CH. 1 Flashcards
1
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purpose of medical language
A
med language allows health profs to be clear, communicate clearly and comfort patients
2
Q
medical language comes from
A
- greek, latin, eponyms and acronyms
- modern languages
3
Q
syllable emphases
A
letter w emphasis is in caps
4
Q
last syllable
A
ultima
5
Q
penult
A
second to last syllable
6
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antepenult
A
syllable before penult, usually gets emphasis
7
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med term construction
A
prefix + root + suffix
8
Q
hemo/hemato
A
both mean blood
9
Q
angio/vaso/vasculo
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vessel
10
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gen/o
A
creation, cause
11
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hydr/o
A
water
12
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morph/o
A
change
13
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myc/o
A
fungus
14
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necr/o
A
death
15
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orth/o
A
straight
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path/o
A
suffering/disease
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phag/o
A
eat
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plas/o
A
formation
19
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py/o
A
pus
20
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scler/o
A
hard
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sten/o
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narrowing
22
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troph/o
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nourishment/development
23
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xen/o
A
foreign
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ADD
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pertaining to
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-ia
condition
26
-ism
condition
27
-ium
tissue or structure
28
-y
condition procedure
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-icle
small
30
-ole
small
31
-ule
smale
32
-ula
small
33
-tomy
cutting procedure
34
-ectomy
cutting something out
35
-iatrics
medical science
36
-iatry
medical science
37
-iatrist
specialist in the study of
38
-ist
specialist
39
-logist
specialist in the study of
40
-logy
study of
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-algia
pain
42
-dynia
pain
43
-cele
hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area
| where it doesn’t belong)
44
-emia
blood condition
45
-iasis
presence of
46
-itis
inflammation
47
-lysis
loosen, break down
48
-malacia
abnormal softening
49
-megaly
enlargement
50
-oid
resembling
51
-oma
tumor
52
-osis
condition
53
-pathy
disease
54
-penia
deficiency
55
-ptosis
drooping
56
-rrhage
excessive flow
57
-rrhagia
excessive flow
58
-rrhea
flow
59
-rrhexis
rupture
60
-spasm
involuntary contraction
61
-centesis
puncture
62
-gram
written record
63
-graph
| graf
instrument used to produce a record
64
-graphy
| grah-fee
process of recording
65
-meter
| mee-ter
instrument used to measure
66
-metry
| meh-tree
process of measuring
67
-scope
| skohp
instrument used to look
68
-scopy
| skoh-pee
process of looking
69
-desis
binding, fixation
70
-ectomy
| EK-toh-mee
removal
71
-pexy
| PEK-see
surgical fixation
72
-plasty
| PLAS-tee
reconstruction
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-rrhaphy
| rah-fee
suture
74
-stomy
| stoh-mee
creation of an opening
75
-tomy
| toh-mee
incision
76
singular -a
plural -ae
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singular -ax
plural -aces
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singular -ex
plural -ices
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singular -ix
plural -ices
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singular -is
plural -es
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singular -ma
plural -mata
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singular -on
plural -a
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singular -um
plural -a
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singular -us
plural -i
85
singular -y
plural -ies
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a-
not
87
an-
not
88
anti-
against
89
contra-
| KON-trah
against
90
de-
| dee
down, away from
91
ante-
| an-tee
before
92
pre-
| pree
before
93
pro-
| proh
before, on behalf of
94
brady-
| brah-dih
slow
95
tachy-
| tak-ih
fast
96
post-
| pohst
after
97
re-
| ree
again
98
ab-
| ab
away
99
ad-
| ad
toward
100
circum-
| sir-kum
around
101
peri-
| per-ee
around
102
dia-
| dai-ah
through
103
trans-
| tranz
through
104
e-
| eh
out
105
ec-
| ek
out
106
ex-
| eks
out
107
ecto-
| ek-toh
outside
108
exo-
| ek-soh
outside
109
extra-
| eks-trah
outside
110
en-
| en
in, inside
111
endo-
| en-doh
in, inside
112
intra-
| in-trah
in, inside
113
epi-
| eh-pee
upon
114
sub-
| sub
beneath
115
inter-
| in-ter
between
116
bi-
| bai
two
117
hemi-
| heh-mee
half
118
semi-
| she-mee
half
119
hyper-
| hai-per
over
120
hypo-
| hai-poh
under
121
macro-
| mak-roh
large
122
micro-
| mai-kroh
small
123
mono-
| maw-noh
one
124
uni-
| yoo-nee
one
125
oligo-
| aw-lih-goh
few
126
pan-
| pan
all
127
poly-
| pawlee
many
128
multi-
| mul-tee
many
129
con-
| kon
with, together
130
syn-
| sin
with, together
131
sym-
| sim
with, together
132
dys-
| dis
bad
133
eu-
| yoo
good
134
combining vowel
added to easily combine root w other word parts: join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant
