unit 1 MED TERM Flashcards by marlie welch

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Ab-

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Away, negative, absent

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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Ad-

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Toward

Direction of

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-algia

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Pain

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Append/o

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Appendix

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Ather/o

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Fatty substance

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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Col/o

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Colon

Large intestine

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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-cyte

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Cell

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-dynia

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Pain

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Dys-

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Bad

PAinful

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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End/o

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Within

Inside

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Eu-

A

Good

Normal

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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-gram

Picture | Record

-graph

Machine for recording

-graphy

Process of producing a picture

Hem/o

Blood

Hyper-

Excessive | Increased

Hypo-

Deficient | Decreased

ile/o

ileum | Small intestine

ili/o

ilium | Hip bone

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within | Inside

-itis

Inflammation

Laryng/o

Larynx | Throat

Leuk/o

White

Lith/o

Stone | Calculus

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-megaly

Enlargement

Melan/o

Black | Dark

My/o

Muscle

Myc/o

Fungus

Myel/o

Spinal cord | Bone marrow

Nat/o

Birth

Ne/o

New | Strange

-necrosis

Tissue death

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Olig/o

Scanty | Few

-ologist

Specialist

-ology

Study of

-oma

Tumor | Neoplasm

-osis

Abnormal condition | Disease

Oste/o

Bone

-ostomy

Surgical opening

Ot/o

Ear | Hearing

-otomy

Cutting | Surgical opening

-pathy

Disease Suffering Feeling Emotion

Peri-

Surrounding | Around

-plasty

Surgical repair

Poli/o

Gray

Poly-

Many

Post-

After

Pre-

Before

Py/o

Pus

Pyel/o

Renal pelvis

Pyr/o

Fever | Fire

Rhin/o

Nose

--rrhage

Bleeding

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

-scopy

Visual examination

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

Sub-

Under Less Below

Supra-

Above Upper Excessive

-tic

Pertaining to

Tonsill/o

Tonsil

-um

Singular noun ending

Vir/o

Poison | Virus

Viril/o

Masculine | Manly