Chapter 6 - Disease Flashcards
1
Q
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
A
pain
2
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, carcinoma
3
Q
cyst/o
A
filled sac, 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, -algesia
A
pain
18
Q
-cele
A
hernia, localized dilation
19
Q
-clasis, -clasia
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
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
26
-rhea
flow, discharge
27
-rhexis
rupture
28
-schisis
fissure, splitting
29
dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening
30
ectasia, extasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
31
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
32
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
33
malacia
softening
34
necrosis
death of tissue
35
ptosis
dropping, downward displacement
36
sclerosis
hardening
37
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
38
stasis
suppression, stoppage
39
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
40
staphyl/o
grape-like cluster
41
strept/o
twisted chain
42
bacill/o, bacill/i
bacillus
43
bacteri/o
bacterium
44
myc/o
fungus, mold
45
vir/o
virus
