Chapter 3: Disease & Treatment Flashcards
1
Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
A
Pain
2
Q
carcin/o
A
Cancer
3
Q
cyst/o
A
Filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder
4
Q
lith
A
Calculus, stone
5
Q
onc/o
A
Tumor
6
Q
path/o
A
disease
7
Q
py/o
A
pus
8
Q
pyr/o, pyret/o
A
Fever, fire
9
Q
scler/o
A
Hard
10
Q
tox/o, toxic/o
A
Poison
11
Q
brady-
A
Slow
12
Q
dys-
A
Abnormal, painful, difficult
13
Q
mal-
A
Bad, poor
14
Q
pachy-
A
Thick
15
Q
tachy-
A
Rapid
16
Q
xero-
A
Dry
17
Q
-algia, -Alesia
A
Pain
18
Q
-cele
A
Hernia, localized dilation
19
Q
-clasis, classic
A
Breaking
20
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
21
Q
-megaly
A
Enlargement
22
Q
-odynia
A
Pain
23
Q
-oma
A
Tumor
24
Q
-pathy
A
Any disease of
25
Q
-rhage, rhagia
A
Busting fourth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
26
Q
-rhea
A
Flow, discharge
27
Q
-rhexis
A
Rupture
28
Q
-schisis
A
Fissure, splitting
29
Q
dilation, dilatation
A
Expansion, widening
30
Q
estasia, ecstasies
A
dilation, dilatation, distension
31
Q
edema
A
accumulation of fluid, swelling
32
Q
lysis
A
Separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
33
Q
malacia
A
softening
34
Q
necrosis
A
death of tissue
