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1
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Prefixes

Peri-

A

Around

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Parts of the body

Hair

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  • Trich/o
  • pil/o
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Parts of Body

Eye

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  • Ocul/o
  • Opthalm/o
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Parts of the body

Nose

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  • Nas/o
  • Rhin/o
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Parts of the Body

Mouth

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  • or/o
  • stomat/o
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Parts of the Body

Chest

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Thoras/o

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Parts of the body

Stomach

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Gastr/o

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Parts of the Body

Blood

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leuk

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Parts of the Body

Joints

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articul/o

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Parts of the Body

Pulmonology

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  • -pnea
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Suffixes

Pertaining to

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  • -ar
  • -ic
  • -ac
  • -al
  • -ical
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Suffix

Inflammation of

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  • -itis
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Suffix

Study of

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-logy

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Suffix

(Plastic) Surgery of

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-plasty

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Suffix

Discharge from

A

-rrhea

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Suffix

Incision of

A

-tomy

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Suffixes

One Who

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  • -er
  • -ist
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Suffixes

Practitioner

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-iatrician

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Suffixes

Med Prof/Treatment

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  • -iatrics
  • -iatry
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Suffixes

Specialist

A
  • logist
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Suffixes

Pertaining to the study of

A
  • -logic
  • -logical
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Combining Forms

Heart

A

Cardi/o

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Combining Forms

Secrete

A

crin/o

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Combining Forms

Skin

A

Dermat/o

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Combining Forms

Sensation

A

esthesi/o

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Combining Forms

Elderly

A
  • ger/a/o
  • geront/o
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Combining Form

Female

A

gynec/o

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Combining Forms

Midwife

A

obstetr/o

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Combining Forms

Tumor

A

onc/o

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Combining Forms

Larynx

A

laryng/o

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Combining Forms

Ear

A

ot/o

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Combining Forms

Disease

A

path/o

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32
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Medical Specialties

Intesivist

Def

A
  • Critical Care Doctor
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Suffixes

Suture

A

-rrhaphy

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Suffix

Section/Slice

A

-tome

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Suffix

Breaking apart

A

-tripsy

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36
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Combining Forms

Vessel

A

angi/o

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37
Q

Combining Forms

Eyelid

A

blephar/o

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38
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Combining Forms

Gland

A

Aden/o

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39
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Combining Forms

Hand

A

chir/o

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40
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Combining Forms

Liver

A

hepat/o

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Combining Forms

Breast

A
  • mamm/o
  • mast/o
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Q

Combining Forms

Bone Marrow / Spinal cord

A

myel/o

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Suffix

Fixing in place

A

-pexy

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Suffix

Pain

A
  • -algia
  • -dynia
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Suffix

Hernia

A

-cele

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Suffix

Dilation/Dilatation

A
  • -ectasi+a/s
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Suffix

Vomiting

A

-emesis

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Suffix

Soft(ening)

A

-malacia

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Suffix

Enlargement

A

-megaly

50
Q

Suffix

Resembling

A

-oid

51
Q

Suffix

Deficiency

A

-penia

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Q

Suffix

Sagging/Prolapse

A

-ptosis

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Suffix

Rupture

A

-rrhexis

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Suffix

Membrane

A
  • -eum
  • -ium
55
Q

Quantity Prefixes

Double

A

diplo-

56
Q

Quantity Prefixes

Excessive, more than normal

A

hyper-

57
Q

Quantity Prefixes

Below normal

A

hypo-

58
Q

Quantity Prefixes

None

A

nulli-

59
Q

Quantity Prefixes

first

A

primi-

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A
61
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Quantity Prefixes

Excessive

A
  • super-
  • ultra-
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Direction Prefixes

Away from

A

ab-

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Direction Prefixes

Toward

A

ad-

64
Q

Direction Prefixes

Before in time or place

A
  • ante-
  • pre-
64
Q

Direction Prefixes

Around

A
  • circum-
  • peri-
65
Q

Direction Prefixes

Through

A

dia-

66
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Direction Prefixes

Out, without, away from

A
  • Ecto-
  • Ex-
  • Exo-
  • Extra-
67
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Direction Prefixes

