Disease and Treatment Flashcards by Rachel De Groot

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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

discharge

-rhexist

rupture

-schisis

fissure, splitting

dilation

expansion, widening

ectasia

dilation

edema

swelling, accumulation of fluid

lysis

seperation, loosening

malacia

softening

necrosis

death of tissue

ptosis

dropping downward

sclerosis

hardening

spasm

sudden contractions, cramp

stasis

stoppage

stenosis

narrowing, constirction

toxin

posion

staphylo

cluster

strepto

chain

bacill/o

bacillus

bacteri/o

bacterium

myc/o

fungus, mold

vir/o

virus

neoplasia

uncontrolled growth of tissue

a prolapsed organ has...

inverted

trauma is...

injury

death of tissue is...

necrosis

etiology is a disease it its...

casue

cancer of muscle and connective tissue is

sarcoma

a sudden and severe disease of short duration is...

acute

a hernia is a ...

protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening

a lesion is a ...

wound

metastasis is ...

spreading of cancer

sepsis is caused by...

microorganism

an antipyretic is used to...

reduce fever

an analgesic is used to

reduce pain

oncologist studies...

tumours

arteriosclerosis is

hardening of the arteries

xerotic condition are

dry

lipoma

fatty tissue

osecoclasis...

broken bone

a disease with no known casue is,,,

idiopathic

nosocomial infection is acquired...

at a hospital

examination by touching the surface of the body

palpation

auscultation is accomplished with...

a stethoscope

otoscope is used to examine...

ears

biopsy is...

removal of tissue for microscopic examination