medical term lecture 3 Flashcards
1
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Pertaining to nerve system
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Neural
- neur/o > nerve
- al means pertaining to
2
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Pain of joints or joints pain
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Arthralgia
- arthr/o > joints
- algia means pain
3
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White blood cells
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Leukocyte
- leuk/o > white
- cyte means cell
4
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Cutting out part of stomach
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Gastrectomy
- gastr/o > stomach
- ectomy means cutting out; removal, excision
Note : in a partial or subtotal gastrectomy, only a portion of stomach is removed
5
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Condition of white blood cell
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Leukemia
- leuk/o > white
- emia means blood condition
6
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Blood protein
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Hemoglobin
- hem/o or hemat/o > blood
- globin means protein
7
Q
Record of joint
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Arthrogram
- arthr/o > joint
- gram means record
8
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Pain in head
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Cephalgia
- cephal/o > head
- ia means condition
- algia means pain
9
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Pertaining to stomach
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Gastric
- gastr/o> stomach
- ic means pertaining
10
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Excessive activing of the thyroid gland
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Hyperthyroidism
- Hyper means excessive
- thyroid > a gland
- ism means condition
11
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Inflammation of stomach and intestines
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Gastroenteritis
- gastr/o > stomach
- enter/o > intestines
- itis means inflammation
12
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Specilist in the study of nerves
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Neurologist
- neur/o > nerve
- logist means specialist in the study of
13
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Mass in the liver
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Hepatoma
- hepat > liver
- oma means tumor or mass
14
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Process view of living tissue
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Biopsy
- Bi/o > life
- opsy means to view
15
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Abnormal condition of the kidney
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Nephrosis
- nephr/o > kidney
- osis means abnormal condition
