Unit 1 - Terms on the Test Flashcards
(101 cards)
1
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gland
A
aden/o
2
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vessel
A
angi/o
3
Q
joint
A
arthr/o
4
Q
heart
A
cardi/o
5
Q
bile
A
chol/e
6
Q
bladder or fluid filled space
A
cyst/o
7
Q
cell
A
cyt/o
8
Q
skin
A
derm/at/o
9
Q
stomach
A
gastr/o
10
Q
sweet or sugar
A
glyc/o
11
Q
blood
A
hem/at/o
12
Q
stone
A
lith/o
13
Q
breast or nipple
A
mast/o
14
Q
muscle
A
myo
15
Q
kidney
A
nephr/o
16
Q
nervous system
A
neur/o
17
Q
testicles
A
orch/i/o
18
Q
bone
A
oste/o
19
Q
ear
A
ot/o
20
Q
hard
A
scler/o
21
Q
spleen
A
splen/o
22
Q
tendon
A
ten/o, tend/o
23
Q
thyroid gland
A
thyroid/o
24
Q
urine
A
ur/o
25
vessel
vas/o
26
Plural of plexus?
plexi
27
Plural of necropsy?
necropsies
28
Plural of plica?
plicae
29
Plural of vertebra?
vertebrae
30
Plural of diagnosis?
diagnoses
31
Plural of appendix?
appendices
32
Plural of bacterium?
bacteria
33
Plural of ganglion?
ganglia
34
Plural of spermatozoon?
spermatozoa
35
Plural of carcinoma?
carcinomata
36
a– or an–
not
37
olig– or oligo–
several; a handful
38
micro-
small
39
di– or dia– or trans–
through
40
hyper-
too much
41
pan-
all; everything or everyone
42
dys-
bad
43
tachy-
fast
44
meso-
in the middle
45
endo- or intra-
inside
46
–rrhea
abnormal flow
47
–desis
binding together by a disease process
48
–lysis
breaking down; destroying
49
–poiesis
creation process
50
–ectomy
cutting out of
51
–pathy
disease process
52
–ptosis
drooping
53
–megaly
enlargement due to disease
54
–itis
inflammation
55
–algia or –dynia
pain
56
–penia
low levels of
57
–trophy
nourishment; growth
58
–logist
someone who studies
59
–rrhexis
rupture
60
–malacia
softening due to disease
61
–plasty
surgical revision
62
–oma
tumor
63
person who studies the heart
cardio-logist
64
disease of the heart muscle
cardio-myo-pathy
65
cutting into a joint
arthro-tomy
66
condition of slow heartbeat
brady-cardia
67
disease of a joint
arthro-pathy
68
condition of no spleen
a-splen-ia
69
enlargement of the heart
cardio-megaly
70
pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
cardio-vascular
71
inflammation of the heart
card-itis
72
pain in the gall bladder
chole-cyst-algia
73
surgical removal of the gall bladder
chole-cyst-ectomy
74
inflammation of the gall bladder
chole-cyst-itis
75
bursting of the urinary bladder
cysto-rrhexis
76
pain in the urinary bladder
cysto-dynia
77
inflammation of the urinary bladder and the tubes leading from the kidney
cysto-ureter-itis
78
surgical removal of a stone in the urinary bladder
cysto-lith-ectomy
79
pain in the skin
demat-algia
80
inflammation of the skin
dermat-itis
81
study of the skin
dermat-ology
82
breakdown of the skin
dermato-lysis
83
separation of urine from the body
di-uresis
84
drug promoting the separation of urine from the body
di-uretic
85
the inner lining of the heart
endo-card-ium
86
inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
endo-card-itis
87
an outside layer of the heart
epi-card-ium
88
condition of abnormal or painful urination
dys-uria
89
pertaining to an outside layer of the skin
epi-dermal
90
an outside layer of the skin
epi-dermis
91
inflammation of the stomach
gastr-itis
92
pertaining to the stomach
gastr-ic
93
surgical fixation of the stomach
gastro-pexy
94
condition of sugar in the blood
glyc-emia
95
condition of sugar in the urine
glycos-uria
96
condition of enlarged breasts
macro-mastia
97
abnormal change in cells of the blood
macro-cytosis
98
cutting into the kidney to remove a stone
litho-nephro
99
pertaining to a layer within the skin
intra-dermal
100
condition of low thyroid function
hypo-thyroid-ism
101
condition of small breasts
hypo-mastia
