MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW Flashcards

1
Q

angi/o

A

vessel

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2
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aort/o

A

aorta

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3
Q

ather/o

A

fatty (lipid) paste

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4
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brady-

A

slow

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5
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cardi/o

A

heart

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6
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coron/o

A

coronary

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7
Q

-emia

A

blood, blood condition

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8
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erythr/o

A

red

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9
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hem/o, hemat/o

A

blood

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10
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leuk/o

A

white

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11
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phleb/o

A

vein

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12
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tachy-

A

rapid

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13
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thromb/o

A

clot

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14
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my/o

A

muscle

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15
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pector/o, steth/o

A

chest

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16
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

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17
Q

blast/o

A

immature, embryonic

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18
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carcin/o

A

cancerous

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19
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cervic/o

A

neck

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20
Q

-cide

A

causing death

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21
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-genesis

A

creation, reproduction

22
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immun/o

A

immune, protection, safe

23
Q

-lytic

A

to reduce, destroy

24
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neo-

A

new, strange

25
Q

-oma

A

tumor

26
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

27
Q

phag/o

A

eat, swallow

28
Q

-plasm

A

formative material of cells

29
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh, connective tissue

30
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

31
Q

atel/o

A

incomplete

32
Q

bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o

A

bronchial tube

33
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

34
Q

-ectasis

A

enlargement

35
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

36
Q

ox/i, oxo/o, ox/y

A

oxygen

37
Q

phon/o

A

voice or sound

38
Q

pleur/o

A

side of the body

39
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

40
Q

pneum/o, pneumon/o

A

lung, air

41
Q

pulm/o, pulmon/o

A

lungs

42
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

43
Q

or/o

A

relating to the mouth, begins preparation of food for digestion

44
Q

pharyng/o

A

pharynx, transports food from the mouth to the esophagus

45
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus, transports food from the pharynx to the stomach

46
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach, breaks down food and mixes it with digestive juices

47
Q

enter/o

A

small intestine, completes digestion and absorption of most nutrients

48
Q

col/o

A

large intestine, absorbs excess water and prepares solid waste for elimination

49
Q

an/o, proct/o, rect/o

A

rectum and anus, controls the excretion of solid waste

50
Q

hepat/o

A

liver, secretes bile and enzymes to aid in the digestion of fats

51
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder, stores bile and releases it to the small intestine as needed