Medical Terminology - 1 Flashcards
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gastr/itis
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inflammation of the stomach
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oste/o/arthr/itis
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inflammation of the bone and joint
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poly/neur/itis
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inflammation of many nerves
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excision, removal
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-ectomy
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surgical puncture
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-centesis
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crushing
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-tripsy
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separation; destruction; loosening
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-lysis
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to break; surgical fracture
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-clasis
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fixation (of an organ)
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-pexy
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suture
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-rrhapy
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surgical repair
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-plasty
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forming an opening (mouth)
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-stomy
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-desis
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instrument to cut
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-tome
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incision
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-tomy
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instrument for examining
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-scope
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visual examination
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-scopy
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instrument for recording
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-graph
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process of recording
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-graphy
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instrument for measuring
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-meter
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act of measuring
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-metry
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record, writing
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-gram
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pain
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-algia, -dynia
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formation, growth
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-plasia, -plasm
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forming, producing, origin
-gen, -genesis
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bursting forth (of)
-rrhage, -rrhage
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swelling
-edema
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hernia, swelling
-cele
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stone, calculus
-lith
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-osis
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involuntary contraction, twitching
-spasm
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narrowing, stricture
-stenosis
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discharge, flow
-rrhea
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disease
-pathy
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inflammation
-itis
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tumor
-oma
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rupture
-rrhexis
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paralysis
-plegia
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dilation, expansion
-ectasis
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vomiting
-emesis
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blood condition
-emia
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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
-iasis
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-iatry
medicine; treatment
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-icle, -ole, -ule
small, minute
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plural of thrombus
thrombi
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plural of ovum
ova
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plural of fungus
fungi
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plural of diagnosis
diagnoses
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crushing of a stone
lith/o/tripsy
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forming a new opening (mouth) in the colon
colon/o/stomy
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excision, removal of the appendix
append/ectomy
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disease of the joint(s)
arthr/o/pathy
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instrument to examine a joint
arthr/o/scope
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inflammation of the stomach
gastr/itis
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surgical puncture of a joint
arthr/o/centesis
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suture of muscle(s)
my/o/rrhaphy
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binding, fixation (of a joint)
arthr/o/desis
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forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea
trache/o/stomy
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instrument for recording the heart
cardi/o/graph
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record of electrical activity of the heart
electr/o/cardi/o/gram
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pain of a nerve
neur/algia
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forming, producing, origin of cancer
carcin/o/gen or carcin/o/genesis
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softening of bone
oste/o/malacia
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abnormal condition of stones
lith/iasis
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hernia, swelling of the liver
hepat/o/cele
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swelling of a lymph gland
lymph/edema
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tumor composed of lymph tissue
lymph/oma
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bursting forth (of) blood
hem/o/rrhage
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between
inter-
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above, upon
epi-
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after, behind
post-
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under, below, deficient
hypo-
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backward, behind
retro-
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before, in front of
pre-, pro-
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under, below
infra-, sub-
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four
quadri-
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large
macro-
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small
micro-
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three
tri-
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two
bi-
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first
primi-
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one-half
hemi-, semi-
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none
nulli-
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double
di-, dipl-, diplo-
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one
mono-, uni-
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many, much
multi-, poly-
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upper, above
super-
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from, away from
ab-
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toward
ad-
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above; excessive; superior
supra-
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around
circum-, peri-
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through, across
dia-, trans-
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in, within
endo-, intra-
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outside, outward
ecto-, exo-, extra-
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slow
brady-
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rapid
tachy-
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different
hetero-
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false
pseudo-
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bad; painful; difficult
dys-
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good, normal
eu-
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bad
mal-
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union, together, joined
syn-
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without, not
a-, an-
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against
anti-, contra-
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same
homo-, homeo-
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paralysis of four (limbs)
quadri/plegia
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three heads
tri/ceps
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pertaining to one nucleus
uni/nucle/ar
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pertaining to between the ribs
inter/cost/al
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pertaining to (the period) after birth
post/nat/al
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double vision
dipl/opia
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pertaining to under the skin
hypo/derm/ic
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flow through
dia/rrhea
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pertaining to around the kidney
circum/ren/al
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pertaining to outside the skull
extra/crani/al
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slow heart rate
brady/cardia
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without feeling
an/esthesia
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childbirth that is bad, painful, or difficult
dys/tocia
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pregnancy that is false
pseudo/cyesis
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breathing that is rapid
tachy/pnea
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paralysis of four (limbs)
quadri/plegia
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instrument for examining small (objects)
micro/scope
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cell that is large
macro/cyte
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fear of many things
poly/phobia
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pertaining to around the kidney(s)
circum/ren/al
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secrete within
endo/crine
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pertaining to one nucleus
mono/nuclear
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pertaining to near, beside, or beyond the nose
para/nas/al
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double vision
dipl/opia
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paralysis of one-half (of the body)
hemi/plagia
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pertaining to under the skin
hypo/derm/ic or sub/cutane/ous
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pertaining to under the nose
sub/nas/al
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pertaining to two sides
bi/later/al
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pertaining to the period (before birth)
pre/nat/al
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pertaining to between the ribs
inter/cost/al
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turning to backward or behind
retro/version
