CH.1 Roots Flashcards

1
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Eponym

A

to put your own name on something

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2
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Acronyms

A

to make a name with the ends

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3
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Modern languages appear in health care vocabulary

A

German, French, and English

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4
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Why are Greek and Latin the foundation of the language of medicine?

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  • first to study human body was ancient Greeks (Hippocrates) & traveled to Rome (Galen) where drugs and disease work
  • Latin was the global language of the 2nd revolution & Catholic church
  • dead languages do not change
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5
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ultima

A

last (syllable)

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6
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penult

A

almost the last (syllable) ; pen- =almost

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7
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antepenult

A

third to last syllable ; ante- = before

-usually where syllable emphasis is placed

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8
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arthr/o

arthroscope, arthritis

A

joint

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9
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cardi/o

cardiology, pericardium

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heart

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enter/o

enteropathy, dysentery

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small intestine

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gastr/o

gastrointestinal, gastritis

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stomach

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hepat/o

hepatology, hepatitis

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liver

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13
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neur/o

neurology, neuralgia

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nerve

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14
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hem/o (hemorrhage)

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blood

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15
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my/o (myocardial, myalgia)

A

muscle

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16
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angi/o (angioplasty)

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vessel

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hemat/o (hematoma)

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muscul/o (musculoskeletal, muscular)

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vas/o

vasospasm, vasectomy

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vascul/o

vasculopathy, vasculitis

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derm/o

dermoscopy, dermis

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dermat/o

dermatology, dermatitis

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cutane/o

subcutaneous

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pneum/o

pneumotomy

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pneumon/o | pneumonia, pneumonitis
lung
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pulmon/o | pulmonologist, cardiopulmonary
lung
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gen/o | pathogenic
creation, cause
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hydr/o | hydrophobia, dehydration
water
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morph/o | morphology
change
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myc/o | dermatomycosis
fungus
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necr/o | necrosis
death
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orth/o | orthodontist
straight
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path/o | pathology
suffering
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phag/o | aphagia
eat
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plas/o | hyperplasia
formation
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py/o | pyorrhea, pyemia
pus
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scler/o | scleroderma
hard
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sten/o | stenosis
narrowing
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troph/o | trophology, hypertrophy
nourishment, development
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xen/o | xenograft
foreign