Medical Terminology Flashcards
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Gastro (gastralgia)
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Stomach
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Myelo
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
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Myo
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Muscle
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Neuro
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Nerve
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Arthro
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Joint
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Cyano
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Blue
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Erythro
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Red
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Leuko
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White
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Melano
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Black
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Polio
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Gray
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Tonsill
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Tonsils
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Itis (tonsillitis)
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Inflammation (of tonsils)
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Ectomy (tonsillectomy)
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Surgical removal
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Cardiac
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Pertaining to heart
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Flavivirus
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Yellow virus
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Baso
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Blue
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Esino
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Pink
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Cyte
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Cell
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Pertaining to
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Al, ar, ary, eal, ical, ous, ial, ic, ine, ior, ory, tic
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Abnormal conditions
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Ago, esis, ia, iasis, osis
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Ism
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Condition, state of
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Ion
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Condition
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Pathology
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Study of all diseases
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Algia
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Pain and suffering
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Dynia (gastrodynia)
Pain
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Itis gastritis
Inflammation
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Malacia (arteriomalacia)
Abnormal softening (arterial softening)
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Megaly (hepatomegaly)
Enlargement
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Necrosis (arterionecrosis)
Tissue death
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Sclerosis (arteriosclerosis)
Abnormal hardening
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Stenosis (arteriostenosis)
Narrowing of artery
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Atherosclerosis
Hardening of artery walls due to cholesterol or fat
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Histology
Study of normal cells
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Centesis (abdominocentesis)
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
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Graphy (angiography)
Process of producing a picture or record (angio - blood vessels)
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Angiogram
Picture or record of blood vessels
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Plasty (myoplasty)
Surgical repair
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Scopy (arthroscopy)
Visual examination (visual exam of joint)
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Metabolic syndrome
Obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes
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Atrophy
Reduction in size, cell death
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Hypertrophy
Enlargement of cells
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Dystrophy
Change in cell shape
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Hepatosplenomegaly
Enlarged spleen and liver
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Which regenerates (brain or liver)
Liver
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Rrhage rrhagia
Bleeding
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Hemorrhage
Loss of a large amount of blood in a short time
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Rrhaphy
Surgical suturing to close a wound (sutures, staples, surgical glue)
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Myorraphy
Surgical suturing of muscle
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Rrhea
Flow of discharge of bodily fluids
