Chapter 1 Flashcards
The modern term for the Latin ligamentum is _____
Ligament
The historical derivation of the modern cardi/o is _____
Kardia
The historical derivation of the modern tendon is _____
Tendo
The modern term for the Greek genos is _____
Gene
The modern term for the Latin Nervus is _____
nerve
The historical derivation of the modern artery is ______
Arteria
the modern term for the latin vena is _____
vein
the historical derivation of the modern cell is _____
cella
the historical derivation of the modern sinus is ____
sinus
the modern term for hernia is ____
hernia
_____ colic is around the colon. (prefix)
Peri-
dent ______ is the term for tooth pain. (suffix)
-algia
______ menorrhea is painful menses. (prefix)
dys-
hepato ______ means enlarged liver. (suffix)
-megaly
_____ tension means abnormally low blood pressure. (prefix)
hypo-
_____ gastric is the area above the stomach. (prefix)
epi-
Phleb _____ is incision (or going into) the vein. (suffix)
-otomy
aer/o (body parts or elements)
air, gas
ather/o (body parts or elements)
plaque, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)
blast/o (body parts or elements)
immature cells
clac/o, calci/o calcium (body parts or elements)
calcium
chondria, chondro (body parts or elements)
cartilage, grainy, gritty
chyl/o (body parts or elements)
chyle, a digestive juice
chym/o (body parts or elements)
chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
cyst/o, cysti (body parts or elements)
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
cyt/o (body parts or elements)
cell
ethm/o (body parts or elements)
ethmoid bone
gluc/o (body parts or elements)
glucose
glyc/o (body parts or elements)
sugars
hydr/o (body parts or elements)
hydrogen, water
ket/o, keton/o (body parts or elements)
ketone, acetone
lip/o (body parts or elements)
fat (outside of a blood vessel)
nule/o (body parts or elements)
nucleus
plasma, plasmo (body parts or elements)
formative, plasma
salping/o (body parts or elements)
tube
sider/o (body parts or elements)
iron
somat/o (body parts or elements)
body
squam/o (body parts or elements)
scale, squamous (meaning scaly)
syring/o (body parts or elements)
tube
a condition characterized by excessive fluid accumulation in the brain is _____cephaly.
hydro-
A _____cyte is a cartilage cell.
chondro-
Inflammation of the eustachian tube is _____itis.
syring-
_____ectomy is removal of the fallopian tube.
salping-
_____toxin is a poison that acts upon a cell nucleus.
nucleo-
Relating to the ethmoid and nasal bones is _____nasal.
ethmo-
An _____gen is gas-producing microorganism.
aero-
Originating in the body is _____genic.
somato-
Producing glucose is _____genic.
gluco-
_____penia is a sugar deficiency.
glyco-
______penia is a calcium deficiency.
calci-
An embryonic fat cell (outside a vessel) is a _____blast.
lipo-
a growth consisting of immature neural cells is a _____blastoma.
glio-
_____pheresis is the separation of blood into parts.
plasma-
The arrangement of cells in tissue is _____architecture.
cyto-
An abnormally low level of iron in the blood is _____penia.
sidero-
_____oid is bladder-shaped
cyst-
The metabolic production of ketones is _____genesis.
Keto-
_____poiesis is the production of chyle in the intestine.
chylo-
______poiesis means the production of chyme
chymo-
relating to the squamous part of the frontal bone is _____frontal
squamo-
algesi/o. algi/o, alg/o (sensations or feelings)
pain
cry/o (sensations or feelings)
cold
dips/o (sensations or feelings)
thirst
esthesi/o (sensations or feelings)
sensation, perception
kin/o, kine (sensations or feelings)
movement, motion
kinesi/o, kines/o (sensations or feelings)
motion
phon/o (sensations or feelings)
sound, voice, speech
phot/o (sensations or feelings)
light
son/o (sensations or feelings)
sound
therm/o (sensations or feelings)
heat
acanth/o (factor or quality)
spiny, thorny
andr/o (factor or quality)
masculine
chlor/o (factor or quality)
chlorine, green
chrom/o. chromat/o (factor or quality)
color
crypt/o (factor or quality)
hidden, obscure
cyan/o (factor or quality)
blue
eosin/o (factor or quality)
red
erythr/o (factor or quality)
red/redness
granul/o (factor or quality)
granular
gyn/o,gyne, gynec/o (factor or quality)
women
home/o, hom/o (factor or quality)
same, constant
ichthy/o (factor or quality)
dry,scaly, fishy
idi/o (factor or quality)
distinct, unknown
immuno/o (factor or quality)
