Systems Chapter 5 Flashcards
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cocc/i
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spherically shaped family of bacteria
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strept/o
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twisted chains or strips
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staphyl/o
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bunch of grapes or uvula
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bacill/i
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rod shaped bacteria
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dipl/o
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double
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uvul/o
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uvula
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py/o
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pus
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onc/o
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tumors
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-genic
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producing or forming
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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ot/o
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ear
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cholecystography
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process of obtaining an x-ray of the gall bladder
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-ites
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distended with gas
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a-
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not, lack of
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an-
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not, lack of
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brady-
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abnormally slow
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dys-
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difficult, abnormal, poor, painful
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tachy-
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abnormally fast
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audi/o
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hearing
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phon/o
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voice, vocal sounds
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phasia
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speech
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rhin/o
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nose
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lith/o
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calculus or stone
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-genesis
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generating, producing or forming
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chol/e
gall or bile
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-iasis
pathological condition or infestation
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phagia
Swallowing
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pne/o
respiration or breathing
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-pnea
breathing
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men/o
menstruation
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peps/o
digestion
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therm/o
heat
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dia-
through
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dactyl/o
fingers or toes
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syn-
with or together
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drom/o
run
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dips/i
thirst
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poly-
too much or too many
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agenesis
lack of development
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alcoholism
chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol
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amenorrhea
absence of menstruation
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apepsia
cessation of digestion
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aphasia
unable to speak
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aphonia
no voice, unable to make sounds
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apnea
absence of breathing
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audiogram
graphic record of hearing function
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audiologist
hearing specialist
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audiology
science that studies hearing
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audiometer
instrument to test hearing
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audiometry
process of testing hearing
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bacillus
rod shaped bacterium
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bradycardia
slow heart rate
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bradypepsia
slow digestion
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bradyphagia
slow eating (swallowing)
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bradypnea
slow breathing
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calculi
small stones
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carcinogenesis
formation of cancer
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cholangiogram
x-ray of the bile ducts
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cholecyst
gall bladder
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cholecystitis
inflammation of the gallbladder
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cholecystogram
x-ray of the gall bladder
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cholecystography
process of obtaining an x-ray of the gall bladder
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Coccus
Sphere shaped bacterium
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Dactylitis
Inflammation of the fingers and/or toes
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Dactylogram
Fingerprint
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Dactylospasm
Spasm of a digit
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Diplobacillus
Double bacillus
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Diplococci
Cocci growing in pairs
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Dipsomania
Abnormal compulsion to drink
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Dysmenorrhea
Painful menstruation
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Dipsomania
Abnormal compulsion to drink
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Dysmenorrhea
Painful menstruation
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Dyspepsia
Painful digestion
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Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
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Dysphasia
Difficulty speaking, garbled speech
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Dysphonia
Difficulty making sounds with your voice
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Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
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Hydrocephalus
Enlarged head due to fluid accumulation (congenital)
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Hyperthermia
Abnormally high body temperature
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Hypothermia
Abnormally low body temperature
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Lithometer
Instrument to measure stones
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Lithotomy
Incision for the removal of stones
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Macroblast
Abnormally large immature cell
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Macrocephalus
Large head size
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cholecystotomy
incision into the gallbladder
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cholelith
gallstone
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cholelithiasis
infestation with gallstones
