Look Alike, Sound Alike Terms And Word Parts Flashcards

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Ather/o

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Plaque or Fatty Substance

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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-Ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-Ostomy

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Surgical Creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-Otomy

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Cutting or a Surgical incision

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Fissure

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Groove or Crack-like sore of the skin

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Fistula

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“Abnormal Passage”

Normally between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body

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Ilium

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Hip bone

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Ileum

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Last and longest portion of the small intestine

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Infection

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Invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

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Inflammation

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Localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues.

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Laceration

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Is a torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound

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Lesion

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Pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury

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Mucous

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Describes the Specialized membrane that line the body cavities

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Mucus

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Name of the fluid secreted by these mucous membranes

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Myel/o

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Bone marrow or spinal cord

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My/o

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Muscle

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-Ologist

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Specialist

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-Ology

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Study of

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Palpation

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Examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts

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Palpitation

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Pounding or racing of the heart

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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pyr/o

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Fever or fire

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Supination

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Is the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward

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Suppuration

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Is the formation or discharge of pus

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Triage

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Medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment

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Trauma

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Wound or injury

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Viral

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Pertaining to a virus

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Virile

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Means having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male

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Prostate

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Male gland that lies under the urinary bladder

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Prostrate

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To collapse and be lying flat