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Chapter one - Terminology Flashcards

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1
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Cell

A

-Cyte or cyt-

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Removal of a structure

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-ectomy

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Blood

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-emia or hemo-

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Breasts

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-mastia

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Measurement

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-metric

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State, usually diseased

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-osis

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Fixation or a structure

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-pexy

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Molding, shaping, reconstruction

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-plasty

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Breath, respiration

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-pnea

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Flowing, flow

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-rrhea

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Using an instrument to view

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-scopy

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Of or relating to urine

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-turia

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Without

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a- or an-

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Up/against/re- (not to be confused with a-/an- or with the linking vowel -a-)

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ana-

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Masculine

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andro-

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Pain or pressure in the chest

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angina

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Human, mankind (both men/women)

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anthropo-

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Head

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cephal-

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Body

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corpus

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Of or related to the skin

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cutaneous

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Through

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dia-

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Bad or difficult

A

dys-

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Upon

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epi-

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Out/outside or exterior

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eco- (-ec-)

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Feminine, female

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gyn- or gyno-

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Higher than normal, excessive

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hyper-

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Lower than normal, deficient

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hypo-

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White

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Leuko- or leuk-

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Stone, stone-like, often calcification

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litho-

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Straight or ordered, aligned

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ortho-

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Near or around

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peri-

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Of our related to the nose

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rhin- or rhino-

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Chest

A

thorax

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Little or few

A

oligo-

35
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Burst open

A

-lytic

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Intestines (small intestines)

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-entero-

37
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Which of the following is a term for the accumulation of blood in a well circumscribed region?

A

Hematoma

38
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What should you do if a patient walks out of a hospital against medical advice refusing to sign discharge papers?

A

Notate the refusal in the patient’s file.

39
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B.U.N

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Blood Urea Nitrogen

40
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SOB

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Shortness of Breath

41
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GTT

A

Glucose Tolerance Test

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