Things To Remember Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two types of suffixes?
A
Diagnoses - diseases condition and symptoms
Procedures
2
Q
Leukocytosis
Leukemia
A
Leukocytosis- increase in normal white blood cells (ex.when there is an infection)
Leukemia-increase in white blood cells
3
Q
Cardiomyopathy
Myocardial infarction
A
Cardiomyopathy -chronic disease of heart muscle with inflammation and weakened
Myocardial infarction-acute condition in an area of hearth muscle that has died
