Medical Terminology Flashcards by Nick T

Suffix

ac -ic -itc
al -eal -ile -ical
ary -ar -ior
ous

pertaining to _______

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Suffix

-ician -ist

meaning practitioner

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Suffix

-oma

tumor (abnormal mass)

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what is a acronym

word formed from intial letter or letters of the major parts of a compound word

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albino-

white

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asclepius

rod and stff with snake around it

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chloro-

green

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chrom/o-

color

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combining vowel rules? (3)`

combining vowel (usually o) si used whrn suffix begins with a consanant - neurOplasty

combining vowel not used when suffix begins with a vowel - neurItits

combine vowel always used when root words are joined - gastrOenteritis

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cyano-

blue

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erythro

red

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etymology

explanations of what words meant in their origin (not def.)

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father of medicine

father = hippocrates

palen = claudius galen

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greek physician of the age of pericles

hippocrates

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in medical term, use what with extreme caution, b/c can affect billing

abbreviations

can be interpreted different ways

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prefix

inter

between

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jaundo-
cirrho-

ictero-

yellow

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melano

black

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prefix

para

near/beside/beyond

also means to bear children

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polio

gray

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prefix

ecto/exo/extra

outside/outward

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prefix

tachy

rapid

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prefix

towards

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prefix

allo

other, differing from normal

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prefix ante

in front/before

prefix anti/contra

against/oppostie

prefix bi

two

prefix brady

slow

prefix circum/peri

around

prefix di/diplo

double

prefix dia/trans

through/across

prefix dys

bad/painful/difficult

prefix endo/intra

in/within

prefix epi

above/upon

prefix hemi/semi

one half

prefix homo/homeo

same/alike/equal

prefix hypo

below

prefix infra

below/under

prefix ipsi

onself/same

prefix iso

same/alike/equal

prefix mal

bad

prefix mono/uni

one

prefix multi/poly

many/much

prefix post

after/behind

prefix pre

before

prefix primi

first

prefix pro

before

prefix pseudo

false

prefix retro

behind/backward

prefix super

upper/above

prefix supra

excessive/above/superior

prefix supra vs super

supra = excessive/beyond super = upper/above

prefix syn/sym (before b,p,ph,m)

union/join together

prefix ultra

excess beyond

prefix pre/pro

before

Prefix -iatry

meaning healing or medicine

Suffix -phobia

fear

Suffix -ptosis

sagging or prolapse

Suffix -clasis

to break, surgical fracture

Suffix -spasm

involuntary contractions

Suffix -toxic

poison

Suffix -rraphy

surgical suturing near wound

Suffix -algia

pain

Suffix -cele

swelling

Suffix -desis

fixation, blinding

Suffix -dynia

pain

Suffix -emia

condition of the blood

Suffix -gram

record, writing

Suffix -iasis

abnormal condition from a specific thing

Suffix -lysis

loosening, dissolving, dissolution

Suffix -malacia

softening

Suffix -metry

measuring process

Suffix -osis

abnormal condition, increase

Suffix -pathy

disease, suffering, feeling

Suffix -pexy

fixation of organs

Suffix -plasm

something formed

suffix -plasty

surgical repair

Suffix -plegia

paralysis

Suffix -rhea

discharge, flow

Suffix -rrhage

bleeding or abnormal flow

Suffix -rrhexis

rupture

Suffix -sclerosis

abnormal hardening

Suffix -scope

examining instrument

Suffix -stenosis

abnormal narrowing

Suffix -trophy

nourishment, development

Suffix -tropic

responsive to stimuli

Suffix -phagia

eating or swallowing

Suffix -phasia

speech

Suffix -centesis

surgical procedure

Suffix -ectasis

dilation, expansion

Suffix -itis

inflammation

Suffix -meter

measuring instrument

Suffix -opsy

medical exam

Suffix -penia

decrease, deficiency

Suffix -rhea

flow or discharge

Suffix -rrhexis

to rupture

Suffix -scopy

visual exam

Suffix -stomy

forming an opening

Suffix -tome

cutting instrument

Suffix -ectomy

excision or removal

Suffix -tomy

incision

time frame of actue vs chronic

less than 3 months = acute greater than 3 months = chronic

what do prefixes indicate?

position/number/measurment/direction/time/negation

what does a suffix mean/relate to?

abnormal condition pathology procedures

what is a acute disease

symptom has a rapid onset/severe course less then 3 months

what is a chronic disease?

disease/symptom of long duration greater than 3 months

what is a diagnosis

ID of a disease

what is a differential diagnosis

list of possibiilties/probabilitesj of several diseases that may be producing stymptoms

what is a eponym

disease str/ operation/procedure named for the first person to discover/describe

what is a prognosis

forecast or prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

what is a remission

temp/partial/complete disappearacne of symtpoms of a disease without achieveing a cure

what is a sign?

objective evidence of disease (fever)

what is a symptom

subjective evidence of disease, (headache)

what is a syndrome

set of signs/symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process

who invented the alphabet and when

semites of w. asia and N. africa around 4000 bc