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Medical Terminology Flashcards

1
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What are nouns?

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The subject of a sentence.

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What are adjectives?

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Descriptive words.

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3
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What are verbs?

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Action words.

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What is a word root?

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Is the main body of a word.

Ex: psych-psychology

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What is a combining vowel?

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Is often inserted between word roots to make the word easier to pronounce.

Ex: speed/o/meter

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What is a combining form?

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In the word speed/o/meter, speed/o is a combining form that is simply the word root “speed” plus the vowel o.

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A word root + a combining vowel =

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a combining form.

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Derm/a=

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Skin

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9
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Cutane/o=

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Skin

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Al, ous=

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Pertaining to

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11
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A word root is usually accompanied by a?

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Prefix and/or a suffix.

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12
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Prefixes precede?

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Combining forms.

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Meaning of a prefix?

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Is placed before a word to momdify its meaning.

Ex: a- (meaning “without”) oined with febrile (which refers to “fever”) yields the term afebrile, which means “without fever”

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Meaning of a suffix?

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Is attached to the end of a word or word root to modify its meaning.

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When do you use a combining vowel?

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Is used before suffixes that begin with a consonant and before another word root. In other words, drop the combinning vowel if the suffix also begins with a vowel (a,e,i,o, or u).

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16
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Joining combining forms?

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The combining vowel is usually retained between two combining forms. Ex: gastr/o+enterology= gastroenterology.

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17
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Joining combining forms and suffixes?

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The combining vowel is usually retained when a combining form is joined with a suffix that begins with a consonant. Ex: enter/o+logy=enterology.

18
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Joining other word parts and prefixes?

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Most prefixes require no change when they are oined with other words parts. Ex: peri+appendicitis=periappendicitis.

19
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What are eponyms?

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Are names for diseases, organs, procedures, or body functions that are derived from the name of a person. Ex: Parkinson disease and Alzheimers. Eponyms are usually capitalized.

20
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What are abbreviations?

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Are shortened forms of written words or phrases that are used in place of the whole. Ex: MD= “doctor of medicine”

21
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What are acronyms?

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Are pronounceable names made up of a series of letters or parts of words. Ex: CABG=coronary artery bypass graft.

22
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What is pharmacology?

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Is the study of the preparation, properties, uses, and action drugs.

23
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What is the plural of IS?

A

ES

24
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What is the plural of UM?

A

A

25
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What is the plural of US?

A

I

26
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What is the plural of A?

A

AE

27
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What is the plural of IX?

A

ICES

28
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What is the plural of EX?

A

ICES

29
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What is the plural of AX?

A

ACES

30
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What is the plural of MA?

A

S or MATA

31
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What is the plural of ON?

A

A

32
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What is the plural of NX?

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NGES

33
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What is the plural of diagnosis, prognosis, psychosis?

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Diagnoses, prognoses & psychoses.

34
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What is the plural of atrium, ileum, septum, bacterium?

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Atria, ilea, septa, bacteria.

35
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What is the plural of alveolus, bacillus, bronchus?

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Alveoli, bacilli, bronchi.

36
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What is the plural of vertebra, patella, petechia?

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Vertebrae, patellae, petechiae.

37
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What is the plural of cortex?

A

Cortices

38
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What is the plural of thorax?

A

Thoraces

39
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What is the plural of carcinoma, sarcoma?

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Carcinomas or carcinomata, sacromas or sarcomata.

40
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What is the plural of protozoon, spermatozoon?

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Protozoa, spermatozoa.

41
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What is the plural of phalanx, larynx?

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Phalanges, larynges.

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