Vocabulary Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF ALLIED HEALTH Flashcards
A & w
Alive and well
Cephal/o
Head
Hematoma
Clotting of blood
NPO
Nothing by mouth
Bi/o
Life
CA
Cancer; cardiac arrest; carcinoma; chronicle age
Ca
Calcium
Thrombosis
The abnormal condition of having blood clotting
Trans
Across, thought
Oste/o
Bone
-al
Pertaining to
Pericardium
Sac surrounding the heart
ADD
Attention-deficit disorder
Leuk/o
White
Adenoma
Tumor of gland
Rhin/o
Nose
-algia
Pain, suffering, painful condition
CCU
Coronary care unit
Psychiatry
Study of mental disorder
Urologist
Specialist of urinary tract
Epi
Above, within, on
Ophthalmologist
Eye specialist
Sarcoma
Tumor of the fleash
Sarc/o
Flesh
-pathy
Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
ABG
Arterial blood gases
Hepatitis
Inflammation of liver
Gastroenterologist
Study of the stomach
Nephr/o
Kidney
Hypodermic
Below skin
Iatr/o
Treatment physician
Log/o
Study of
Nephr/o
Kidney
Onc/o
Tumor
Opthalm/o
Eye
Oste/o
Bone
Path/o
Disease
Ped/o
Child
Psych/o
Mind
Radi/o
X-rays
Ren/o
Kidneys
Rhin/o
Nose
Sarc/o
Flesh
Sect/o
To cut
Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
Ur/o
Urinary tract/ urine
-ac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Removal
-emia
Blood condition
Aden/o
Gland
Arthr/o
Joint
Oma
Tumor or mass
Itis
Inflammation
Cis/o
To cut
Crin/o
To secrete(to give off)
Cyst/o
Urinary bladder; sac or a cyst(sac containing fluid)
Derm/o
Skin
Electr/o
Electricity
In-
Into
-ion
Process
Ex-
Out
-y
Process
Hypo
Below
Enter/o
Small intestines
Erythr/o
Red
Glyc/o
Sugar
Gynec/o
Woman
Hemat/o
Blood
-oma
Tumor
-globin
Protein
Dia-
Complete
Pro-
Before
-genic
Pertaining to producing
-genic
Pertaining to producing
-gram
Record
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-ion
Process
-osis
Usually abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-sis
State of
-tomy
Process of cutting
Endo-, end
Within