Powerpoint & Notes Flashcards
Subjective experience by only one person who has condition
Symptom
Someone other than you witness the effect- ex: temperature, vomiting, etc.
Signs
Enter
Small Intestine
Logy
Study of
ET1
Cause
Pathic
Disease
Idio
Unknown
Otomy
Incision
Trophy
Development or nourishment
(A) Without
Ex: Atrophy- without nourishment
Plaisa
Formation or Growth
Meta
Change (Greek Origin)
Dys
Difficult
Ana
Means up/ upward
Neo
New
Exo
External Factors
Sis
Process
Phago
Eating or Devouring
Macro
Large
Micro
Small
Necrotic
Death
Pyrexia
Mild Fever- 100 to 103 for adults
Loss of appetite
Anorexia
What inflammation can cause cancer?
Cronus- colon cancer
pancreatitis- pancreatic cancer
Table 5.4 page 74 (Study)
Infections that lead to other infections of the body caused by the primary infection
Opportunistic
Ex: UTI can lead to a kidney infection
Pro
Before
Biotic
caused or produced by living things
Does a Virus need a living host or not?
Yes, they need a living host. Bacteria does not
Suffixes
word element placed at the end of the word
describes a disease or abnormality, symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedure or part of speech
changes meaning of the word
Prefixes
Word element attached to the beginning of a word
Not all medical terms have a prefix
changes meaning of the word
usually indicates a number, time, position, direction or negation
Types of Suffixes
Surgical- Describes a type of invasive procedure perfromed on a body part
Diagnostic- a procedure or test performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness
Pathological- Describes an abnormal condition or disease
Grammatical- Attached to word roots to form parts of speech such as adjectives and nouns
Types of Prefix
Position- describes place or location
Number and measurement- describes amount
Direction- indicates pathway