Above, On

A

epi-

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Direction Prefixes

Beneath, Under

A
  • hypo-
  • infra-
  • sub-
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Q

Direction Prefixes

Middle

A
  • Meso-
  • Mid-
70
Q

Direction Prefixes

Near, beside, abnormal

A

Para-

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Direction Prefixes

Through or By

A

per-

72
Q

Direction Prefixes

Behind or backward

A

Retro-

73
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Direction Prefixes

Above, beyond

A
  • super-
  • supra-
74
Q

Direction Prefixes

Joined, Together

A
  • Sym-
  • Syn-
75
Q

Injection Sites

Types of Injections

A
  • Subcutaneous
  • Intramuscular
  • Intradermal
  • Intravenous
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Prefixes

Ipsi- vs Contra-

A

same vs against/opposed

77
Q

Time/Size Prefixes

Large or Great

A
  • Macro-
  • Mega-
  • Megalo-
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Q

Negation Prefixes

Not or without

A
  • a-
  • an-
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Negation Prefixes

Not or Inside

A

in-

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Desc. Prefixes

Bad or Difficult

A
  • dys-
  • mal-
81
Q

Desc. Prefixes

Good or Normal

A

eu-

82
Q

Prefixes

brady- vs tachy-

A

slow vs fast

83
Q

Dysphonia

A

bad voice(hoarseness)

84
Q

Color Combined Forms

White

A
  • alb/o
  • albin/o
  • leuk/o
  • leuc/o
85
Q

Color Combining Forms

Red

A

erythr/o

86
Q

Color Combining Forms

Black

A

Melan/o

87
Q

Color Combining Forms

Yellow

A

Xanth/o

88
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Produced by or in

A

-genic

89
Q

Producing or forming

A

-genesis

90
Q

Record, recording instrument, recording process

A

-gram, -graph, -graphy

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Record, recording instrument, recording process

A

-gram, -graph, -graphy

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Record, recording instrument, recording process

A

-gram, -graph, -graphy

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seizure

A

-lepsy

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That which destroys

A

-lysin

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Process of destroying

A

-lysis

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(Capable of destruction )కాపబుల్ ఆఫ్ డిస్ట్రక్షన్

A

-lytic

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Hardening

A

-sclerosis

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Abnormal softening

A

-malacia

99
Q

Speech

A

-phasia

100
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Eating or swallowing

A

-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

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Paralysis

A

-plegia

102
Q

Split or cleft

A

-schisis

103
Q

Split or cleft

A

-schisis

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Nutrition

A

-trophic, -trophy

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Thirst

A

Dips/o

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Tissue

A

Hist/o

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Q

Pus

A

Py/o

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Diagnostic Terminology

A
  • Diagnosis = Dx
  • Symptom = Sx
  • Acute vs Chronic
  • Test: clinical, lab, imaging, specimen
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Diagnostic Terminology

Basic Examination Procedures

A
  • Vital Signs: Pulse rate, respiration rate, temp
  • BP
  • Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation(listen to internal body sounds)
110
Q

Diagnostic Terminology

Radiology Terms

A
  • radio(radiant energy)graph
  • radiography
  • computed radiography
  • radiopaque(opaque to x-ray)
  • radiolucent(transparent to x-ray)
  • noninvasive, invasive
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Q

Radiology Word Parts

To cut

A

tom/o

112
Q

Radiology Word Parts

Excessive

A

ultra-

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Diagonstic Terminology

Additional Imaging Procedures

A
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Sonography
  • Contrast imaging
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Nuclear scans(radiopharma)
  • Positron Emission tomography
114
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Diagnostic Terminology

algesi/o

A

sensitivity to pain

115
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Diagnostic Terminology

plast/o

A

repair

116
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Diagnostic Terminology

Antineoplastic

A

prevent, inhibit, halt the development of a neoplasm

117
Q

Diagnostic Terminology

ICD

A
  • Inter cardiverter device
118
Q

Diagnostic Terminology

WNL

A

within normal limits

119
Q

Diagnostic Terminology

PET

A

postiron emission topography

120
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A

Medical Terminology (8 decks)

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