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CH.2 - Diagnostic Terminology Flashcards

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Contra-

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Against or not

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Ultra-

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Beyond

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Anter/o

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Front

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Bronch/o

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Airway

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Poster/o

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Back or behind

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Pharmaceut/o

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Drug

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Radi/o

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X-ray, radioactive

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Son/o

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Sound

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Techn/o

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Skill

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Tom/o

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Section

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-ical

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-grapher

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One who is skilled in producing recordings

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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Study of

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-lucent

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To shine

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-oma

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Tumor

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-opaque

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Obscure

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AP

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Anteroposterior view

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CT

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Computed tomography

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CXR

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Chest X-ray

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MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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PA

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Posteroanterior view

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PET

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Positron emission tomography

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A-

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No, without

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An-

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No, without

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Anti-

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Against

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Calc-

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Calcium

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Hyper-

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Above, excessive

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Hypo-

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Below normal, deficient

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Macro-

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Large

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Mono-

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One

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Poly-

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Many

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Amyl/o

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Starch

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Bas/o

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Base

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Bilirubin/o

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Bilirubin

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Chlor

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Chloride

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Cyt/o

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Cells

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Eosin/o

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Red or rosy coloration

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Erythr/o

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Gluc/o

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Glyc/o

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Sugar or glucose

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Hem/o

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Hepat/o

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Kal/o

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Leuk/o

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Lip/o

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Magnes/o

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Morph/o

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Natr/o

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Neutr/o

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Nucle/o

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Phag/o

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Phleb/o

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Phosphat/o

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Splen/o

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Strept/o

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Thromb/o

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Tom/o

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To cut into or insert

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Ur/o

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Xanth/o

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-ase

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Enzyme, “to break down”

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-blast

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-coccus

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-crit

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-cyte

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-emia

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-globin

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-logy

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-megaly

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-meter

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-osis

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Condition of

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-phage

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Eat or swallow

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-phil

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Attraction to

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-poiesis

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-poietin

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Substance that forms

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-uria

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A1c

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Glycated hemoglobin

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ALP

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Alkaline phosphatase

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ALT

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Alanine aminotransferase

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AST

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Aspartate aminotransferase

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BUN or SUN

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Blood urea nitrogen; also known as serum urea nitrogen

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C&S

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Culture and sensitivity

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Ca

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CBC

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Complete blood count

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Cl−

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CMP

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Comprehensive metabolic panel

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Diff

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Differential leukocyte count

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HCT

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Hematocrit (this abbreviation should be avoided because of the possibility of confusion with hydrocortisone and hydrochlorothiazide; when in doubt, write it out)

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HDL

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High-density lipoprotein

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Hgb

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Hemoglobin

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K+

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Potassium ion

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LDL

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Low-density lipoprotein

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Mg

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Na+

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Sodium ion

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PLT

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PO4

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PT

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Prothrombin time

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RBC

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Red blood cells

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sg

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Specific gravity

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UA

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Urine analysis, urinalysis

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UTI

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Urinary tract infection

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WBC

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White blood cells

BIOL 200 - Medical Terminology (10 decks)

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