Medical Terminology Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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adip/o, lip/o
A
fat
2
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cutane/o
dermat/o
derm/o
A
skin
3
Q
melan/o
A
black
4
Q
myc
A
fungus
5
Q
onych/o
A
nail
6
Q
pil/o
trich/o
A
hair
7
Q
scler/o
A
hardening
8
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xer/o
A
dryness
9
Q
-oid
A
resembling
10
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
11
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
12
Q
cry/o
A
cold
13
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kerat/o
A
hard
14
Q
epi-
A
above
15
Q
physician who specialize in treating skin
A
dermatologist
16
Q
hypo
A
under, below
17
Q
a black tumor
A
melanoma
18
Q
abnormal condition of hardening
A
sclerosis
19
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a skin condition characterized by hard tissue
A
keratosis
20
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
21
Q
-malacia
A
softening
22
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-pathy
A
disease
23
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-cele
A
hernia, swelling
24
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition, increase
25
-rrhea
flow, discharge
26
-penia
decrease, deficiency
27
xanth/o
yellow
28
WBC
white blood cell
29
albin/o
| leuk/o
white
30
erythr/o
red
31
cyan/o
blue
32
-emia
blood
33
disease of immature white blood cells
leukemia
34
abnormal condition of blue skin
cyanosis
35
skin cancer that affects the deepest layer of the epidermis
carcinoma
36
abnormal condition of death
necrosis
37
necr/o
death
38
a form of necrosis associated with loss of blood supply
gangreen
39
Bx, bx
biopsy
40
Dx
diagnosis
41
I&D
incision and drainage
42
PE
physical examination
43
loss of a large amount of blood
hemorrhage
44
blood trapped under skin
hematoma
45
itchy red patches covered by scales
psoriasis
46
lesion of the skin
ulcer
47
removal of a small piece of living tissue to be examined for diagnosis
biopsy
