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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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What is an eponym?

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An eponym is a word that comes from the name of a person, place or thing associated with the word.

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Who is Parkinson’s disease named after?

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It is named after James Parkinson

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Who is Graves disease named after?

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It is named after Dr. Robert James Graves.

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Who is Hashimoto’s disease named after?

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It is named after Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto

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Who is Cushing disease named after?

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It is named after Dr. Harvey Cushing

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Who is the Jackson-Pruitt drain named after?

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It is named after its inventors, Dr. Frederick Jackson and Dr. Richard Pratt

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Who is the Snellen eye chart named after?

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It is named after Dr. Herman Snellen

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What is an acronym?

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An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word of a phrase and pronounced as a word.

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What does the acronym POTS mean?

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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

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What is an abbreviation?

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An abbreviation is a shortened version of a word or phrase. The abbreviation can be derived from the letters in the word or from combining the first letter of each word.

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What does the abbreviation BP mean?

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It means Blood Pressure

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What does the abbreviation CBC mean?

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It means Complete Blood Count

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What does the abbreviation CC mean?

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It means chief complaint

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What does the abbreviation HTN mean?

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It means hypertension

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What does the abbreviation Ca mean?

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It means cancer

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What does the abbreviation HA mean?

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It means Headache

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What does the abbreviation PT mean?

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It means physical therapy

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What does the acronym ACE mean?

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It means Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme

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What does the acronym AIDS mean?

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It means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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What does the acronym ARDS mean?

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It means Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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What does the acronym HIPAA mean?

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It means Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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What does the acronym LASER mean?

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It means Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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What are symbols?

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Symbols are pictures that represent a word or phrase to increase the speed of documentation and reduce the amount of paper required.

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Why have symbols fallen out of favor?

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Symbols are not as popular these days because of the rise in electronic health records. Symbols were mostly used with paper records.

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What does the acronym RICE mean?

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It means Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

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What does the acronym SIDS mean?

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It means Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

27
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What are the two groups that medical terms can be divided into?

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1.) Terms made up of word parts
2.) Terms not made up of word parts

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How can medical assistants remember words not made up of word parts?

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By memorization

29
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How can medical assistants remember words made up of word parts ?

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By literally defining them

30
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What language origins do medical term word parts usually have?

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Greek or Latin

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What is a prefix?

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A prefix is a word part that is found at the beginning of the word and is listed with a hyphen e.g. bi-

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What is a suffix?

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A suffix is a word part found at the end of the word. Suffixes follow the hyphen e.g. -tic

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What is a root?

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A root is a word part that is the foundation of the term

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What is a combining vowel?

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A combining vowel is a vowel that joins a root to a suffix or a root to a root.

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What is the result of the root being added to the combining vowel?

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The combining form. It can be represented by stating the root part followed by a slash and the vowel e.g “oste/o”

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