Week 1&2- Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
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a/an
A
without
2
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ab …………. ad
A
ab- away ……. ad- towards
3
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ante
A
before
4
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anti
A
against
5
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brady …. tachy
A
brady- slow; tachy- fast
6
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contra
A
against
7
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dys
A
difficult; pain
8
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eu
A
good/ normal
9
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metro
A
uterus
10
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oligo
A
less
11
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pneu
A
lung
12
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presby
A
relating to old age
13
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angio
A
blood vessels
14
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adeno
A
gland
15
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adipo
A
fat
16
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arthro
A
joint
17
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carcino
A
cancer
18
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chondro
A
cartilage
19
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colpo
A
vagina
20
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cutaneo
A
skin
21
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cysto
A
bladder
22
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entero
A
instestines
23
Q
gastro
A
stomach
24
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hepat
A
liver
25
lith
stone
26
oto
ear
27
phleb
vein
28
reno
kidney
29
dynia
pain
30
centesis
aspirate
31
stasis
stop
32
ectomy
surgical removal
33
emia
blood
34
edema
swelling
35
emesis
vomitting
36
itis
inflammation
37
megaly
enlarged
38
ostomy
surgical OPENING
39
otomy
surgical incision
40
plasty
surgical repair
41
opia
vision
42
pathy
disease
43
cephalo
head
44
suffixes that refer to eating
phagia
45
nothing by mouth
NPO
46
erythro
red
47
on the opposite side
contralateral
48
Device that should be used to record a patient's heart rhythm
electrocardiogram machine
49
Diagnostic procedures that produces images of body structures
computed tomography
50
position where the person lying on the left side, left hip and lower extremity straight, and right hip and knee bent.
Simms Position
51
standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi-sitting position (45-60 degrees) and may have knees either bent or straight.
fowlers position
52
the patient is supine on the table with their head declined below their feet at an angle of roughly 16°
Trendelenburg position
53
anterior/ ventral
front
54
posterior/ dorsal
back
55
-PC stands for
after meals
56
-ism
condition of
57
Vowel that is most common combining form used
O
58
Abbreviation for aspirin
ASA
59
hemi
half
60
-emia
blood
61
-algia
pain
62
-logy
the study of
63
-opsy or - scopy
examination
64
carcino
cancer
65
-ic
of or related to
66
-ologist
someone who studies a certain area
67
-toma
swelling
68
hypo
under/below - less than
69
hyper
above or over
70
-cytosis
increase in cells
71
-epi
above