safe, immune
leuk/o (factor or quality)
white
macr/o (factor or quality)
large, long
meg/a, megal/o (factor or quality)
large, million
melan/o (factor or quality)
black, dark
micr/o (factor or quality)
small, tiny
mio (factor or quality)
smaller, less
morph/o (factor or quality)
structure, shape
norm/o (factor or quality)
normal
physi/o (factor or quality)
physical, natural
pseud/o (factor or quality)
false
scler/o (factor or quality)
hardness, hardening
scoli/o (factor or quality)
crooked, bent
spher/o (factor or quality)
round,spherical
staphyl/o (factor or quality)
grapelike clusters
sten/o (factor or quality)
narrowness
strept/o (factor or quality)
twisted chains, streptococci
terat/o (factor or quality)
monster (as a malformed fetus)
xanth/o (factor or quality)
yellow
bacill/o (condition or condition-related)
bacilli, bacteria
bacteri/o (condition or condition-related)
bacteria
carcin/o (condition or condition-related)
cancer
kyph/o (condition or condition-related)
humpback
onch/o, onc/o (condition or condition-related)
tumor
path/o (condition or condition-related)
disease
pyr/o (condition or condition-related)
fever,fire, heat
schist/o (condition or condition-related)
split
schiz/o (condition or condition-related)
split, division
spasm/o (condition or condition-related)
spasm
anteri/o (position or location)
front
dextr/o (position or location)
right, toward the right
dors/o (position or location)
back
goni/o (position or location)
angle
later/o (position or location)
lateral, to one side
medi/o (position or location)
middle, medial plane
mes/o (position or location)
middle, median
orth/o (position or location)
straight, normal
top/o (position or location)
place, topical
crin/o (body processes)
secrete
gen/o (body processes)
producing, being born
hypn/o (body processes)
sleep
log/o (body processes)
speech, words, thought
narc/o (body processes)
sleep, numbness
phag/o (body processes)
eating, devouring, swallowing
somn/o, somni (body processes)
sleep
spir/o (body processes)
breath; breathe
actin/o (miscellaneous)
light
amyl/o miscellaneous)
starch
bar/o (miscellaneous)
weight, pressure
bas/o, basi/o (miscellaneous)
base
bio (miscellaneous)
life
chem/o (miscellaneous)
chemical
chrono (miscellaneous)
time
coni/o (miscellaneous)
dust
cycl/o (miscellaneous)
circle, cycle
dyna, dynam/o (miscellaneous)
force, energy
echo (miscellaneous)
reflecting sound
electr/o (miscellaneous)
electricity
eti/o (miscellaneous)
cause
fibr/o (miscellaneous)
fiber
fluor/o (miscellaneous)
light, luminous, fluorine
fungi (miscellaneous)
fungus
glact/o (miscellaneous)
milk
ger/o, geront/o (miscellaneous)
old age
lact/o, lacti (miscellaneous)
milk
lith/o (miscellaneous)
stone
lys/o (miscellaneous)
dissolution, destruction
necr/o (miscellaneous)
death, dying
noct/i (miscellaneous)
night
nyct/o (miscellaneous)
night
pharmaco (miscellaneous)
drugs, medicine
phyt/o (miscellaneous)
plant
py/o (miscellaneous)
pus
radio (miscellaneous)
radiation, x-ray, radius
stere/o (miscellaneous)
three-demensional
tel/o, tele/o (miscellaneous)
distant, end, complete
ton/o (miscellaneous)
tension, pressure
toxi, toxic/o, tox/o (miscellaneous)
poison, toxin
troph/o (miscellaneous)
food, nutrition
a (abbreviations)
before
ac (abbreviations)
before meals
AMI (abbreviations)
Acute myocardial infarction
bid (abbreviations)
twice a day
BP (abbreviations)
blood pressure
c/o (abbreviations)
complaining of
Ca (abbreviations)
cancer/carcinoma
CC (abbreviations)
Chief complaint
COPD (abbreviations)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)
CXR (abbreviations)
Chest X Ray
DOB (abbreviations)
date of birth
Dx (abbreviations)
diagnosis
ECG, EKG (abbreviations)
electrocardiogram
Fx (abbreviations)
fracture
GI (abbreviations)
gastrointestinal
h/o (abbreviations)
history of
HEENT
head, ears, eyes, nose and throat
HTN (abbreviations)
hypertension
Hx (abbreviations)
history
IM (abbreviations)
intramuscular
LAC (abbreviations)
laceration
LOC (abbreviations)
level of consciousness
mcg (abbreviations)
microgram
NKDA (abbreviations)
no known drug allergies
npo (abbreviations)
nothing by mouth
po (abbreviations)
by mouth
PRN (abbreviations)
as needed
qid (abbreviations)
four times a day
SOB (abbreviations)
shortness of breath
tid (abbreviations)
three times a day
Tx (abbreviations)
treatment
w/o (abbreviations)
without
WNL (abbreviations)
within normal limits
pneum/o
air or lung
