Final Study List Flashcards
1
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-plegia
A
paralysis
2
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-otomy
A
surgical cutting
3
Q
-clasia
A
surgical breaking
4
Q
-pepsia
A
digestion
5
Q
-phasia
A
speech
6
Q
-cyesis
A
pregnancy
7
Q
-genic
A
producing
8
Q
-plasm
A
formation/development
9
Q
-dynia
A
pain
10
Q
cyst
A
bladder
11
Q
-stenosis
A
hardening
12
Q
-rrhexis
A
rupture
13
Q
-rrhapy
A
suture
14
Q
-rrhagia
A
burst forth
15
Q
-pathy
A
disease
16
Q
-cele
A
hernia, protrusion
17
Q
-tripsy
A
crushing
18
Q
-rrhaphy
A
to suture
19
Q
-dys
A
painful, difficult
20
Q
an-
A
without
21
Q
per-
A
through
22
Q
-dipsia
A
thirst
23
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infra-
A
below, under
24
Q
xer- (xeroderma)
A
dry (dry skin)
25
erythr/o (erythroderma)
red (red skin)
26
pachy- (pachyderma)
thick (thick skin)
27
onych/o
nail
28
my/o
muscle
29
onychomycosis
nail fungus (onych=nail, myc=fungus)
30
-desis (arthrodesis)
surgical fixation (surgical fixation of a joint)
31
spondyl/o (spondylosis)
vertebra (abnormal vertebra)
32
-asthenia (myasthenia)
weakness (muscle weakness)
33
tome (osteotome)
instrument to cut (instrument to cut bone)
34
sclerosis
hardening
35
-lysis (thrombolysis)
destruction (clot destruction)
36
septicemia
septic blood condition (blood poisoning)
37
-poiesis (hematopoiesis)
formation (blood formation)
38
stasis
stopping
39
-phil
attracted to
40
globulin
protein
41
-ectasis
dilated, expansion
42
con (pneumoconiosis)
dust (abnormal condition of lung dust)
43
enter/o (gastroenteritis)
intestines (inflammation of stomach and intestines)
44
lapar/o (laparoscope)
abdomen (instrument to view the abdomen)
45
noct- (nocturia)
night (urine at night)
46
calculus
stone formed within an organ
47
balanitis
inflammation of the glans penis
48
pyuria
pus in urine
49
hysterorrhexis
rupture of uterus
50
colp (colposcope)
vagina (device for viewing the vagina)
51
dysmenorrhea
painful menstruation
52
oligo (oligomenorrhea)
scanty (scant menstruation)
53
oophor or ovari
ovary
54
salping/o (ovariosalpingitis)
fallopian tubes (ovary and fallopian tube inflammation)
55
metr/o
uterus
56
endometrial
inner uterus
57
diplegia
paralysis of two limbs
58
myel/o (meningomyelitis)
spinal cord - inflammation of meninges and spinal cord. Myel/o can also mean bone marrow
59
carcinoma
cancerous tumor (oma is just a tumor)
60
oophoroplasty
surgical repair of the ovary
61
keratotomy
surgical repair of the cornea (kerat/o can be keratin, hard, hornlike or cornea)
62
blephar/o (blepharoplasty)
eyelid (surgical repair of the eyelid)
63
diplopia
double vision
64
amblyopia
dull or dim vision
65
dacry/o (dacryiadenitis)
tears (inflammation of the lacrimal/tear gland)
66
phaco (phacosclerosis)
lens (hardening of the lens)
67
kerat/o or corne/o
cornea
68
choroid
choroid layer of the eye
69
lacrim/o or dacry/o
tears
70
ocul/o
eye
71
scler/o
sclera
72
stenosis
narrowing
73
anosmia
no smell
74
myring/o
eardrum
