Systems Chapter 3 Flashcards
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hyper-
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above or more than normal
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hypo-
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below or less than normal
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-trophy
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nourishment
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aden/o
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glands or glandular tissue
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-oma
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tumor
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-pathy
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disease
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lymph/o
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lymphatic tissue
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lip/o
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containing fat
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carcin/o
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cancer
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meta-
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beyond
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-stasis
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in one place (staying)
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papill/o
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small elevation of tissue
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fibr/o
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fibrous tissue
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oste/o
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bone
15
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chondr/o
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cartilage
16
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leiomy/o
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smooth muscle
17
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ather/o
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fatty, porridgelike
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hem/angi/o
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blood vessel
19
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angi/o
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vessel
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leuk/o
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white
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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-oid
A
resembling
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hist/o
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tissue
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neo-
A
new
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anti-
against
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-plast/ic
abnormal growth
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-genesis
development
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arteri/o
arteries
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arthr/o
joint
30
muc/o
secretion
31
cephal/o
head
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-dynia
pain
33
encephal/o
brain
34
-cele
herniation
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-plasty
surgical repair
36
cerebr/o
cerebrum
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mening/o
meninges
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adenectomy
excision of a gland or glandular tissue
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adenitis
inflammation of a gland or glandular tissue
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adenoma
tumor of a gland or glandular tissue
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adenopathy
disease condition of a gland or glandular tissue
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antineoplastic
agent that works against tumor growth
43
atheroma
fatty (porridgelike) tissue tumor found in blood vessels
44
atherosclerosis
hardening of blood vessels caused by fatty growths
45
carcinoma
cancer of epithelial tissue
46
cephalalgia
head pain
47
cephalic
pertaining to the head
48
cephalodynic
pertaining to head pain
49
cerebral
pertaining to the cerebrum
50
cerebritis
inflammation of the cerebrum
51
cerebroma
tumor of the cerebrum
52
cerebrospinal
pertaining to the cerebrum and the spine
53
cerebrovascular
pertaining to the cerebrum and blood vessels
54
cerebrum
largest part of the brain includes the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes
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craniectomy
excision of the skull
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craniomalacia
softening of the skull
57
craniometer
instrument used to measure the size skull
58
cranioplasty
surgical repair of the skull
59
craniotomy
incision into the skull
60
cranium
skull
61
electroencephalogram
tracing (pictures) showing brain wave activity
62
electroencephalograph
instrument used to turn brain waves into electrical patterns showing a picture of changes in activity
63
encephalitis
inflammation of the brain
64
encephalomalacia
softening of the brain tissue
65
encephalomeningitis
inflammation of the brain and meninges
66
encephalomyelopathy
disease condition of the brain and spinal cord
67
electroneurodiagnostic
electrical diagnostic testing (imaging) of the nervous system function
68
glandular
pertaining to a gland
69
histology
study of tissues
70
hypertension
high blood pressure
71
hypertrophy
overdevelopment, increase in size
72
lipoid
resembling fat
73
lipoma
fatty tissue tumor
74
lymphadenopathy
disease condition of the lymph glands
75
lymphoma
lymph tissue tumor
76
melanocarcinoma
malignant (cancerous) melanoma
77
melanoma
tumor involving growth of melanocytes
78
meninges
three-layered membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord
79
meningitis
inflammation of the meninges
80
meningocele
herniation of the meninges
81
metastasis
tumor that spreads beyond origin
82
metastasize
to spread beyond its origin
83
metastatic
pertaining to a metastasis or metastases
84
mucosa
mucous membrane
85
mucus
watery substance secreted by mucous membranes
86
neonatal
pertaining to newborn
87
neoplasm
new growth (tumor)
88
neurodiagnostic
pertaining to diagnostic studies performed to examine the nervous system by detecting electrical changes
89
oncologist
physician specialist in diseases involving tumors
90
oncology
the science that studies tumors
91
sarcoma
cancer of connective tissue
92
tumor
abnormal growth of tissue
