Worksheet 3 Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
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aden/o
A
cf for glands
2
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lymph/o
A
cf for lymphatic tissue
3
Q
lip/o
A
cf for fat
4
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carcin/o
A
cf forcancer
5
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onc/o
A
cf for tumor
6
Q
ather/o
A
cf for fatty, porridge like
7
Q
muc/o
A
cf for mucus
8
Q
cephal/o
A
cf for head
9
Q
encephal/o
A
cf for pertaining to the brain
10
Q
malac/o
A
cf for softening of a tissue
11
Q
crani/o
A
cf for skull
12
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mening/o
A
cf for membrane covering brain and spinal column
13
Q
itis
A
suffix for inflammation
14
Q
-malacia
A
softening of a tissue
15
Q
-stasis
A
suffix for staying in one place
16
Q
-cele
A
suffix for herniation
17
Q
-hyper
A
suffix for above, more than normal
18
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
19
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–dynia/dynic
A
pain
20
Q
-genesis/genic
A
producing, forming
21
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-us/ous
A
pertaining to
22
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-oid
A
I don’t know
23
Q
-cele
A
suffix for herniation
24
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hyper
A
prefix for above, more than normal
25
hypo
prefix for below, less than normal
26
-meta
beyond
27
-anti
against
28
-neo
new
29
TIA
Transient Ischemic Attack
30
BP
Blood Pressure
31
CSF
Cerebrospinal Fluid
32
EEG
Electroencephalography (or graph)
33
bx
biopsy
34
adenitis
inflammation of a gland
35
adenectomy
removal of a gland
36
adenoma
tumor on a gland
37
adenopathy
general term for glandular disease
38
lymphadenopathy
disease of the lymph glands
39
lipoma
benign, fatty tumor
40
lymphoma
tumor composed of lymph tissue
41
carcinoma
cancerous tumor
42
metastasis
spread, grows in a new location
43
adenocarcinoma
cancer of the glandular tissue
44
melanoma
black tumor
45
oncology
study of tumors
46
oncologist
a specialist who studies tumors
47
lipoid
resembling fat
48
neoplasm
any kind of tumor or abnormal growth of cells
49
atheroma
tumor like thickening and degeneration of blood vessel walls
50
neoplasm
any kind of tumor or abnormal growth of cells
51
neonatal
newborn
52
mucus
secretion of the mucus membrane
53
mucous
tissue that secretes mucous
54
cephalgia
headache, pain in the head
55
cephalodynia
headache, pain in the head
56
encephalitis
inflammation of brain tissue
57
encephalomalacia
softening of brain tissue
58
encephaloma
a brain tissue tumor
59
encephalotomy
incision of the brain
60
electroencephalogram
a recording of brain activity
61
cranioplasty
surgical repair of the skull
62
craniomalacia
softening of the skull bones
63
craniectomy
removal of part of the skull
64
craniometer
instrument to measure the skull
65
cerebrum
part of the brain where thought occurs
66
cerebral
adjective form of cerebrum
67
cerebritis
inflammation of the cerebrum
68
cerebrotomy
incision in the cerebrum
69
cerebrospinal
the brain and spinal cord
70
meninges
3 layer membrane over the brain and spinal cord
71
meningocele
herniation of the meninges
72
meningitis
inflammation of the menenges
73
bx
biopsy
74
oid
resembling
75
-plasty
surgical repair
76
benign
not cancerous
77
malignant
cancerous
78
-stasis
beyond
79
meta
control
80
metastasis
beyond control, spread
81
atheroma
fatty tumor in blood vessels
82
lipoma
fatty tumor
83
sarc
cancer
84
neoplasm
new growth
85
a
prefix for without
86
atrophy
without development
87
trophy
development
88
-oid
suffix for resembling
89
emesis
vomit
