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Unit 1, Indroduction To Medterms Flashcards

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1
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Away from

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Ab-

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Abdomen

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Abdomin/o

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Toward, in the direction of

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Ad-

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Pain, suffering (a)

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-algia

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Appendix

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append/o

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Artery

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arteri/o

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Joint

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arthr/o

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Plaque, fatty substance

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ather/o

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Heart

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Cardi/o

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-centesis

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Blue discoloration

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cyan/o

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Cell

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-cyte

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Pain (d)

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-dynia

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Bad, difficult, or painful

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Dys-

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Surgical removal, cutting out

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-ectomy

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Within, inside

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Endo-

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Red color

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Erythr/o

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Good, normal, well, or easy

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Eu-

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Stomach, belly

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Gastr/o

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Old age, elderly people

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Geront/o

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Picture or record

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-gram

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Process of producing a picture or record

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-graphy

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Blood, relating to blood

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Hem/o

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Liver

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Hepat/o

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Excessive, increased

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Hyper-

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Deficient, decreased

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Hypo-

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Means between, or among

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Inter-

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Within or inside

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Intra-

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Inflammation

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-itis

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Larynx, throat

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Laryng/o

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White color

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Leuk/o

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Abnormal softening

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-malacia

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Enlargement

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-megaly

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Black color

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Melan/o

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Spinal cord

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Myel/o

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Fungus

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Myc/o

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Muscle

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My/o

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Birth

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Nat-

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Tissue death

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-necrosis

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New or strange

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Neo-

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Nerve or nerve tissue

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Neur/o

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Specialist

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-ologist

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Study or science of

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-ology

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Abnormal condition, disease

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-osis

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Bone

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Oste/o

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The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-ostomy

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Ear or hearing

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Ot/o

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Cutting, surgical incision

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-otomy

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-pathy

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Surrounding

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Peri-

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Surgical repair

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-Plasty

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Gray color

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Poli/o

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After, behind

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Post-

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Before

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Pre-

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Renal pelvis or bowl of kidney

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Pyel/o

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Puss

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Py/o

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Fever or fire

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Pyr/o

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Nose

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-rhin/o

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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhage

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Bleeding

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-rrhagia

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Surgical suturing

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-rrhaphy

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Flow or discharge, flow of most body fluids

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-rrhea

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Rupture

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-rrhexis

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Abnormal hardening

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-sclerosis

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Visual examination

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-scopy

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Abnormal narrowing

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-stenosis

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Under, less, or below

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Sub-

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Above or excessive

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Supra-

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Tonsils

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Tonsill/o

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Acronym-

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A word formed from the initial letters of the major parts of a compound term

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Acute-

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A condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration

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Chronic-

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refers to something that continues over an extended period of time

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Diagnosis-

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The identification of a disease

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Eponym-

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Medical thing named for the person who discovered or described it first

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Ligation-

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tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

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Mucous-

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a thick fluid produced by the lining of some tissues of the body

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mucus-

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a viscid slippery secretion that is usually rich in mucins and is produced by mucous membranes which it moistens and protects

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Obiective-

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signs, laboratory findings, or both, from a medical source

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Palpation-

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a method of feeling with the fingers or hands during a physical examination

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Palpitation-

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rapid pulsations or abnormally rapid or irregular beating of the heart

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Prognosis-

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determining the predicted or probable level of improvement in function, and the amount of time needed to reach that level of improvement in a health condition

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Remission-

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cancer treatment reduced or eliminated the symptoms and signs of cancer

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Sign-

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a health issue that can be observed

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Subjective-

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information obtained directly from the patient, the patient’s family, or from other healthcare providers who have observed changes or symptoms in the patient

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Suturing-

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to stitch up a wound or incision

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Symptom-

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the subjective experience of a potential health issue, which cannot be observed by a doctor

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Syndrome-

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a recognizable complex of symptoms and physical findings which indicate a specific condition for which a direct cause is not necessarily understood

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Trauma-

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a set of psychological and physiological responses to pain, injury, serious illness, medical procedures and frightening treatment experiences

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Triage-

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the prioritization of patient care (or victims during a disaster) based on illness/injury, severity, prognosis, and resource availability

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