m11 Flashcards
Identify the type of specialty/specialist according to the given suffix.
-er, -ist
the one who
(dentist, pharmacist)
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-iatrician
practitioner
(pediatrican, obstetrician)
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-logist
one who studies or specializes
(cardiologist, pulmonologist)
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-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to
(dental, medical)
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-logic, -logical
pertaining to the study of
(pyschological, hematologic)
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-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
(pediatrics, psychiatry)
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-logy
study or science of
(cardiology, pulmonology)
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cardio
heart
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dermat/o
skin
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esthesi/o
feeling or sensation
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gynec/o
female
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immune/o
immune
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ne/o, nat/o
new or birth
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ophthalm/o
eye
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path/o
disease
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radi/o
radiation or radius
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ur/o
urinary tract or urine
Identify the surgical procedure.
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
paracentesis
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-ectomy
excision
(surgical removal or cutting out)
appendectomy
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-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
hemolysis
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-pexy
surgical fixation
(securing in a fixed position)
nephropexy
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-plasty
surgical repair
rhinoplasty
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-rraphy
suture
(fusing a wound with stitches)
herniorapphy
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-scopy
visual examination with the use of a lighted instrument
endoscopy
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-stomy
creation of an opening
colostomy
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-tome
an instrument used for cutting
microtome
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-tomy
incision
(cutting into tissue)
sternotomy
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-tripsy
surgical crushing, breaking, or pulverizing
lithotripsy
What is the difference between a symptom and a diagnosis?
Symptom : indicates a disorder or disease as perceived by change in health status by patient
Diagnosis : the scientific determination of a disease process or condition after evaluation
Identify the symptom or diagnosis.
-algia, -dynia
pain
arthralgia
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-cele
hernia
omphalocele
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation
lymphangiectasis
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-edema
swelling
edema
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-emesis
vomiting
hyperemesis
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-emia
condition of blood
anemia
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-ia, -iasis
condition
hysteria
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-itis
inflammation
osteomyelitis
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-ith
stone or calculus
fecalith
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-malacia
soft, softening
chondromalacia
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-mania
excessive preoccupation
pyromania
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-megaly
enlargement
cardiomegaly
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-oid
resembling
humanoid
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-oma
tumor
lymphoma
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-osis
condition (abnormality)
psychosis
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-penia
deficiency
neutropenia
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-phobia
abnormal fear
thalassophobia
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-ptosis
sagging
ptosis (sagging upper eyelid)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding
hemorhage
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
amenorrhea
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-rrhexis
rupture
enterorrhexis
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-spasm
cramp, twitching
vasospasm
