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Ch. 01 Intro to Medical Terminology Flashcards

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-megaly

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enlargement

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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-gram

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picture or record

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palpitation

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pounding or racing heart

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pyel /o

A

renal pelvis, part of the kidney

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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ileum

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last and longest portion of the small intestine

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fistula

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an abnormal passage between two organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body

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eu-

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good, normal, well, easy

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-stenosis

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abnormal narrowing

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hypo-

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deficient, decreased

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nat /o

A

birth

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palpation

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examination technique in which the examiner’s hands feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts

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ex-

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out of, outside, away from

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macro-

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large, abnormal size, long

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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17
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-necrosis

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tissue death

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-itis

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inflammation

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myel /o

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bone-marrow or spinal cord

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leuk /o

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white

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pyr /o

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fever or fire

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arthr /o

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joint

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syndrome

A

set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process

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sign

A

objective evidence of disease
ex: fever

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olig /o

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scanty, few

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melan /o

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black

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rhin /o

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nose

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lesion

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pathologic change of tissues due to disease or injury

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D/DX

A

differential diagnosis

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super-

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above, excessive

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neur /o

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micro-

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-graphy

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process of producing a picture or record

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inter-

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between, among

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symptom

A

subjective evidence of disease
ex: pain, headache

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laceration

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torn or jagged wound or accidental cut

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-ology

A

the study of

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-ostomy

A

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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arteri /o

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supra-

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above, excessive

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megal /o

A

large, great

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-ologist

A

specialist

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intra-

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within, inside

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic processes or to remove excess fluid

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erythr /o

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-otomy

A

cutting, surgical incision

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poli /o

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peri-

A

surrounding

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dys-

A

bad, difficult, painful

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-rrhaphy

A

surgical suturing

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ilium

A

part of the hip bone

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post-

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my /o

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fissure

A

groove or crack-like sore of the skin

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in-

A

in, into, not, without

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-algia

A

pain, suffering

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-rrhagia

A

abnormal excessive fluid discharge, bleeding

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myc /o

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cyan /o

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dextr /o

A

right side

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sub-

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under, less, below

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal, cutting out

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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

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py /o

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cardi /o

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-dynia

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micr /o

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-rrhage

A

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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sinistr /o

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-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

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DX

74
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mega-

A

large, great

75
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pre-

76
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-rrhexis

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