Exam 1 Week 1 Flashcards
Surgery
Hand work (work done by hand)
Clinic
Pertaining to a bed (bedside)
Diagnosis
Complete knowledge
Doctor
Teacher
Doctors teach patients how to stay healthy or get well
Noso- (no-SOH)
Disease
Patho-, -pathy
Sickness
Dose
Giving
Etio-
Cause
Hospital
Institution for guests
(Housing for sick people)
(back in the day Hospitalers ran a hospice or a motel for travelers who are often sick)
Iatro-
Physician, doctor
Physio-
Nature
Apothecary (ah-POTH-e-ka-re)
Storehouse (Drug Storehouse)
Prognosis
Foreknowledge (forecast of how a disease will turn out)
(forecast to recovery)
(-osis= unhealthy condition)
Symptom
Perception of disease
Therap-
To heal
Veterinary
Dealing with beasts of burden (any type of animal given medical care)
Bio-
Living
-atrics
To treat
-ist, -logist
A doer, a specialist
-ize
Treatment
Morbus
Disease
-ology
Study of
-itis
Inflammation
-osis, -iasis
Status, condition
sanitas
Health
Physic-
Natural
Pharmaco-
Medicine
Nosocomial
Disease originating in a hospital (disease from hospital such as urinary infection caused by urinary draining tubes)
Nosology
Classification of diseases
Pathology
Study of sickness
Patho- = sickness; -ology = study of
Adenopathy
Sickness of a gland
Adeno=gland; pathy=sickness
Etiology
Study of causes of disease
Etio=Cause; -ology=study of
Iatrogenic
Doctor-caused (Disease from doctor)
(Ex: Surgical Absess)
(Iatro=Doctor)
Pharmacist
One who prepares and sells drugs
Pharmaco=Medicine; -ist=one/specialist
Pharmaceutics
Medicines
Pharmaco=Medicine
Therapist
One who heals
Therap=to heal; -ist=one/specialist
Physiotherapy
Healing with heat or other natural means
Physio=nature; -therapy=to heal
Biology
Study of living things
Bio=living; -ology=study of
Biomedical
Application of biology to medicine
Bio=living
Geriatrics
Treatment of the elderly
Geri=elderly; -atrics= to treat
Pediatrics
Treatment of children
Pedi=children; -atrics=to treat
Internist
Specialist in internal medicine
-ist= specialist
Cauterize
Treat by burning tissue
-ize= action of treatment
Morbid
Diseased
morbus-= disease
Morbidity
Incidence of disease
morbus-= disease
Pharmacology
Study of medicine
Pharmac-=medicine; -ology=study of
Dermatology
Study of skin diseases
Dermat- =skin; -ology=study of
Dermatitis
Skin inflammation
Dermat- =skin; -itis = inflammation
Dermatosis
Disease process in the skin
Dermat- =skin; -osis/-iasis = unhealthy condition
Leishmaniasis
Infection with Leishmania
-iasis/-osis = Unhealthy condition
Sanitary
Conducive to health
Sanitas- =Health
Sanitation
Process of promoting health
Sanitas- = Health; -tion=process?
Physiology
Study of natural functions of the body
Physio- = Nature; -ology = Study of
Thyroiditis
Thyroid inflammation
-itis = inflammation
Pancreatitis
Pancreas inflammation
-itis = inflammation
Cardiologist
Specialist in heart disease
Cardio- = Heart; -ist= specialist
Physician
Healer using medicine
Physic- = Medicine
Albus
White
Amauros
Dark