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Medical Terminology Flashcards

1
Q

Suffix

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

pertaining to _______

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2
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Suffix

-ician -ist

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meaning practitioner

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3
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Suffix

-oma

A

tumor (abnormal mass)

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4
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what is a acronym

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

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5
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albino-

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white

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asclepius

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rod and stff with snake around it

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chloro-

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green

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chrom/o-

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color

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combining vowel rules? (3)`

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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-

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blue

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erythro

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red

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12
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etymology

A

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

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13
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father of medicine

A

father = hippocrates

palen = claudius galen

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14
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greek physician of the age of pericles

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hippocrates

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15
Q

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

A

abbreviations

can be interpreted different ways

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16
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prefix

inter

A

between

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17
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jaundo-
cirrho-

ictero-

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yellow

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melano

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black

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19
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prefix

para

A

near/beside/beyond

also means to bear children

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polio

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gray

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21
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prefix

ecto/exo/extra

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outside/outward

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prefix

tachy

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rapid

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23
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prefix

ad

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towards

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24
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prefix

allo

A

other, differing from normal

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25
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prefix

ante

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in front/before

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26
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prefix

anti/contra

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against/oppostie

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27
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prefix

bi

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two

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28
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prefix

brady

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slow

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29
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prefix

circum/peri

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around

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30
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prefix

di/diplo

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double

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31
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prefix

dia/trans

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through/across

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32
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prefix

dys

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bad/painful/difficult

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33
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prefix

endo/intra

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in/within

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34
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prefix

epi

A

above/upon

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35
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prefix

hemi/semi

A

one half

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36
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prefix

homo/homeo

A

same/alike/equal

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37
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prefix

hypo

A

below

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38
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prefix

infra

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below/under

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39
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prefix

ipsi

A

onself/same

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40
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prefix

iso

A

same/alike/equal

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41
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prefix

mal

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bad

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42
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prefix

mono/uni

A

one

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43
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prefix

multi/poly

A

many/much

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44
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prefix

post

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after/behind

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45
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prefix

pre

A

before

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46
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prefix

primi

A

first

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47
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prefix

pro

A

before

48
Q

prefix

pseudo

A

false

49
Q

prefix

retro

A

behind/backward

50
Q

prefix

super

A

upper/above

51
Q

prefix

supra

A

excessive/above/superior

52
Q

prefix

supra

vs

super

A

supra = excessive/beyond

super = upper/above

53
Q

prefix

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

A

union/join together

54
Q

prefix

ultra

A

excess beyond

55
Q

prefix

pre/pro

A

before

56
Q

Prefix

-iatry

A

meaning healing or medicine

57
Q

Suffix

-phobia

A

fear

58
Q

Suffix

-ptosis

A

sagging or prolapse

59
Q

Suffix

-clasis

A

to break, surgical fracture

60
Q

Suffix

-spasm

A

involuntary contractions

61
Q

Suffix

-toxic

A

poison

62
Q

Suffix

-rraphy

A

surgical suturing near wound

63
Q

Suffix

-algia

A

pain

64
Q

Suffix

-cele

A

swelling

65
Q

Suffix

-desis

A

fixation, blinding

66
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Suffix

-dynia

A

pain

67
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Suffix

-emia

A

condition of the blood

68
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Suffix

-gram

A

record, writing

69
Q

Suffix

-iasis

A

abnormal condition from a specific thing

70
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Suffix

-lysis

A

loosening, dissolving, dissolution

71
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Suffix

-malacia

A

softening

72
Q

Suffix

-metry

A

measuring process

73
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Suffix

-osis

A

abnormal condition, increase

74
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Suffix

-pathy

A

disease, suffering, feeling

75
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Suffix

-pexy

A

fixation of organs

76
Q

Suffix

-plasm

A

something formed

77
Q

suffix

-plasty

A

surgical repair

78
Q

Suffix

-plegia

A

paralysis

79
Q

Suffix

-rhea

A

discharge, flow

80
Q

Suffix

-rrhage

A

bleeding or abnormal flow

81
Q

Suffix

-rrhexis

A

rupture

82
Q

Suffix

-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

83
Q

Suffix

-scope

A

examining instrument

84
Q

Suffix

-stenosis

A

abnormal narrowing

85
Q

Suffix

-trophy

A

nourishment, development

86
Q

Suffix

-tropic

A

responsive to stimuli

87
Q

Suffix

-phagia

A

eating or swallowing

88
Q

Suffix

-phasia

A

speech

89
Q

Suffix

-centesis

A

surgical procedure

90
Q

Suffix

-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion

91
Q

Suffix

-itis

A

inflammation

92
Q

Suffix

-meter

A

measuring instrument

93
Q

Suffix

-opsy

A

medical exam

94
Q

Suffix

-penia

A

decrease, deficiency

95
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Suffix

-rhea

A

flow or discharge

96
Q

Suffix

-rrhexis

A

to rupture

97
Q

Suffix

-scopy

A

visual exam

98
Q

Suffix

-stomy

A

forming an opening

99
Q

Suffix

-tome

A

cutting instrument

100
Q

Suffix

-ectomy

A

excision or removal

101
Q

Suffix

-tomy

A

incision

102
Q

time frame of actue vs chronic

A

less than 3 months = acute

greater than 3 months = chronic

103
Q

what do prefixes indicate?

A

position/number/measurment/direction/time/negation

104
Q

what does a suffix mean/relate to?

A

abnormal condition

pathology

procedures

105
Q

what is a acute disease

A

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

106
Q

what is a chronic disease?

A

disease/symptom of long duration

greater than 3 months

107
Q

what is a diagnosis

A

ID of a disease

108
Q

what is a differential diagnosis

A

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

109
Q

what is a eponym

A

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

110
Q

what is a prognosis

A

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

111
Q

what is a remission

A

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

112
Q

what is a sign?

A

objective evidence of disease (fever)

113
Q

what is a symptom

A

subjective evidence of disease, (headache)

114
Q

what is a syndrome

A

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

115
Q

who invented the alphabet and when

A

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

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