Week 4 Flashcards
(40 cards)
0
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insulin/o
A
insulin (pancreatic hormone)
1
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
2
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kal/i
A
potassium
3
Q
-lytic
A
reducing, destroying; separating
4
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ment/o
A
mind; chin
5
Q
mon/o
A
one; single
6
Q
narc/o
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numbness; stupor; sleep
7
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nid/o
A
nest
8
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-or
A
one who
9
Q
phall/o
A
penis
10
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phot/o
A
light
11
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
12
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-stalsis
A
contraction
13
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supra-
A
above, upper
14
Q
-tropia
A
to turn
15
Q
-ule
A
little; small
16
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ventr/o
A
belly side of body
17
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-verse
A
to turn
18
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xanth/o
A
yellow
19
Q
zo/o
A
animal life
20
Q
ALS
A
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig Disease)
21
Q
BS
A
blood sugar; breath sounds
22
Q
ccr
A
creatinine clearance
23
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Cl
A
chlorine
24
Ct
```
Computed tomography (x-ray imaging in axial and other planes)
or count
```
25
EEG
electroencephalogram
26
g
gram
27
Grav 1,2,3
gravida 1, 2, 3-fist, second, third pregnacy
28
Ht.
height
29
LFT's
liver function tests
30
MCH
mean corpuscular hemoglobin (average amount in each red blood cell)
31
pc
after meals (post cibum)
32
PD
peritoneal dialysis
33
PTT
partial thromboplastin time (a test of blood clotting)
34
PU
pregnancy urine
35
RhoGam: rhesus (monkey) factor in blood
drug to prevent Rh factor reaction in Rh-negative
36
RNA
ribonucleic acid
37
TAB
therapeutic abortion
38
TLE
temporal lobe epilepsy
39
VC
vital capacity (of lungs)
