Week 1 Flashcards
1
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enter/o
A
small intestine
2
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gastr/o
A
stomach
3
Q
a-
A
without or no
4
Q
ab-
A
away from
5
Q
ad-
A
toward
6
Q
abduction
A
take away from the midline
7
Q
adduction
A
move toward the midline
8
Q
dys-
A
difficult, painful or bad
9
Q
Dysphagia
A
difficulty eating or swallowing
10
Q
eu-
A
good, easy or normal
11
Q
Euthyroid
A
having a normally functioning thyroid gland
12
Q
Endo-
A
within or inside
13
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Endocrine
A
to secrete internally
14
Q
Ex-/Exo-
A
without, out of, outside, or away from
15
Q
Endoparasite
A
an organism that lives within the body of the host
16
Q
Ecto-
A
outside
17
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Ectoparasite
A
an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
18
Q
Hyper-
A
means elevated, higher, or more than normal
19
Q
Hyperglycemia
A
elevated blood glucose
20
Q
Hypo-
A
depressed, lower, or less than normal
21
Q
Hypoglycimia
A
depressed amounts of blood glucose
22
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Inter-
A
between
23
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Intra-
A
within
24
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Intercostal
A
between the ribs
25
Intramuscular
within the muscle
26
Poly-
many or excessive
27
Polyuria
excessive amount or frequency of urination
28
Oligo-
scant or little
29
Oliguria
scant amount or frequency of urination
30
Pre-
before
31
Post-
after
32
sub-
below
33
Super-/Supra-
above, beyond, or excessive
34
Supernumerary
more than the regular number
35
Suprascapular
above the shoulder blade
36
epi-
upper
37
extra-
outside
38
infra-
below or beneath
39
meta-
beyond
40
per-
throughout
41
trans-
across
42
Ultra-
above, increased, or more than normal
43
-tomy
cutting into or incision
44
pan-
all
45
leuk/o
white
46
-penia
deficiency or reduction in number
47
panleukopenia
deficiency of all types of white blood cells
48
-stomy
surgically created opening
49
Gastrostomy
surgically created opening between the stomach and the body surface
50
-ectomy
surgical removal or excision
51
Gastrectomy
surgical removal of stomach
52
-pexy
suture to stabalize
53
gastropexy
surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall
54
-plasty
surgical repair
55
-tomy
cutting into
56
laparotomy
an incision into the abdomen
57
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
58
-gram
record of
59
-graph
instrument that records
60
-graphy
procedure that records
61
-lysis
separation or breakdown
62
urinalysis
separation of the urine into its constituents
63
-scope
instrument to visually examine
64
-scopy
procedure to visually examine
65
-therapy
treatment
66
-rrhagia/-rrhage
bursting forth
67
-rrhaphy
to suture
68
hemorrhage
bursting forth of blood from the vessels
69
enterorrhaphy
suturing of the small intestine
70
-rrhaphy
to suture
71
-rrhea
flow, discharge
72
diarrhea
complete discharge of bowels
73
rrhexis
rupture
74
myorrhexis
rupture of the muscle
75
-algia and -dynia
pain
76
arthralgia
joint pain
77
arthrodynia
joint pain
78
-ia
state or condition
79
-ion
action, process, state, or condition
80
infarction
condition of blood flow obstruction
81
-itis
inflamation
82
hepatitis
inflammation of the river
83
-ive
performs or tends toward
84
congistive
tends toward accumulation of fluid
85
-malacia
abnormal softening
86
osteomalacia
abnormal softening of bone
87
-megaly
enlargement
88
cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
89
-osis
abnormal condition
90
cardiosis
abnormal condition of the heart
91
-pathy
disease
92
enteropathy
disease of the small intestine
93
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
94
arteriosclerosis
abnormal hardening of the arteries
95
-um
structure
96
pericardium
structure surrounding the heart
97
-us
thing
98
tarsus
the joint "thing"
99
Mucous
pertaining to mucus
100
Mucus
slime like substance composed of bodily secretions
