FINALS Flashcards
1
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-opsy
A
to view
view of
2
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-ectomy
A
excision
removal
3
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-tomy
A
incision
4
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination
5
Q
-scope
A
instrument for visual examination
6
Q
-graphy
A
x-ray
process of recording
7
Q
-gram
A
record
8
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-graph
A
instrument to record
9
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analysis
A
to separate
10
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inter
A
between
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intra
A
in, within, into
12
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infra
A
beneath, under
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a
an
A
no, not, without
14
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ante
A
before, forward
15
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auto
A
self, own
16
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bi
A
two
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brady
A
slow
18
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dys
A
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Q
endo
A
within
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epi
A
above
21
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ex
A
out, away from
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exo
A
out, away from
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hemi
A
half
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hypo
A
deficient, below, under, less than normal
25
hyper
above, excessive
26
in
in, into, not
27
mal
bad
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micro
small
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para
near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of
30
peri
surrounding
31
poly
many, much, increased
32
pro
before, forward
33
pseudo
false
34
re
back again, backward
35
retro
behind, back, backward
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sub
under, below
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supra
above, upper
38
tachy
fast
39
trans
across, through
40
-ac, -ia, -al, -ic, -ical
pertaining to
41
-algia
pain
42
-cyte
cell
43
-ectomy
removal, excision, resection
44
-emia
blood condition
45
-esthesia
nervous sensation (feeling)
46
-genic
produced by or in
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-globin
protein
48
-ist
specialist
49
-itis
inflammation
50
-lexia
word, phrase
51
-logy
study (process of)
52
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
53
-malacia
softening
54
-megaly
enlargement
55
-oid
resembling
56
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
57
-opsy
view of
58
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
59
-otia
ear condition
60
-pathy
disease, emotion
61
-y
condition, process
62
-penia
deficiency
63
-plasia
development, formation, growth
64
-plasty
surgical repair
65
-scope
instrument for visual examination
66
-scopy
visual examination
67
-sis
state of, condition
68
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
69
-tomy
process of cutting
70
acous/o
hearing
71
aden/o
gland
72
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
73
angi/o
vessel (blood)
74
arthr/o
joint
75
blephar/o
eyelid
76
brachi/o
arm
77
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
78
cardi/o
heart
79
cephal/o
head
80
cerebr/o
cerebrum
| largest part of the brain
81
chrom/o
color
82
cor/o
pupil
83
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
84
cyt/o
cell
85
dacry/o
tears
86
derm/o
| dermat/o
skin
87
encephal/o
brain
88
enter/o
small intestine
89
erythr/o
red
90
gastr/o
stomach
91
gynec/o
woman, female
92
hemat/o
| hem/o
blood
93
hepat/o
liver
94
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
95
immun/o
protection, safe, immune
96
kines/o
movement
97
iatr/o
physician, treatment
98
leuk/o
white
99
laryng/o
larynx
100
ment/o
chin
| mind
101
myel/o
spinal cord
| bone marrow
102
nephr/o
kidney
103
neur/o
nerve
104
onc/o
tumor
105
ophthalm/o
eye
106
oste/o
bone
107
path/o
disease
108
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
109
phas/o
speech
110
psych/o
mind
111
radi/o
x-rays
radioactivity
radius (lateral lower arm bone)
112
ren/o
kidney
113
rhin/o
nose
114
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
115
sect/o
to cut
116
somat/o
body
117
thrombo/o
clot
118
trache/o
trachea
119
thorac/o
chest
120
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
121
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
group of clinical signs and symptoms
suppression of immune system and opportunistic infections
caused by HIV
122
aneurysm
enlarged, weakened area in an arterial wall; may rupture and cause hemorrhage and CVA
123
ELISA
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
| screening test to detect anti-HIV antibodies in blood
124
fibrillation
irregular, random, rapid heart contractions
125
pneumonia
acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli
126
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
causes AIDS
destroys helper T cells
lowers immune resistance
127
aorta
largest artery
128
vena cava
largest vein
129
infarction
area of dead tissue
130
tinnitus
sensations of noises in the ear; ringing in the ear
131
supine
lying on back
| sUPine (facing UP)
132
prone
lying on the back
| prONe (ON the stomach)
133
edema
swelling and fluid in the tissues
