Ch 7 Medical Terminology Flashcards
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Dors/o, dors/i
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Back/ dorsal
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Faci/o
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Face
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Lingua
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Tongue
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Mamm/o
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Breast
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Ren
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Kidney
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The name of a disease, device, procedure, or drug that is based on the person who invented, discovered, or first described it.
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Eponym
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Pairs of words that are pronounced almost the same way. (Examples: ileum and ilium)
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Homonym
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Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have the opposite meaning of another word.
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Antonym
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Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have the same or almost the same meaning.
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Synonym
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Eu-
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Good
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Mal-
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Bad
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Dextro-
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Right
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Sinistro-
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Left
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Ad-
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Toward
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Ab-
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Away from
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Pulmon/o
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Lung
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Pneum/o
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Lung
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Mamm/o
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Breast
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Mast/o
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Breast
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Coron/o
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Heart
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Nephr/o
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Kidney
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Ren/o
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Kidney
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Angi/o
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Vessel
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Vas/o
Vessel
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The portion that appears before the word root
Prefix
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The portion that appears after the word root
Suffix
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The foundation of the term
Word root
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Vowel that links one or more word roots to an other component of a term
Combining vowel
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Hypo
Low
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A person between 80 and 89 years of age
Octogenarian
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Un-
One
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Affecting one side of the body
Unilateral
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Dipl-
Double or in pairs
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Double vision
Diplopia
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Null-
None
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A woman who has never given birth
Nullipara
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Primi-
First
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A woman pregnant for the first time
Primigravida
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Multi-
Many
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A woman who has given birth to more that’s one child
Multipara
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Bi-
Two
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Pertaining to both sides of the body
Bilateral
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Tri-
Three
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Irregular heart rhythm consisting of two normal beats followed by one premature beat
Trigeminy
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Quad-
Four
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Paralysis of all four extremities
Quadriplegia
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Tetra-
Four
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A congenital anomaly involving four anatomic abnormalities of the heart
Tetralogy of Fallot
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Quint-
Five
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A woman who has had five pregnancies resulting in five live births
Quintipara
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Sexti-
Six
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Six offspring of the same pregnancy
Sextuplets
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Septi-
Seven
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Seven offspring of the same pregancy
Septuplets
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Octo- or octi-
Eight
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A woman pregnant for the eighth time
Octigravida
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Nona-
Nine
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Occurring on the ninth day
Nonan
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Deca-
Ten
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Measurement of ten grams
Decagram
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Semi-
Half; part
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Partially conscious
Semiconscious
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Hemi-
Half; one-sided
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Weakness on one side of the body
Hemiplegia
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Ambi-
Both
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Able to use right and left hands equally
Ambidextrous
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Pan-
All, entire
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An epidemic over a wide area
Pandemic
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A word root, prefix, or suffix with an added vowel, known as a combining vowel
Combining form
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Osteon
Greek for bone
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Cyan/o
Blue
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Blue discoloration of the skin
Cyanosis
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Leuk/o
White
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White blood cell that fights infection
Leukocyte
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Erythr/o
Red
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Red blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen
Erythrocyte
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Cirrh/o
Yellow-orange
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Inflammation of an organ, such as cirrhosis of the liver, which causes yellow-orange pigmentation of the skin
Cirrhosis
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Melan/o
Black
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Black, tarry stool caused by upper GI bleeding
Melena
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Poli/o
Gray
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An acute viral disease that attacks the gray matter of the brain
Poliomyelitis
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Alb-
White
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Condition in which a person’s skin, hair, and eyes lack pigmentation (white hair, very pale skin, and no pigmented iris)
Albinism
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Chlor/o
Green
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Green pigment in leaves that is necessary for the plant to carry out photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
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Brachi/o
Arm
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Cardi/o
Heart
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Carp/o
Wrist
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Cephal/o
Head
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Cervic/o
Neck
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Encephal/o
Brain
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Faci/o
Face
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Gloss/o
Tongue
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Nas/o
Nose
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Ot/o
Ear
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Pil/o
Hair
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Steth/o
Chest
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Thorac/o
Chest, thorax
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Thyr/o
Thyroid gland
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Trache/o
Trachea
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Ureter/o
Ureter
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Vas/o
Vessel
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Vesic/o
Bladder, blister
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Viscer/o
Viscera
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Medical terms containing more than one word root. (Examples include: electrocardiogram)
Compound words
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Plural of vertebra
Vertebrae
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Plural of diagnosis
Diagnoses
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Plural of apex
Apices
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Plural of ganglion
Ganglia
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Plural of ovum
Ova
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Plural of bronchus
Bronchi
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Superficial landmarks of the body that serve as guides to the structures that lie beneath them
Topographic anatomy
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The position of reference in which the person is standing, facing you, arms at his or her sides, with the palms of the hands facing forward
Anatomic position
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An imaginary line that divides the body equally and creates a point of rotation
Axis
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The body can be divided along three main axes, to create the following planes:
Coronal plane Transverse plane Sagittal (lateral) plane
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An imaginary plane in which the body is cut into front and back portions
Coronal plane or Frontal plane
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An imaginary plane passing horizontally through the body at the waist, dividing it into top and bottom halves
Transverse (axial) plane
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A plane of the body that passes vertically from front to back, dividing the body into left and right portions
Sagittal (lateral) plane
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An imaginary vertical line drawn from the middle of the forehead through the nose and the umbilicus (navel) to the floor
Midsagittal plane (midline)
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The three axes along which the body can be divided are as follows
Anteroposterior axis Longitudinal axis Horizontal axis
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Runs perpendicular to the coronal plane
Anteroposterior axis
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Runs perpendicular to the transverse plane
Longitudinal axis
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Runs perpendicular to the sagittal plane
Horizontal axis, also called the mediolateral axis
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Neutral
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Flexed
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Extended
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135
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Fowler position
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Supine
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Prone
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Recovery position
or left lateral recumbent position
