Medical Terminology - Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
Intro to Medical Language, Body Structure, Oncology, Lab Tests, Directional Terms, Positioning, Imaging
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aut/o
A
self
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cancer/o
A
cancer
3
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neo-
A
new
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erythr/o
A
red
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viscer/o
A
internal organs
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melan/o
A
black
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bi/o
A
life
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-megaly
A
enlargement
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-graphy
A
process of recording; radiographic imaging
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hist/o
A
tissue
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-genic
A
producing, originating, causing
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onc/o
A
tumor, mass
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rhabd/o
A
rod-shaped, striated
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cephal/o
A
head (upward)
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necr/o
A
death (cells, body)
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-ic
A
pertaining to
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-cyte
A
cell
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cyt/o
A
cell
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hypo
A
under, deficient, incomplete, below
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somat/o
A
body
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my/o
A
muscle
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xanth/o
A
yellow
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organ/o
A
organ
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lei/o
A
smooth
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cyan/o
blue
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-logy
the study of
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system/o
system
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dors/o
back
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-plasm
formation, substance, growth
30
-osis
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
31
-oid
resembling
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meta-
after, beyond, changing
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-stasis
control, stop, standing
34
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
35
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
36
pro-
before
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-sis
state of
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path/o
disease
39
-opsy
to view, viewing
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eti/o
cause of (disease)
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lip/o
fat
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leuk/o
white
43
-al
pertaining to
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-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
45
carcin/o
cancer
46
dist/o
further away from point of attachment
47
later/o
side
48
bi-
two
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hemat/o
blood
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hyper-
above, excess
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aden/o
gland
52
dia
complete, through
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proxim/o
closer to point of attachment
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medi/o
middle
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tom/o
to cut, to slice, to section
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infer/o
below
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super/o
above
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ventr/o
belly
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uni-
one
60
poster/o
back, behind
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anter/o
front
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-ad
toward
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caud/o
tail (downward)
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gno/o
knowledge
65
epitheli/o
epithelium
66
-ous
pertaining to
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-plasia
condition of formation, development, grotwth
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-oma
tumor, swelling
69
neur/o
nerve
70
iatr/o
physician, medicine (treatment)
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dys-
painful, labored, difficult, labored
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vir/o
virus
73
micro-
small
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-pathy
disease
75
-logist
someone who studies and treats
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radi/o
x-rays, ionizing radiation
77
fibr/o
fibrous, fibrous tissue
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-graph
instrument used to record
79
-gram
the record, radiographic image
80
son/o
sound
