Medical Terminology Flashcards
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Anter/o
A
Front, anterior
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Poster/o
A
Back or behind
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Later/o
A
Lateral, side
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Super/o
A
Superior, above
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Infer/o
A
Inferior, below
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Media/o
A
Medial, middle
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Ab-
A
Away from
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Ad-
A
Toward
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Inter-
A
Between
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Ecto-
A
Outside
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Endo-
A
Within, inside
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Trans-
A
Through or across
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Cyan/o
A
Blue
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Erythr/o
A
Red
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Leuk/o
A
White
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Melan/o
A
Black
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Chrom/o
A
Color
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Jaund/o
A
Yellow
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Di-, bi-
A
Two
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Multi-
A
Many
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Quadri-
A
Four
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Semi-
A
Half
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Tri-
A
Three
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Uni-, mono-
A
One
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Chronic
A condition that lasts for a long period of time or reoccurs throughout ones life
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Acute
A condition that has a quick onset usually last for short periods and does not reoccur
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Pathogen
A disease producing microorganism or material
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Degenerative
The progressive breakdown of body components over time
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Symptom
A subjective measurement of the evidence of a disease or condition
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Sign
An objective measure of the evidence of a disease or condition
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Malignant
Cancerous
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Benign
Non-cancerous
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A-, an-
No, not
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-al, ic, ous, ary, ior, ar, eal, tic, ine
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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Anti-
Against
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Carcin/o
Cancer
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Cyt/o, -cyte
Cell
