Unit 4 Flashcards
Pathology, Otorhinolaryngology, and prefixes
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Cocc/i
A
spherically shaped family of bacteria
coccus: singular
2
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Strept/o
A
twieted chains or strips
3
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Streptococcis pyogenes
A
strep throat
4
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Staphyl/o
A
grow in clusters like grapes
5
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Staphylocoocci
A
skin infection, food poisoning
6
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Bacillus
A
Rod shaped bacterium
bacilli: plural
bacteria: plural
7
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Dipl/o/bacill/us
A
Rod shaped double bacillus
8
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Uvula
A
Tissue hanging at the back of the mouth
9
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Py/o
A
pus
10
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-genic
A
producing or forming
11
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purulent
A
pus forming or pyogenic
12
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-rrhea
A
flow or discharge
13
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ot/o
A
ear
14
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as
A
auris sinistra
left ear
15
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ad
A
auris dextra
right ear
16
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Tympan/o
A
Eardrum
17
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MTD
A
Membrana tympani dextra
right eardrum
18
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MTS
A
Membrana tympani sinistra
left eardrum
19
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Myring/otomy
A
typoan/otomy
incision to the eardrum
20
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Tympan/ites
A
distended with gas
as tight as a drum
21
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Audi/o
A
hearing
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Rhin/o
A
nose
23
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Lith/o
A
calculus, stone
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Chole
A
gall bladder, bile
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-iasis
pathologic condition
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Lith/aisis
presense of stones
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Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas
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Moniliasis
yeast- monilla
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Elephantiasis
filarial worm causing lymph node inflamation
30
giardiasis
giardia lamblia
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Chol/e/cyst
gall bladder
32
brady
slow
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peps/o
digestion
34
tachy
fast, rapid
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pne/o
| -pnea
breathing, respiration
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a-
| an-
without
a preceded consonant
an precedes vowel
37
Genesis
generation, origin
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dys
prefix for painful, faulty, diseased, bad, difficult, or abnormal
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-men
menstruation
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dys/men/o/rrhea
painful menstruation
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Therm/o
heat
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therm/o/esthesi/a
thermalgesis
| sensitivity to heat
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Therm/o/plegia
heat stroke
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Dia/therm/y
heating through tissues
| treatment
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Hyper/therm/ia
high body temperature
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Hypo/therm/ia
low body temperature
47
Normal temperature
Oral
Rectal
Axillary
Oral: 98.6 degree Fahrenheit; 37 degree Celsius
Rectal: 99 degree Fahrenheit; 37.7 degree Celsius
Axillary: 97.6 degree Fahrenheit; 36.4 degree Celsius
48
low grade fever
| true fever
99.5-101.4 degree Fahrenheit
| > or + 101.5 degree Fahrenheit
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Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion
[ ] degree Fahrenheit = ( ) degree Celsius * 9/5 +32
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Celsius to Fahrenheit Conversion
( ) degree Celsius = 5/9 * { [ ] degree Fahrenheit - 32}
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Micro
small
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Macro
large
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Dactyl/
fingers
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syn-
with, together
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syn/erg/ism
the action where 2 or more drugs or organs working together to produce an increased effect
syn-: join; erg: work: -ism
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syn/drome
variety of symptoms occurring together
| the complete picture of a disease
57
Drom/o
run
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drom/o/mania
insane impulse to wander or road
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pr/drome
symptoms that precede a disease
60
Dips
thirst
| also dipsia
61
poly/dipsia
excessive thirst
62
AFM
acid fase bacillus
| TB
63
C&S
Cultre and sensitivity
64
DM
Diabetes Mellitus
65
FAS
Fetal Alcohol syndrom
66
GB
Gallbladder
67
GNID
Gram negative intracellular diplococcus
68
HBV
Hepatitis B Virus
69
HIV
Human immunodeficient virus
70
HPV
human papilloma virus
71
LMP
Last menstrual period
72
mcg
Microgram
73
mg
Milligram
74
NVS
Neurological vital signs
75
OM
Otiis Media
76
O&P
Ova and parasites
77
P
Pulse
78
PAR
Perennial allergic rhinitis
79
R
Respiration
| rate
80
SIDS
sudden infant death syndrom
81
SOB
short of breath
82
Staph
thaphylococcus
83
Strep
Streptococcus
84
T, Temp
Temperature
85
TB
Tuberculosis
86
VS
Vital signs
