Introduction to medical terminology week 1 and week 2 Flashcards
1
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Gastritis
A
inflammation of the stomach
2
Q
Gastronomy
A
surgical incision to the stomach
3
Q
gastroesophageal
A
Pertaining to the stomach and esophagus
4
Q
cardi
A
heart
5
Q
cerebr
A
brain, cerebrum
6
Q
colo,colon
A
colon
7
Q
crani
A
cranium,skull
8
Q
dermat
A
skin
9
Q
gastr
A
stomach
10
Q
nephr
A
kidney
11
Q
neuron
A
nerve
12
Q
ost
A
bone
13
Q
pulmon
A
lung
14
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ren
A
kidney
15
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vas
A
vessel
16
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algia
A
pain
17
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ectomy
A
excision
18
Q
gram
A
record, recording
19
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ism, ia
A
condition of
20
Q
itis
A
inflammation
21
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lum
A
pertaining to body region, structure
22
Q
logy
A
study of
23
Q
oma
A
tumor
24
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tomy
A
incision
25
Meaning of the prefix "intra-"
Within
26
Prefix meaning "around, surrounding"
peri
27
The combining _____ is added to the word root to make
it easier to pronounce the term.
vowel
28
Prefix meaning "painful, difficult, abnormal"
Dys
29
Term meaning "not pertaining to bacteria"
A bacterial
30
Plural form of the term "vertebra"
Vertebrae
31
Medical term meaning "frequent urination"
Polyuria
32
meaning of the combining form "crani/o."
Cranium
33
Term that means "pertaining to the kidney"
Renal
34
Word part that comes after the word root
Suffix
35
Term meaning "a recording of the blood vessels"
Angiogram
36
Combining form that means "kidney"
Nephro
37
Term meaning "inflammation of the colon"
Colonitis
38
Combining form meaning "skin"
Dermato
39
Word part that comes before the word root
prefix
40
Term meaning "surgical removal of a disk"
Discectomy
41
Suffix meaning "pain"
algia
42
The core or main part of the word is known
as the word _____.
root
