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Chapter 1- Intro to Med Term Flashcards

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1
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Slcerosis-

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Abnormal hardening

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal, cutting out

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-centesis

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A surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid

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Word Root

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Indicates the involved body part

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-algia

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Pain, suffering

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Prefix

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Location, time, number, and status

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-necrosis

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Tissue death

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-stenosis

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Abnormal narrowing

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Poli/o

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Gray

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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Myel/o

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Spinal Cord

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-rrhage

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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhaphy

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Surgical suturing

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Suffixes meaning “Pertaining to”

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  • ac
  • al
  • an
  • ar
  • ary
  • eal
  • ical
  • ial
  • ic
  • ine
  • ior
  • ory
  • ous
  • tic
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Suffixes meaning “abnormal condition”

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  • ago
  • esis
  • ia
  • iasis
  • ion
  • ism
  • osis
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hypo-

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Deficient, decreased

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hyper-

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Excessive, increased

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-rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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Suffixes as noun endings

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  • a
  • e
  • um
  • us
  • y
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-otomy

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Cutting, surgical incision

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-itis

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Inflammation

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my/o

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Muscle

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arthr/o

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Joint

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-ostomy

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The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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Suffix

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Procedure, condition, disorder, or disease

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29
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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neur/o

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Nerve

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erythr/o

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Red

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leuk/o

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White

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-osis

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Abnormal condition, disease

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dys-

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Bad, difficult, or painful

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-dynia

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Pain

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-graphy

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Producing a picture or record

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-gram

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Picture or record

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melan/o

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Black

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myc/o

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Fungus

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-ologist

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Specialist

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-ology

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The study of

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pyel/o

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Renal pelvis(part of the kidney)

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py/o

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Pus

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pyr/o

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Fever or fire

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-a plural

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-ae

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-ex or -ix plural

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-ices

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-is plural

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-es

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-itis plural

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-ides

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-nx plural

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-ges

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-on plural

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-a

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-us plural

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-i

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ad-

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Toward

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ab-

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Away from

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Sinister/o

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Left side

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dextr/o

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Right side

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ex-

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Out of, outside, away from

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in-

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In, into, not, without

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macro-

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Large, abnormal size, long

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micr/o, micro-

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small

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mega-, megal/o

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Large, great

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olig/o

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Scanty, few

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pre-

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Before

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post-

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After, behind

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eu-

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Good, normal, well or easy

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inter-

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Between or among

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intra-

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Within or inside

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sub-

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under, less, below

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super-, supra-

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Above or excessive

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peri-

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Surrounding

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-derma

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Skin

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vir

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Virus or poison

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Sign

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Objective evidence of disease.

76
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Diagnosis

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Identification of a disease.

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Acute Condition

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As a rapid onset, severe course, and a relatively short duration.

78
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Disease

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Condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally.

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Symptom

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Subjective evidence of a disease.

80
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Differential Diagnosis

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An attempt to determine Which one of several possible diseases is causing the signs and symptoms.

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Chronic

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A condition that has a long duration. Although such diseases can be controlled, they can rarely be cured.

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Eponym

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A disease, structure, operation, or procedure named after the person who discovered or described it.

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Syndrome

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A set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.

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Prognosis

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A prediction of the probable cause and outcome of a disease.

85
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Remission

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The temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of as disease.

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Acronym

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A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term.

Medical Terminology (8 decks)

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