Disease and Treatment Flashcards by Rachel De Groot | Brainscape

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alg/o

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pain

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, bladder

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lith

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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

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pus

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pyr/o

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fever

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scler/o

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hard

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tox/o

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posion

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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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poor, bad

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pachy-

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thick

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trachy-

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rapid

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zero-

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dry

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-cele

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hernia

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-clasis

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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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pian

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-oma

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tumor

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-pathy

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disease

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-rhage

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bursting forth

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-rhea

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discharge

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-rhexist

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rupture

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-schisis

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fissure, splitting

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dilation

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expansion, widening

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ectasia

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dilation

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edema

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swelling, accumulation of fluid

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lysis

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seperation, loosening

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malacia

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softening

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necrosis

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death of tissue

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ptosis

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dropping downward

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sclerosis

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hardening

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spasm

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sudden contractions, cramp

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stasis

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stoppage

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stenosis

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narrowing, constirction

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toxin

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posion

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staphylo

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cluster

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strepto

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chain

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bacill/o

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bacillus

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bacteri/o

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bacterium

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myc/o

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fungus, mold

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vir/o

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virus

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neoplasia

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uncontrolled growth of tissue

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a prolapsed organ has…

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inverted

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trauma is…

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injury

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death of tissue is…

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necrosis

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etiology is a disease it its…

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casue

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cancer of muscle and connective tissue is

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sarcoma

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a sudden and severe disease of short duration is…

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acute

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a hernia is a …

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protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening

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a lesion is a …

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wound

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metastasis is …

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spreading of cancer

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sepsis is caused by…

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microorganism

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an antipyretic is used to…

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reduce fever

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an analgesic is used to

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reduce pain

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oncologist studies…

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tumours

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arteriosclerosis is

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hardening of the arteries

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xerotic condition are

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dry

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lipoma

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fatty tissue

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osecoclasis…

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broken bone

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a disease with no known casue is,,,

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idiopathic

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nosocomial infection is acquired…

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at a hospital

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examination by touching the surface of the body

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palpation

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auscultation is accomplished with…

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a stethoscope

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otoscope is used to examine…

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ears

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biopsy is…

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removal of tissue for microscopic examination