FINALS Flashcards
-opsy
to view
view of
-ectomy
excision
removal
-tomy
incision
-scopy
visual examination
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-graphy
x-ray
process of recording
-gram
record
-graph
instrument to record
analysis
to separate
inter
between
intra
in, within, into
infra
beneath, under
a
an
no, not, without
ante
before, forward
auto
self, own
bi
two
brady
slow
dys
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
endo
within
epi
above
ex
out, away from
exo
out, away from
hemi
half
hypo
deficient, below, under, less than normal
hyper
above, excessive
in
in, into, not
mal
bad
micro
small
para
near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of
peri
surrounding
poly
many, much, increased
pro
before, forward
pseudo
false
re
back again, backward
retro
behind, back, backward
sub
under, below
supra
above, upper
tachy
fast
trans
across, through
-ac, -ia, -al, -ic, -ical
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
removal, excision, resection
-emia
blood condition
-esthesia
nervous sensation (feeling)
-genic
produced by or in
-globin
protein
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-lexia
word, phrase
-logy
study (process of)
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
view of
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-otia
ear condition
-pathy
disease, emotion
-y
condition, process
-penia
deficiency
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-sis
state of, condition
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
-tomy
process of cutting
acous/o
hearing
aden/o
gland
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
angi/o
vessel (blood)
arthr/o
joint
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
largest part of the brain
chrom/o
color
cor/o
pupil
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cyt/o
cell
dacry/o
tears
derm/o
dermat/o
skin
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
small intestine
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
immun/o
protection, safe, immune
kines/o
movement
iatr/o
physician, treatment
leuk/o
white
laryng/o
larynx
ment/o
chin
mind
myel/o
spinal cord
bone marrow
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
phas/o
speech
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
radioactivity
radius (lateral lower arm bone)
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
sect/o
to cut
somat/o
body
thrombo/o
clot
trache/o
trachea
thorac/o
chest
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
group of clinical signs and symptoms
suppression of immune system and opportunistic infections
caused by HIV
aneurysm
enlarged, weakened area in an arterial wall; may rupture and cause hemorrhage and CVA
ELISA
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
screening test to detect anti-HIV antibodies in blood
fibrillation
irregular, random, rapid heart contractions
pneumonia
acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
causes AIDS
destroys helper T cells
lowers immune resistance
aorta
largest artery
vena cava
largest vein
infarction
area of dead tissue
tinnitus
sensations of noises in the ear; ringing in the ear
supine
lying on back
sUPine (facing UP)
prone
lying on the back
prONe (ON the stomach)
edema
swelling and fluid in the tissues
