Chapter Six Flashcards
Disease
1
Q
alg/o, agli/o, algesi/o
A
pain
2
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, carcinoma
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, -algesia, -odynia
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
-oma
A
tumor
23
Q
-pathy
A
any disease of
24
Q
-rhage, -rhagia
A
bursting fourth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
25
-rhea
flow, discharge
26
-rhexis
rupture
27
-schisis
fissure, splitting
28
dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening
29
ectasia, ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
30
edema
swllinf, accumulation of fluid
31
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
32
malacia
softening
33
necrosis
tissue death
34
ptosis
dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse
35
sclerosis
hardening
36
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
37
stasis
suppression, stoppage
38
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
39
toxin
poison
40
staphyl/o
grape like cluster
41
strept/o
twisted chain
42
bacill/i, bacill/o
bacillus
43
bacteri/o
bacteria
44
myc/o
fungus, mold
45
vir/o
virus
