Module 1: Basic Medical Terminology Flashcards by Hayley Naasz

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Derivations of Medical Terminology

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Greek, Latin, physician’s names, mythology

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Elements of Medical Terms

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Prefix, suffix, root, combining forms

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Acro

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Extremity, tip

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Cardi

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Heart

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Cyt

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Cell

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Dermat or derm

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Skin

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Eti

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Cause

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Leuko

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White

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Mega

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Enlarged

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A-

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Without, absent

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An-

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Without, absent

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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To, toward

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Anti-

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Against

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Brady-

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Slow

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Dys-

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Difficult

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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Oligo-

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Small, little, scanty, deficient

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Sym- or syn-

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Together

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Asplenia

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Without a spleen

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Anemia

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Absence of blood

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Antidote

Action against a poison

Abduction

Movement away from the central axis of the body

Adduction

Movement toward the central axis of the body

Bradycardia

Slow heart rate (

Tachycardia

Fast heart rate (>100 bpm)

-logy

Study of

-itis

Inflammation of

-ectomy

Excision of (cut out)

-megaly

Enlargement of

-ostomy

Forming a new opening

-otomy

Incision into

-plasty

Surgical repair

-algia

Pain

-centesis

Puncture of a cavity

-dynia

Pain

-pathy

Suffering, disease

-penia

Deficiency, lack of

-poiesis

Production, formation of

Cardiomegaly

Enlargement of the heart

Rhinoplasty

Surgical repair of nose

-hemi or hemi-

Half

Plegia- or -plegia

Paralysis

Hemiplegia

Paralysis of one side of the body

Combining form formation

Adding connecting vowel, often "o"

Acrocyanosis

Bluish color of hands and feet

Anisocytosis

Variation or inequality in cell size

Dysphagia

Difficulty swallowing | "phagia" --> "eating"

Macrocephaly

Large head

Megacolon

Large colon

Microglossia

Small tongue

Oliguria

Decreased urine output

Polydipsia

Excessive thirst

Arthralgia

Painful joints

Thoracentesis

Puncture of chest wall with drainage of fluid

Coccigodynia

Painful coccyx

Myopathy

Disease of muscles

Leukopenia

Low WBC count

Hematopoiesis

Production/formation of blood cells

Periocular

Around the eye