Chap. 1 Diseases/Conditions and Word Parts Flashcards
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anter
A
front
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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bi/o
A
life
4
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cardi/o
A
heart
5
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caud/o
A
tail
6
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cephal/o
A
head
7
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cervic/o
A
neck
8
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col/o, colon/o
A
large intestine
9
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cost/o
A
rib
10
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cyt/o
A
cell
11
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dist/o
A
away from point of origin
12
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enter/o
A
intestines (usually small one)
13
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gastr/o
A
stomach
14
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glyc/o
A
sugar
15
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hepat/o
A
liver
16
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hist/o
A
tissue
17
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infer/o
A
below
18
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later/o
A
side
19
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lip/o
A
fat
20
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log/o
A
study
21
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medi/o
A
middle
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my/o
A
muscle
23
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neur/o
A
nerve
24
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path/o
A
disease
25
poster/o
back
26
proxim/o
near the point of origin
27
sarc/o
flesh/ connective tissue
28
super/o
above
29
thorac/o
chest
30
ventr/o
belly side of body
31
viscer/o
interal organs
32
a-, an-
not: without
33
ante-
before
34
anti-
against
35
bi-
two
36
brady-
slow
37
endo-
within
38
epi-
on; over; upon
39
hyper-
above; above normal
40
hypo-
below; below normal
41
inter-
between
42
intra-
within; into
43
peri-
around
44
sub-
below
45
tachy-
fast
46
trans-
across
47
-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
50
-ary
pertaining to
51
-iac
pertaining to
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-ial
pertaining to
53
-ic
pertaining to
54
-ical
pertaining to
55
-ior
pertaining to
56
-algia
pain
57
-cyte
cell
58
-ectomy
surgical removal of...
59
-emia
blood condition
60
-gen
substance that produces
61
-ia
condition
62
-ine
a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)
63
-itis
inflammation
64
-logist
specialist
65
-logy
study of
66
-megaly
enlargement
67
-oma
tumor or mass
68
-osi
abnormal condition
69
-pathy
disease
70
-plasty
surgical repair
71
-stomy
surgical opening
72
-tomy
process of cutting
73
-um
structure, tissue or thing
74
illness characterized by rapid onset, short duration, cureable, no lasting effects
acute
75
the patient's own body is attacking itself
autoimmune
76
tumor or growth that is not cancerous
benign
77
gradual onset, not curable, symptoms may come and go
chronic
78
present at birth
congenital
79
time the patient is gradually recover from a illness
convalescence
80
weakening effect, really bad, takes away patients ability to...
debilitating
81
disease that is confirmed within a certain group or population
endemic
82
injury or illness that is from inside the body
endogenous
83
disease that is confined to one continent or bigger
epidemic
84
exogenous
injury or illness that originates outside the body
85
passed down from parents
genetic
86
heightened response of the immune system
hypersensitivity
87
disease of unknown origin
idiopathic
88
antibody reaction in the body (how your body develops immunity)
immunological
89
capable of causing infection
infectious
90
causes inflammation
imflammatory
91
absence of blood to a part of an area of the body
ischemic
92
tumor that is cancerous
malignant
93
disorder that interferes with metalbolism
metabolic
94
neoplastic
new abnormal growth
95
infection that you got from the hospital that wasn't present before admission
nosocomial
96
lack of obtaining all vitamins/minerals/nutrients
nutritional
97
a pathogen that doesn't normally cause a disease is able to because the patient has a weakened immune system
opportunistic
98
disease that has treatments but no cure
terminal
99
supra-
above
