General Flashcards
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adip/o
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fat
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py/o
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pus
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myc/o
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fungus
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pyr/o
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fever, fire
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cyt/o
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cell
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black, dark
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lip/o
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fat, lipid
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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coron/o
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coronary , crown
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix
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cephal/o
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head
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albin/o
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white
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aden/o
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gland
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hist/o
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tissue
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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path/o
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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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ech/o
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sound
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radi/o
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radiation, x-rays
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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onc/o
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tumor
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splen/o
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spleen
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axill/o
armpit
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edema
swelling
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erythrocyte
red blood cells
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fistula
abnormal passage between two internal organs
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fissure
a groove or crack-like sore of the skin
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hyper-
excessive
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hypo-
deficient
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therm
heat
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sign
objective evidence of disease
can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others
Ex: fever
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symptom
subjective evidence of a disease
can be evaluated or measured only by the patient
Ex: pain or a headache
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syndrome
a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease proces
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diagnosis
the identification of a disease
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differential diagnosis (D/DX) also known as rule out (R/O)
an attempt to determine which one of several diseases can be causing the signs and symptoms that are present
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prognosis
a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
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acute
has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration
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chronic
condition is of long duration. Such diseases can be controlled, they are rarely cured.
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remission
the temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without achieving a cure
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disease
a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally
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eponym
a disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first
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anatomy
study of the structures of the body
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physiology
study of the functions of the structures of the body
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superior
upper portion of the body
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inferior
lower portion of the body
