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Chapter 2: Body in Disease Flashcards

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Preventitve Medicine

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a healthcare specialty that focuses on keeping a person healthy and preventing diease
prevent/o: prevent
-ive: pertaining to

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Medicine

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medic/o: physician, medicine

-ine: thing pertaining to

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etiology

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eti/o: cause of disease

-logy: study

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congenital

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congenit/o: present at birth

-al: pertaining to

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degenerative

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de: reversal of; without
gener/o: production; creation
-ative: pertaining to

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environmental

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caused by exposure to external substances

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hereditary

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heredit/o: genetic inheritance

-ary: pertaining to

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iatrogenic

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iatr/o: physician; medical treatment
gen/o: arising from; produces by
-ic: pertaining to

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idiopathic

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idi/o: unknown; individual
path/o: disease
-ic: pertaining to

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infectious

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infect/o: disease within

-ious: pertaining to

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pathogen

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path/o: disease

-gen: that which produces

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communicable

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communic/o: impart, transmit

-able: able to be

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neoplastic

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ne/o: new
plast/o: growth, formation
-ic: pertaining to

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nosocomial

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nosocomi/o: hospital

-al: pertaining to

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nutritional

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nutrit/o: nourishment

  • ion: action; condition
  • al: pertaining to
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symptomatology

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symptomat/o: collection of symptoms

-logy: the study of

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syndrome

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syn: together

- drome: a running

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asymptomatic

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a- away from; without
symptomat/o: collection of symptoms
-ic: pertaining to

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inspection

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inspect/o: looking at

-ion: action; condition

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palpation

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palpat/o: touching feeling

-ion: action, condition

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auscultation

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auscult/o: listening

-ation: a process, being or having

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percussion

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percuss/o: tapping

-ion: action; condition

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diagnosis

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dia- complete; completely
gnos/o: knowledge
-osis: condition, abnormal condition
* Plural form changing -is to -es

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acute

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sudden in nature and severe in intensity

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subacute

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less severe in intensity

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chronic

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chron/o: time

-ic: pertaining to

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exacerbation

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exacerb/o: increase, provoke

ation: a process; being or having

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remission

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remiss/o: send back

-ion: action; condition

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sequela

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an abnormal condition or complication that arises because of the original disease and remains after the original disease has resolved

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therapeutic

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therapeut/o: therapy; treatment

-ic: pertaining to

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refractory

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re: again and again; backward; unable to
fract/o: break up
-ory: having the function of

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surgery

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surg/o: operative procedure

ery: process of

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prognosis

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pro: before
gnos/o: knowledge
-osis: condition; abnormal condition, process

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recuperation

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recuper/o: recover

-ation: a process; being or having

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disability

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a permanent loss of the ability to perform certain activities or to function in a given way

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terminal

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termin/o: end; boundary

-al: pertaining to

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ambulatory surgery center

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facility where minor surgical procedures are performed. The patient is outpatient who arrives in time for the surgery and does not stay overnight
ambulat/o: walking
surg/o: operative procedure

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ancillary department

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provides services to support the medical and surgical care given in the hospital
ancill/o: servant; accessory

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attending physician

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physician on the medical staff of a hospital who admits patients, directs their care and discharges them
physic/o: body

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hospice

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facility for patients who have a terminal illness and require palliative supportive care, counseling and emotional support for themselves and their families
palliat/o: reduce the severity of

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