Chapter 1 - Medical Language & Health Care Today Flashcards
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What are the five skills of medical language communication?
A
- Reading
- Hearing
- Thinking/analyzing/understanding
- Writing/spelling
- Speaking/pronouncing
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-ation
A
being; having; process
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-ion
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action; condition
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-ia
A
condition; state; thing
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-ism
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disease from a specific cause; process
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-itis
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infection of; inflammation of
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-osis
A
abnormal condition; process
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-oma
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mass; tumor
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-pathy
A
disease
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal
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-gram
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picture; record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-scope
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instrument used to examine
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-scopy
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process of using an instrument to examine
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-tomy
A
process of making an incision
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-iatry
A
medical treatment
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-ics
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knowledge; practice
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-ist
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person who specializes in; thing that specializes in
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-logy
A
study of
22
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sagittal plane
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- divides the body into right and left
- medial/lateral/bilateral
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coronal plane
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- divides the body at the midline (front and back)
- anterior (ventral)/posterior (dorsal)
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transverse plane
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- divides the body into upper and lower
- cephalad/caudad
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Name the five body cavities.
1. Cranial
2. Spinal
3. Thoracic
4. Abdominal
5. Pelvic
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Name the nine body regions.
1. Left/right hypochondriac
2. Epigastric
3. Left/right lumbar
4. Umbilical
5. Left/right inguinal
6. Hypogastric
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What's the difference between a disease and a disorder?
A disease is any change in the normal structure or function of the body. A disorder is the disturbance of action or function (usually mental or psychiatric).
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What's the difference between a symptom and a sign?
A symptom is any deviation from health that is experienced or felt by the patient. A sign is when a symptom can be detected by others.
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remission
a temporary improvement in the signs or symptoms of a disease w/out the underlying disease being cured
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sequela
a complication that is caused by the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved
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syndrome
a set of symptoms and signs associated w/ and characteristic of a particular disease
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refractory
a disease that does not respond to treatment
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dors/o-
back; dorsum
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caud/o-
tailbone
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cellul/o-
cell
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What is the medical definition of the word pneumonitis?
infection of the lung
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ven/o-
vein
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cost/o-
rib
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eti/o-
cause of disease
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Define etiology.
cause or origin of a disease
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tom/o-
cut; layer; slice
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ana-
apart; excessive
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-ical
pertaining to
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-ory
having the function of
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fract/o-
bend; break up; having the function of being able to break up
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syn-
together
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-drome
running
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What is bradycardia?
condition of a slow heart
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What is tachycardia?
condition of a fast heart
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quadri-
four
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pleg/o-
paralysis
