Chapter 1 Flashcards
What types of patients do speech-language pathologists see?
Different age groups (from newborn to old people) Different disorders ( voice, swallowing, etc) Different etiologies ( Congenital and Acquired)
A-/an-
Lack of
-algia
Pain
Angio
Blood Vessels
Ant-/antero
Before
Anti
Against
-arthr-
Joint
Bi
two
Brachy
Short
-dynia
Pain
dys-
with difficulty
ectomy
Excision
Epi/ep
Upon
Etio
Cause/origin
Ex
out of
Extra
Outside
-gen/-genic
Producing
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Increased
Hypo-
Decreased
Infra
Below
Inter-
Between
intra-
within
Ipsi
Same
-itis
Inflammation
Latero-
Side
Megalo-
Large
micro-
small
my-/myo-
Muscle
Pachy-
Thick
Patho-
Abnormal
pathy-
Disease
Para-
Beside/Partial
Palato-
of the palate
-phage/-phagia
eating
-plasia/-plasm
Growth
Pre=/pro-
Before/in front of
-rrhea
Flowing
Sclero-
Hard
Soma-/somato-
Body
Steno-
Narrowing
Sub-/sup-
Under
super-/supra
Above
Tachy-
Fast
-tomy
cutting
-tropht
growth
Uni-
One
Naso-
Nose
Neo-
New
Neuro-
Nerve
Oculo-
Eye
-Oma
Morbid condition
Oro-
Mouth
-osis
Condition
Osseo-/osteo-
Bone
Brady-
Slow
-cephalo-
Head
Con-/com
With
Contra-
Opposite
-culus/-cule/-culum
Little
-cyte
Cell
De-
Away from