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Medical Terms Flashcards

1
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Eponyms

A

Terms named after the people who invented the technique or discovered a disease

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Ademó

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Gland

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3
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Arthritis

A

Inflammation of the joint

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4
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Artho

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Joint

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5
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Arthrodesis

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Surgical procedure to fuse joints together

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Arthroscopy

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Visual examination of the joint space

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7
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Bactericide

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Substance that kills bacteria

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8
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Carcin/o

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Megaly

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9
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Cardio

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Heart

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10
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Cardiology

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Study of heart

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11
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Cardiomegaly

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Enlargement of the heart

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12
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Centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove excessive fluid

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13
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Cerebr/o

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Largest part of brain/cerebrum

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14
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Chiroplasty

A

Surgical repair of the hand

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15
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Choke-

A

Bile

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16
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Cide

A

Kill

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17
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Colo

A

Colon

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18
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Combining vowel

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A vowel, typically an “o” used to ease pronunciation

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19
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Costo

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Rib

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20
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Cyst

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Fluid filled sac

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21
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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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22
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Cyto

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Cell

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23
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Derma

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Skin

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24
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Ectomy

A

Surgical removal of

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25
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Electro

A

Electrical activity

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26
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Endo

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Inside

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27
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Enter/o

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Intestines

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28
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Epi

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Upon

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29
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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cells

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30
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Extra

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Outside

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31
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Fibroadenoma

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Lump in breast containing fibrous and glandular tissue

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32
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Gastro

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Stomach

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33
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Gram

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Recording/ written record of

34
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Gynec

A

Woman/ female

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Hemat

A

Blood

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Hemorrhage

A

Excessive/ uncontrollable bleeding

37
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Hermostat

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Instrument used to control bleeding

38
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Hepatitis

A

Inflammation of the liver

39
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Hyper

A

Above

40
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Hyper

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Below

41
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Hyster

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Uterus

42
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Inter

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Between

43
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Itis

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Inflammation

44
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Lapar

A

Abdomen

45
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Laryng/o

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Larynx (voice box)

46
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Leuko

A

White

47
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Lipo

A

Fat

48
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Litho

A

Stone

49
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Lithotripsy

A

Crushing of stones with laser

50
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Mast

A

Breast

51
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-megaly

A

Enlargement

52
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Myo

A

Muscles

53
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Myocardium

A

Heart muscle

54
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Nehros

A

Kidney

55
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Neo-

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New

56
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Ology

A

Study of

57
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-oma

A

Tumor

58
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Oopher

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Ovary

59
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Osteo

A

Bone

60
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-otomy

A

Incision into an organ

61
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-pathyl

A

Disease

62
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Peri

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Around

63
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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

64
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Post-

A

After

65
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Prefix

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At the beginning of medical term

66
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Proctitis

A

Inflammation of the rectum

67
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Rhino

A

Nose

68
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Root word

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Typically a body part; provides meaning to the world

69
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-rrhage

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Flowing/flow

70
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Scope

A

Viewing instrument

71
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Stoma

A

Opening

72
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Suffix

A

At the end of a medical term

73
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Supra

A

Above

74
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-tome

A

Cutting instrument

75
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Tonsillitis

A

Inflammation of the tonsils

76
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Chloe/o

A

Green

77
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Cyan/o

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Blue

78
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Erythr/o

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Red

79
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Leuk/o

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White

80
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Melan/o

A

Black, dark

81
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Xanth/o

A

Yellow

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