medical Terminology #5 Flashcards
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aden/o
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gland
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agglutin/o
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clumping, grouping
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angi/o
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vessel
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vascul/o
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vessel
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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fatty plaque
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bas/o
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base (alkaline)
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blast/o
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embryonic cell
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cardi/o
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heart
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chrom/o
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color
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electr/o
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electricity
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embol/o
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embolus, plug (clot)
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eosin/o
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rose-colored
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erythr/o
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red
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granul/o
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granule
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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immun/o
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immune, immunity
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kary/o
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nucleus
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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lymphaden/o
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lymph gland (node)
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
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morph/o
form, shape, structure
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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my/o
muscle
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neutr/o
neutral, neither
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phag/o
swallowing, eating
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phleb/o
vein
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ven/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, growth
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poikil/o
varied, irregular
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reticul/o
net, mesh
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scler/o
hardening
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ser/o
serum
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sider/o
iron
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splen/o
spleen
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sphygm/o
pulse
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sten/o
narrowing, stricture
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thromb/o
blood clot
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thym/o
thymus gland
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...blast
embryonic cell
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...emia
blood condition
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...globin
protein
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...gram
record, writing
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...graph
instrument used for recording
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...osis
abnormal condition; increase
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...penia
decrease, deficiency
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...phil
attraction for
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...phoresis
carrying, transmission
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...phylaxis
protection
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...poiesis
formation/production
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...sphyxia
pulse
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...stasis
standing still
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...stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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a...
without, not
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allo...
other, differing from normal
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aniso...
unequal, dissimilar
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brady...
slow
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endo...
in, within
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extra...
outside
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iso...
same, equal
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macro...
large
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micro...
small
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mono...
one
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peri...
around
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poly...
many, much
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tachy...
rapid
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adenoid
resembling a gland
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agglutination
clumping of particles
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angioplasty
procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries
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vasculitis
inflammation of the blood vessels
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aortostenosis
Thickening and narrowing of the valve
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anteriorrhexis
rupture of an artery
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artheroma
fatty material that clogs your arteries
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basophil
type of white blood cell that fights against infection
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erythroblastosis
abnormal amount of erythroblasts in the blood
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cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
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hypochromic
decrease in color
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electrocardiogram
machine to measure electricity in the heart
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embolectomy
surgical removal of the embolus
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eosinophil
WBC that protects your body from foreign organisms
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erythrocyte
reb blood cell
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granulocyte
immune cell that has granules
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hemophobia
fear of blood
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hematoma
mostly clotted blood that forms in an area of the body
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hemangioma
tumor of blood vessels
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immunology
study of the immune system
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karyolysis
dissolution of a nucleus
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mononuclear
single-celled
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leukemia
cancer of blood cells
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lymphadenopathy
swelling of lymph nodes
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lymphangioma
malformation of lymph nodes
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morphology
th study of shape, structure, and form
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myelogenic
resembling bone marrow
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myocardial
cardiac muscle
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neutrophillic
large amount of neutrophils
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phagocyte
type of cell that eats bacteria and other small cells
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phlebectasis
dilation of vein
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venostasis
slow blood flow
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aplastic
no growth/change
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poikilocyte
abnormal red blood cell shapes
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reticulocyte
slightly immature red blood cells
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ateriosclerosis
when blood vessels that carry oxygen become stiff and thick
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serology
the study of serum
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sideropenia
deficiency of iron
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splenorrhagia
hemorrhage from ruptured spleen
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sphygmoid
resembling pulse
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stenotic
abnormally constricted body canal
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thrombosis
blood clot within blood vessels that limit the flow of blood
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thymopathy
disease of the thymus gland
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erythroblast
immature red blood cell
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anemia
condition where the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells
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hemoglobin
protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
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arteriogram
an imaging test that allows you to see the inside of arteries
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electrocardiograph
machine that records electrical potential in the heart
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leukocytosis
WBC
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erythropenia
abnormal decrease in red blood cells
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neutrophil
WBC that helps fight against infection
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electrophoresis
technique used to separate DNA
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anaphylaxis
life-threatening allergic reaction
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hemopoiesis
production of blood cells and platelets
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asphyxia
condition where the body is deprived of oxygen
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hemostasis
mechanism that leads to the stoppage of bleeding from a blood vessel
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aortostenosis
Thickening and narrowing of the valve
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amorphic
no defined shape/form
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allograft
tissue transplanted from one person to another
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anisocytosis
red blood cells of different sizes
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bradycardia
slow heartbeat
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endovascular
inside the vessels
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extravascular
outside the vessels
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isochromic
same color
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macrocyte
large cell
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microcyte
small cell
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mononucleosis
viral infection caused by one cell
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pericardial
around the heart
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polymorphic
having or occurring in several distinct forms
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tachycardia
fast heart rate
