Medterms 4 Flashcards by Connor Kraegel

Embry/ology

Study of first stage of the fertilized egg

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Ana/tomy

Cut up

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Hist/ology

Study of tissue

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Path/ology

Study of disease

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Physi/ology

Study of the body

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An/esthes/i/ology

Science of lack of feeling

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Cardi/ology

Science of the heart

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Dermat/ology

Science of the skin

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End/o/crin/ology

Science of secreting within

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Ger/i/atrics

Treatment of old age

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Gynec/ology

Science of females

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Internal medicine

Science dealing with the diagnosis and non surgical treatment of disease

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Laryng/ology

Science of the throat

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Neur/ology

Science of the nerves

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Obstetrics

She who stands before

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Onc/ology

Science of tumors

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Ophthalm/ology

Science of the eye

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Orth/o/ped/ics

Child straightening

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Ot/ology

Science of the ear

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Ped/iatrics

Science of the child

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Plastic surgery

Reparative surgery

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Proct/ology

Science of the rectum

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Psych/iatry

Science of the mind

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Pulmon/ology

Science of the lung

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Radi/ology

Science of rays

Rhin/ology

Science of the nose

Ur/ology

Science of the urinary tract

A/chlor/hydr/ia

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice

A/chyl/ia

Not gastric juice

A/gen/e/sis

Not developed

A/nom/aly

Not distributed

A/plas/ia

Not formed

A/spir/ation

To breathe

A/tres/ia

Not opening

A/troph/y

Not nourished

Abs/cess

To go away

Ad/hes/ion

Sticking to

Aden/o/carcin/oma

Cancerous gland tumor

Aden/o/lymph/oma

Tumor of the lymph gland

Aden/o/my/oma

Tumor of the muscle and gland

Aden/o/my/osis

Condition of muscle and gland

Aden/oma

Tumor of gland

Aero/phag/ia

Air swallowing

Ag/glut/in/ation

Stick to

Amel/o/blast/oma

Tumor of enamel buds or germ cells

Amyl/oid

Resembling starch; starch-like

An/orex/ia

Lacking appetite

Ana/plast/ic

Form back again

Angul/ation

Process or connected with an angle

Bi/furc/ation

Two-forked

Bulim/ia

Literally "hungry as cattle"

Calcar/eous

Full of lime

Calc/ul/us

A small stone

Carcin/oma

Cancerous tumor

Cardi/algia

Heart pain

Caud/al/ly

Toward the tail

Chlor/hydr/ia

Hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice

A/chlorhydria

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice

Hyper/chlorhydria

Excessive hydrochloric acid

Hypo/chlorhydria

Deficient hydrochloric acid

Chol/angi/oma

Tumor of bile duct

Chondr/oma

Tumor of the cartilage

Con/cret/ion

Grow together

Con/stip/ation

Press together

Con/tract/ure

Draw together

Cyst

Pouch

Di/lat/ation

Wide apart

Di/vert/ic/ul/ation

A turning away from

Dia/rrhea

Flow through

Dis/loc/ation

Apart from place

Dis/place/ment

Apart from place

Dis/tort/ion

Twisting apart

Dors/al/ly

Backwardly

Duplic/ation

Doubling

Dys/phag/ia

Difficult swallowing

Dys/plas/ia

Abnormal development

Ef/fer/ent

Carry away from

E/ruct/ation

Belch forth

E/long/ation

Far away from

Ec/top/ia

Away from place

Em/bol/ism

Throw in, stopped

Em/bol/us

Throw in, stopper

End/ arter/itis

Inflammation within artery

Epi/derm/oid

Resembling upper skin

Epi/gastr/ium

Over the stomach

Ex/trus/ion

Push out

Extra/vas/ation

Outside a vessel

Fribr/o/sarc/oma

Tumor of fiber and flesh

Fibr/oma

Fibrous tumor

Fibr/osis

Fibrous condition

Fist/ul/a

Pipe or passage

Flacc/id

Flabby

Fus/ion

Union as if by melting

Gangli/o/neur/oma

Knotty nerve tumor

Gangren/e

An eating away

Gli/osis

Gluelike condition

Gran/ul/c/cyt/ic

Pertaining to cells of small grain like construction

Gran/ul/oma

Grainy tumor

Halit/osis

Breath condition

Hem/angi/oma

Blood vessel tumor

Hem/o/glob/in

Tiny blood ball