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Intro to Medical terminology Flashcards

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1
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What are Primary medical terms?

A

Primary medical terms enable you to prioritize terms in your study of medical terminology.

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What 4 types of word parts are used to create complex medical words?

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  1. Word roots
  2. Combining forms
  3. Suffixes
  4. Prefixes
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What are word roots?

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Word roots usually, But not always, indicate the part of the body involved.

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Word roots Examples

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  • Cardi = heart
  • Gastr = stomach
  • Nuer = nerve
    Note- Word roots do not mean pertaining to or relating to, that meaning comes from the suffix
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What are combining forms?

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  • Created by adding a vowel (usuualy an “O”) at the end of a word root
  • Used when connecting word roots or when the word root is joined to a suffix that begins with a consonant
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Combining forms examples

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EXAMPLES
- Cardi/o = heart
- gastr/o = Stomach
- Nuer/o = nerve

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What are suffixes?

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  • Suffixes usually, but not always, Indicate the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.
    Examples
  • Cardiomegaly
  • Gastralgia
  • Neuritis
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Suffixes examples

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EXAMPLES
- tonsill(tonsil, tonsils) + itis ( inflamation)= tonsillitis

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what are prefixes?

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prefixes usually, but not always, indicate location, time, number, or status.
examples
- pericardium
- epigastric
- polyneuritis

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example of prefixes

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pre(before)+ nat(birth)+ al (pertaining to)= prenatal(the time and events before birth)

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what does -algia mean?

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Pain, Painfull condition

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what does dys- mean?

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bad, difficult or painful

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what does -ectomy mean?

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Surgical removal, cutting out, excision

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what does hyper- mean?

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excessive, increased

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what does hypo- mean?

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deficient, decreased

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what does -itis mean?

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inflammation

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what does -osis mean?

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abnormal condition,disease

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what does -ostomy mean?

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the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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what does -otomy mean?

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cutting, surgical incision

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what does -plasty mean?

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surgical repair

21
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what does -rrhage mean?

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bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

22
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what does -rrhaphy mean?

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surgical suturing

23
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what does -rrhea mean?

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flow or discharge

24
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what does -rrhexis mean?

A

rupture

25
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what does -sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

26
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what does cardi mean?

A

Heart

27
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What does Gastr mean?

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Stomach

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What does nuer mean?

A

nerve

29
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what do you call your spinal cord?

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Myel/o

30
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what do you call your bone?

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Oste/o

31
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what do you call your muscle?

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My/o

32
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what do you call a nerve?

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nuer/o

33
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what do you call your joint?

A

arthr/o

34
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what does “pre” mean?

A

before

35
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what does “nat” mean?

A

birth

36
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what does “al” mean?

A

pertaining to

37
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what does prenatal mean?

A

the time and events before birth

38
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what do you call an ear?

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Ot/o

39
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what do you call a nose?

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rhin/o

40
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what do you call your throat?

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Laryng

41
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what does -Ology mean?

A

The study of

42
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what is an OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY?

A

A person who studies the ears nose and throat

43
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what is a vertebra and what is it plural?

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Vertebra is a bone in the spine.
and it plural is Vertabrea

44
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what does inter mean?

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inter means between or among

45
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what does intra mean?

A

within or inside

46
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what do you call losing a large amount of blood in a short time?

A

hemorrhage

47
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what is the ilium a part of?

A

hip bone

48
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what is the ileum part of?

A

small intestine

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