med terms ch. 3 Flashcards
1
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axill/o
A
armpit
2
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amni/o
A
amnion- fluid around embryo
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
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ather/o
A
plaque (yellow fatty material)
5
Q
chem/o
A
drug-chemical
6
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
7
Q
chron/o
A
time
8
Q
cry/o
A
cold
9
Q
hyster/o
A
uterus
10
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inguin/o
A
groin
11
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
12
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mamm/o
A
breast (-ary, -graphy, -gram, -plasty)
13
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mast/o
A
breast (-ectomy, -itis)
14
Q
men/o
A
menses- period
15
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myel/o
A
spinal cord
16
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oophor/o
A
ovary
17
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ot/o
A
ear
18
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phleb/o
A
vein
19
Q
ren/o
A
kidney (-al, -gram)
20
Q
salping/o
A
fallopian (uterine) tube
21
Q
spetic/o
A
pertaining to infection
22
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ur/o
A
urine or urea
23
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-rrhea
A
flow/discharge
24
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-rrhagia
A
excessive discharge of blood
25
-emia
blood condition
26
-centisis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
27
-graphy
process of recording
28
-plasty
surgical repair
29
-lysis
separation/breakdown
30
-stomy
new opening
31
anastomosis
removal of fluid from amniotic sac
32
cholecystectomy
removal of the gallbladder
33
colostomy
colon diverted outside of the body
34
colocolostomy
putting two parts of the colon together
35
erythrocytosis
high count of RBC's
36
hematuria
blood in urine
37
infarction
obstruction of blood
38
ischemia
low blood flow in the heart
39
leukocytosis
abnormal WBC's
40
leukemia
high WBC count
41
menorrhagia
abnormally heavy periods
42
myelogram
x ray of spine
43
myosarcoma
malignant muscle tumor
44
nephrosis
abnormal kidney condition
45
peritoneal
tissue that lines the abdomen and pelvic cavity
46
phlebotomy
act of drawing blood
47
pulmonary
pertaining to the lungs
48
uremia
blood in urine
