Assessment prefix Flashcards
1
Q
Benign
A
safe, non- cancerous
2
Q
Diagnosis
A
what the clinician thinks the patient has
3
Q
eti/o
A
cause, how something came to be
4
Q
gnosis
A
to know
5
Q
hernia
A
something that sticks out where it shouldn’t
6
Q
ischemia
A
without blood flow
7
Q
lesion
A
diseased tissue
8
Q
lith/o
A
stone
9
Q
malignant
A
dangerous, cancerous
10
Q
morbidity
A
risk of being sick
11
Q
morph
A
change
12
Q
morality
A
risk of dying
13
Q
necr/o
A
dead
14
Q
osis
A
condition
15
Q
path/o
A
disease
