Chapter - 2 Diseases And Disorders: Diagnostic And Therapeutic Terms Flashcards
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aut(o)
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Self
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bi(o)
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life or living
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dipl(o)
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Double
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gen(o)
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Beginning or origin
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iatr(o)
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Physician or treatment
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idi(o)
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Individual
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nos(o), path(o)
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Disease
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anti-
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Against
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intra-
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within
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micro-
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Small
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-cidal
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killing
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-emia
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Condition of the blood
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-gen
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That which generates
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-genesis
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Producing or forming
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-genic
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Produced by or in
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seps(o)
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Infection
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sept(i), sept(o)
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Infection, sept(o) also means septum
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bacter(i), bacteri(o)
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Bacteria
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fung(i), myc(o)
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Fungus
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parasit(o)
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Parasite
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staphyl(o)
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Grapelike cluster; uvula
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strept(o)
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Twisted
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vir(o), virus(o)
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virus
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aden(o)
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Gland
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angi(o)
Vessel
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append(o), appendic(o)
appendix
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blephar(o)
Eyelid
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cephal(o)
Head
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cerebr(o), encephal(o)
Brain; cerebr(o) sometimes means cerebrum, the main portion of the brain
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chir(o)
hand
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col(o), colon(o)
Colon or large intestine
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cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o)
Skin
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hist(o)
Tissue
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mamm(o), mast(o)
breast
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muscul(o), my(o)
Muscle
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nas(o), rhin(o)
Nose
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nephr(o), ren(o)
Kidney
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or(o), stomat(o)
Mouth
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oste(o)
Bone
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pod(o)
Foot
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steth(o)
Thorax (chest)
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tonsill(o)
Tonsil
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trache(o)
trachea (windpipe)
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vas(o)
Vessel; ductus deferens (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicle
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cancer(o), carcin(o)
Cancer
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lith(o)
Stone or calculus
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-cele
hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it)
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-emia
Condition of blood
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-ia, -iasis
Condition
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-itis
Inflammation
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-lith
Stone or calculus
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-mania
Excessive preoccupation
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-maniac
A person who shows excessive preoccupation
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-oma
Tumor
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-osis
Condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)
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-pathy
Disease
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-phobia
Abnormal fear
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-ptosis
Prolapse (sagging)
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bi(o)
Life or living
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hem(o), hemato(o)
Blood
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lact(o)
Milk
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pyr(o)
Fire
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-able, -ible
Capable of, able to
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-al, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic
Pertaining to
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-ase
Enzyme
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-crine
Secrete
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-eum, -ium
Membrane
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-ia, -ism
Condition or theory
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-iac
One who suffers
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-opia
Vision
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-ose
Sugar
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-ous
Pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
State or condition
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cyt(o), -cyte
Cell
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kinesi(o)
Movement
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leps(o), -lepsy
Seizure
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log(o)
Knowledge or words
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lys(o)
Destruction, dissolving
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megal(o)
Large, enlarged
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metr(o)
Measure; uterine tissue
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path(o)
Disease
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phag(o)
Eat, ingest
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phas(o), -phasia
Speech
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plas(o)
Formation, development
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plast(o)
Repair
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pleg(o), -plegia
Paralysis
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schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o), -schisis
split, cleft
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scler(o)
Hard
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scop(o)
To examine, to view
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troph(o), -trophic, -trophy
nutrition
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-kinesia, -kinesis
Movement, motion
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-lysin, -lysis, -lytic
-lysin(that which destroys); -lysis(process of destroying); -lytic(capable of destroying
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-meter; -metry
-meter (Instrument used to measure); -metry(process of measuring)
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
Eating, swallowing
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-plasia; -plasma
-plasia (formation or development); -plasma(substance of cells)
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-sclerosis
Hardening
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-scope; -scopy
-scope(instrument used for viewing); -scopy(process of visually examining)
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endo-
Inside
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-algia, -dynia
Pain
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-ectasia, -ectasis
Dilatation or stretching of a structure or part
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-edema
Swelling
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-emesis
To vomit, vomiting
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-malacia
Soft, softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oid (forms adjectives and nouns)
Resembling
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-penia
Deficiency
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
Flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-spasm
Twitching, cramp
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-stasis
Stopping, controlling
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-gram
a record
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-graph
Instrument used to record
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-graphy
Process of recording
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-meter
Instrument used to measure
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-scope
Instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures)
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-scopy
Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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ech(o), son(o)
Sound
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electr(o)
Electricity
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fluor(o)
Emitting or reflecting light
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radi(o)
Radiant energy
| *sometimes means radius, a bone of the forearm
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tom(o)
To cut
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ultra-
Excessive
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algesi(o)
Sensitivity to pain
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chem(o)
Chemical
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cry(o)
Cold
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narc(o)
Stupor
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pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)
Drugs or medicine
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therapeut(o)
Treatment
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therm(o)
Heat
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tox(o), toxic(o)
Poison
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an-
No, not, without
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-therapy
Treatment
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a.c
Before meals
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ad lib.
Freely as needed, at pleasure
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aq.
Water
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b.i.d.
Twice a day
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NPO
Nothing by mouth
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p.o.
Orally
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p.r.n.
As needed, as the occasion arises
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q.
Every
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q.i.d.
Four times a day
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stat.
Immediately
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t.i.d.
Three times a day
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-centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-lysis
Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-stomy
Formation of an opening
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-tome
An instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
Incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
Surgical crushing
