Ch. 5 - Medical Terminology Flashcards by Isaac Kerry

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Broncho/pulmo

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Lungs

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Cardi

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Heart

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Gastro

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Stomach

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Hepat

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liver

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neur

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nerve

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nas

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nose/nasal

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or

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mouth/oral

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pneumo

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air/lungs

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Ab-

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away from

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Ad-

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toward or near

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Ante-

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Before

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Brady-

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slow/below normal

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Contra-

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against

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dys-

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difficult or painful

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hyper-

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above normal, high

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hypo-

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below normal, low

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inter-

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between

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peri-

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around

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poly-

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many

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post-

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after

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pre-

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before

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-super/supra

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above or in excess

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tachy-

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above normal, rapid

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uni-

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one

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ology

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study of

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-plegia

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paralaysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-spasm

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contraction

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ist

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one who specializes in

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study of body structure

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anatomy

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study of body function

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physiology

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plane dividing the body left/right

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sagittal (median) plane

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Plane dividing the body front/back

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frontal (coronal) plane

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plane dividing the body top/bottom

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transverse (horizontal) plane

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closer to the body’s midline

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medial

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farther from the body’s midline

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lateral

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bilateral

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both sides

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line extending from armpit to ankle

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mid-axillary line

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term for front of body

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anterior (ventral)

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term for back of body

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posterior (dorsal)

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term for above

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superior

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term for below

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inferior

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prosimal

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closer to the torso

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dorsal

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farther from the torso

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referring to the hand

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palmar

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referring to the foot

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plantar

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patient lying on their back

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supine

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patient lying on their stomach

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prone

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patient lying on their side

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recovery (lateral recombant)

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patient elevated on a stretcher

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Fowler