Chapter 6 - Disease Flashcards

1
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alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

A

pain

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2
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carcin/o

A

cancer, carcinoma

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3
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cyst/o

A

filled sac, cyst, bladder

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4
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lith

A

calculus, stone

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5
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onc/o

A

tumor

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6
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path/o

A

disease

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7
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py/o

A

pus

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8
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pyr/o, pyret/o

A

fever, fire

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9
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scler/o

A

hard

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10
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tox/o, toxic/o

A

poison

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11
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brady-

A

slow

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12
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dys-

A

abnormal, painful, difficult

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13
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mal-

A

bad, poor

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14
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pachy-

A

thick

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15
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tachy-

A

rapid

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16
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xero-

A

dry

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17
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-algia, -algesia

A

pain

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18
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-cele

A

hernia, localized dilation

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19
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-clasis, -clasia

A

breaking

20
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-itis

A

inflammation

21
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-megaly

A

enlargement

22
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-odynia

A

pain

23
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-oma

A

tumor

24
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-pathy

A

any disease of

25
Q

-rhage, -rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

26
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-rhea

A

flow, discharge

27
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-rhexis

A

rupture

28
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-schisis

A

fissure, splitting

29
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dilation, dilatation

A

expansion, widening

30
Q

ectasia, extasis

A

dilation, dilatation, distension

31
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edema

A

accumulation of fluid, swelling

32
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lysis

A

separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

33
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malacia

A

softening

34
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necrosis

A

death of tissue

35
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ptosis

A

dropping, downward displacement

36
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sclerosis

A

hardening

37
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spasm

A

sudden contraction, cramp

38
Q

stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

39
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stenosis

A

narrowing, constriction

40
Q

staphyl/o

A

grape-like cluster

41
Q

strept/o

A

twisted chain

42
Q

bacill/o, bacill/i

A

bacillus

43
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bacteri/o

A

bacterium

44
Q

myc/o

A

fungus, mold

45
Q

vir/o

A

virus