Med term 9 Flashcards
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What does ‘a–’ mean?
A
not
2
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What does ‘anti–’ mean?
A
against (an action)
3
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What does ‘brady–’ mean?
A
slow
4
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What does ‘dys–’ mean?
A
bad
5
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What does ‘em–’ mean?
A
in
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What does ‘endo–’ mean?
A
inside
7
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What does ‘eu–’ mean?
A
good; well-
8
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What does ‘ex–’ mean?
A
out, off, from, beyond
9
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What does ‘hyper–’ mean?
A
too much
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What does ‘hypo–’ mean?
A
too little
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What does ‘in–’ mean?
A
in, into
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What does ‘inter–’ mean?
A
between, among
13
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What does ‘ortho–’ mean?
A
straight; at right angles; true
14
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What does ‘pan–’ mean?
A
all; everything or everyone
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What does ‘poly–’ mean?
A
many; too much
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What does ‘re–’ mean?
A
again
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What does ‘tachy–’ mean?
A
fast
18
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What is an ‘adenoid’?
A
a collection of immune tissue at the top back of the oral cavity
19
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What does ‘alveol’ refer to?
A
a small hollow space
20
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What is ‘apneustic’?
A
abnormal breathing pattern: deep, gasping inspiration, followed by a pause, followed by a brief expiration
21
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What is ‘asthma’?
A
lung disease causing shortness of breath
22
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What does ‘ausculta’ mean?
A
listening carefully
23
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What do ‘bronch’, ‘bronch/i’, ‘bronch/i/o’, and ‘bronch/o’ refer to?
A
tubes joining the trachea to the bronchioles
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What does ‘bronchiol’ refer to?
A
tubes joining the bronchi to the alveoli
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What does 'capn' or 'capn/o' refer to?
carbon dioxide
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What does 'carb' refer to?
carbon (as in carbon dioxide)
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What does 'card/i/o' refer to?
heart
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What does 'carina' mean?
the keel of a ship
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What does 'chylo' refer to?
lymph fluid
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What does 'concha' mean?
shell; the curved bones of the respiratory sinus walls
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What does 'coni' refer to?
dust
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What does 'cost' or 'cost/o' refer to?
rib
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What does 'cyst' refer to?
fluid-filled space
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What is the 'diaphragm'?
muscular sheet separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities
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What is a 'dilator'?
a muscle or drug that increases the diameter of an opening
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What does 'fibr' refer to?
fiber
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What does 'gastr/o' refer to?
stomach
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What does 'glott' refer to?
the vocal cords and the opening between them
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What does 'hem/o' refer to?
blood
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What does 'hilum' refer to?
inner curve of a bean-shaped organ like the lung
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What does 'kinet' refer to?
movement
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What does 'laryng', 'laryng/o', and 'larynx' refer to?
the vocal apparatus; voice-box
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What does 'lob' or 'lobe' refer to?
one of the two (left) or three (right) major divisions of the lung
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What does 'loquy' mean?
speak
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What does 'lung' refer to?
lung
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What does 'melan' mean?
black
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What does 'mesotheli' refer to?
flat cells of the pleural membrane between the lungs and chest wall
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What does 'muco' refer to?
mucus
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What does 'nares' refer to?
nostrils
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What does 'naso' refer to?
nose
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What does 'nebul' refer to?
cloud
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What does 'nerve' refer to?
nerve
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What does 'obstruct' mean?
to stand in the way
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What does 'oro' refer to?
mouth
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What does 'ox' or 'ox/i' refer to?
oxygen
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What does 'palato' refer to?
palate; the roof of the mouth
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What does 'pect' or 'pector' or 'pector/i' refer to?
chest
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What does 'percus' mean?
hit hard or beat
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What does 'perfus' mean?
blood moving through a tissue
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What does 'pharyng', 'pharyng/o', and 'pharynx' refer to?
the oral cavity (oropharynx) and nasal cavity (nasopharynx) and the place where they join (laryngopharynx)
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What does 'phon' or 'phon/a' refer to?
sound
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What does 'phren' or 'phren/o' refer to?
