Chapter 6: Disease Flashcards by Amanda Belick

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alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

A

pain

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carcin/o

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cancer, carcinoma

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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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lith

A

calculus, stone

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onc/o

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tumor

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path/o

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disease

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py/o

A

pus

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pyr/o, pyret/o

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fever, fire

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scler/o

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hard

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tox/o, toxic/o

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poison

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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abnormal, painful, difficult

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mal-

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bad, poor

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pachy-

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thick

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tachy-

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rapid

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xero-

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dry

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-algia, -algesia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis, -clasia

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breaking

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-odynia

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pain

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-oma*

A

tumor *(plurals: -omas, -omata)

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-pathy

A

any disease of

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-rhage, -rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

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-rhea

A

flow, discharge

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-rhexis

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rupture

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-schisis

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fissure, splitting

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dilation, dilatation

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expansion, widening (may also refer to treatment)

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ectasia, extasis

A

dilation, dilatation, distension

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edema

A

accumulation of fluid, swelling

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lysis

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separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction (may also refer to treatment)

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malacia

A

softening

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necrosis

A

death of tissue

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ptosis

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dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

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sclerosis

A

hardening

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spasm

A

sudden contraction, cramp

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stasis

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suppression, stoppage (may also refer to treatment)

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stenosis

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narrowing, constriction

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toxin

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poison

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staphyl/o

A

grape-like cluster

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strept/o

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twisted chain

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bacill/i, bacill/o

A

bacillus

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bacteri/o

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bacterium

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myc/o

A

fungus, mold

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vir/o

A

virus