Medical terminology Flashcards

1
Q

Cepahl/o

A

head

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2
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Chrom

A

color

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3
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Enter/o

A

intestine

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4
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Derm/o

A

skin

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5
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Gastr/o

A

stomach

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6
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Hem/o, Hemat/o

A

blood

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7
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My/o

A

muscle

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8
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Myel/o

A

spinal cord

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9
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Onych/o

A

nail

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Osteo/o

A

bone

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Phag

A

eat or swallow

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12
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Phleb/o

A

vein

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13
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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

A

lungs

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14
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Synov/i

A

synovial fluid, joint, or membrane

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15
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Thromb/o

A

clot

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16
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Vas/o

A

vessel or duct

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17
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A-

A

without, absence of

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18
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Ab-

A

away from

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19
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Ad-

A

toward, near

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20
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Ante-

A

before

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21
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Ec-, Ect/o-

A

out, outside

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22
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End/o-

A

in, within

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23
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Mon/o-

A

one

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24
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peri-

A

surrounding

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25
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poly-

A

many, much

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26
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post-

A

after, behind

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27
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trans-

A

across, through

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28
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supra-

A

above

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29
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-algia

A

pain

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30
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-centesis

A

puncture, tap

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31
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-desis

A

binding, fusion

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32
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-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

33
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-emia

A

blood

34
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-graphy

A

act of recording data

35
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

36
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-plasty

A

plastic repair/surgery, reconstruction

37
Q

–sclerosis

A

hardening

38
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-tripsy

A

crushing

39
Q

-uria

A

urine, urination

40
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rhino-

A

nose

41
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

42
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-pathy

A

disease

43
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cardi/o-

A

heart

44
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carcin-

A

pertaining to cancer

45
Q

cardi-

A

pertaining to heart

46
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Dys-

A

bad of difficult

47
Q

derm-

A

pertaining to skin

48
Q

faci-

A

pertaining to face

49
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lipo-

A

pertaining to fat

50
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somat-

A

pertaining to the body

51
Q

-asthenia

A

weakness

52
Q

-crine

A

to secrete

53
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-dynia

A

pain

54
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal of a body part

55
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-itis

A

inflammation

56
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-lepsy

A

attack or seizure

57
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-phagia

A

eating

58
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-pnea

A

breathing terms

59
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idiopathic

A

of unknown cause

60
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latrogenic

A

condition that appears as a result of treatment of another conditions

61
Q

fissure

A

groove of the skin

62
Q

acetic

A

sour

63
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Ascitic

A

pertaining to fluid accumulation in the abdomen

64
Q

cerebr/o

A

cerebrum

65
Q

cerebell/o

A

cerebellum

66
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

67
Q

-rrhage

A

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

68
Q

-rrhexis

A

rupture

69
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-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

70
Q

malaise

A

feeling generally unwell

71
Q

-costal

A

rib

72
Q

supra-

A

above

73
Q

pyrosis

A

heart burn

74
Q

-rrhexis

A

to tear

75
Q

-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

76
Q

-stenosis

A

abnormal narrowing

77
Q

dextr/o-

A

right side

78
Q

sinistr/o-

A

left side