diaphragm
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What does 'pleur', 'pleura', and 'pleur/o' refer to?
membrane between the lungs and chest wall
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What does 'pnea' mean?
breath, respiration
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What does 'pneum', 'pneum/at', 'pneum/ato', 'pneum/o', and 'pneum/on' refer to?
respiration
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What does 'ptysis' mean?
the act of spitting
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What does 'pulm', 'pulm/o', 'pulm/o/n', and 'pulm/o/n/o' refer to?
lungs
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What does 'py' or 'py/o' refer to?
pus
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What does 'rhin' or 'rhin/o' refer to?
nose
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What does 'rhythm' mean?
regular beat
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What does 'sept' mean?
wall between parts of an organ
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What does 'sinus' or 'sinus/o' refer to?
open space
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What does 'somn' or 'somn/o' refer to?
sleep
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What does 'spasm' mean?
involuntary contraction
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What does 'spir', 'spir/a', 'spir/at', and 'spir/o' refer to?
breath
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What does 'sputum' mean?
that which is brought up from the lungs
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What does 'stern' or 'stern/o' refer to?
sternum; breastbone
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What does 'syncope' mean?
fainting
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What does 'tel' mean?
end
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What does 'thorac', 'thorac/o', and 'thorax' refer to?
chest
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What does 'trach', 'trach/e', and 'trach/e/o' refer to?
the tube between the pharynx and lungs; windpipe
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What does 'tuber' mean?
root vegetable, like a potato
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What does 'turbin' mean?
spinning wheel with vanes
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What does 'tuss' mean?
cough
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What does 'ventil' or 'ventil/a' refer to?
movement of air
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What does '–al' mean?
pertaining to
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What does '–algia' mean?
pain
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What does '–ant' mean?
word ending that indicates a substance having that property
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What does '–ar' mean?
pertaining to
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What does '–ary' mean?
pertaining to
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What does '–ate' mean?
shaped like
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What does '–ation' mean?
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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What does '–cele' mean?
hernia
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What does '–centesis' mean?
puncture
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What does '–dynia' mean?
pain
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What does '–ectasis' mean?
dilation
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What does '–ectomy' mean?
cutting out of
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What does '–ema' mean?
Greek ending which puts 'to be' before the word
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What does '–emia' mean?
present in blood, indicating disease
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What does '–genic' mean?
giving rise to
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What does '–gram' mean?
a record of a test or procedure
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What does '–graphy' mean?
a test or procedure
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What does '–ia' mean?
disease
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What does '–ic' mean?
pertaining to
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What does '–icity' mean?
condition or quality of being the thing indicated
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What does '–ion' mean?
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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What does '–is' mean?
anatomical structure
108
What does '–itis' mean?
inflammation
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What does '–ive' mean?
to go
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What does '–izer' mean?
device that performs the action indicated
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What does '–logist' mean?
one who studies
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What does '–logy' mean?
study of
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What does '–lytic' mean?
substance which breaks down
114
What does '–malacia' mean?
softening due to disease
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What does '–meter' mean?
instrument for measuring
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What does '–metry' mean?
the act of measuring
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What does '–ole' mean?
diminutive suffix
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What does '–oma' mean?
tumor
119
What does '–ory' mean?
pertaining to
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What does '–osis' mean?
process
121
What does '–pexy' mean?
surgical fixation
122
What does '–plasty' mean?
surgical revision
123
What does '–plegia' mean?
inability to move
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What does '–ptosis' mean?
drooping
125
What does '–rrhagia' mean?
bursting forth in disease
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What does '–rrhea' mean?
abnormal flow
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What does '–scope' mean?
instrument for looking inside
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What does '–scopy' mean?
the process of looking inside
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What does '–sion' mean?
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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What does '–spasm' mean?
involuntary contraction
131
What does '–stenosis' mean?
abnormal narrowing of an opening
132
What does '–stomy' mean?
creating an opening with surgery
133
What does '–tion' mean?
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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What does '–tomy' mean?
cutting
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What does '–us' mean?
anatomical structure word ending
