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Week 1 Terminology Flashcards

1
Q

A or An

A

Without
Ex: Anemia (without blood), anaerobic (ATP without air)

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Acro

A

Extremity
Ex: acrocyanosis (cyanosis in extremities), acromegaly (growth in extremities)

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3
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Adeno

A

Glandular
Ex; adenoids = glands
Ex; adenohypothesis, adenoadnoma (tumour of glandular)

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4
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  • Algia
A

Pain
Ex; arthalgia (knee pain), nostalgia (painful longing for past)

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Angio-

A

Blood or lymph vessels
Ex; angiogram is a CT or MRI of blood or lymph vessels

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6
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Arthr-

A

Joints
Ex; Arthitis

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7
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Brady

A

Slow
Ex; bradycardia (slow heart rate)

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8
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Carcin-

A

Crab (cancer)

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9
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Cardio-

A

Heart

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10
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Cervi-, cervico-

A

Neck

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11
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-Cele

A

Swelling, hernia
Ex; hydrocele (hernia filled with water)

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12
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Cep-, Ceph-

A

Head, brain

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13
Q

Chole

A

Bile

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14
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Com-, con

A

With, together

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15
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Contra

A

Against

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16
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Cyst

A

Hollow organ

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17
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Demo-

A

People

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18
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Derm-

A

Skin

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19
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Dia-

A

Through
Ex; diaphragm

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20
Q

Dys-

A

Difficulty
Ex; dyskenisia (hurts to get out of bed)

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21
Q

Ecto- Ectomy

A

Outside, removal

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22
Q

-Emia

A

Blood

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23
Q

Endo

A

Inside

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24
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Epi-

A

Upon

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25
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Erythr-

A

Red
Ex: erythrocytes

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26
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Ex-

A

Out of
Ex; ex-boyfriend (out of my league)

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27
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-Gen

A

Beginning, producing
Ex; fibrinogen, glycogen, pepsinogen

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28
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Glyco-

A

Relating to sugar

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29
Q

-Graphy

A

Recording, writing

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30
Q

Hemo-

A

Blood

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31
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Hemi-

A

One-half

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32
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Hepat-

A

Liver

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33
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Hydro-

A

Water

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34
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Hyper-

A

Above, too much

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35
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Hypo-

A

Below, too little

36
Q

-Itis

A

Inflammation

37
Q

-Lepsis

A

Seizure

38
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Leuko-

A

White
Ex; leukocytes (white blood cells)

39
Q

Lipo-

A

Fat
(Liposuction)

40
Q

Litho-

A

Rock

41
Q

-Logy

A

Study
Ex; psychology, physiology, etc.

42
Q

-Lysis, -lyso

A

Destruction
Ex; hemo-lysis (destruction of rbc)

43
Q

Mega-

A

Large

44
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Meno-

A

Month

45
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Metr-

A

Mother (uterus)

46
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Micro-

A

Small

47
Q

Myco-

A

Fungus

48
Q

Mye-

A

Marrow or spinal cord
Ex; multiplemioloma

49
Q

Myo-

A

Muscle

50
Q

Narco-

A

Stupor

51
Q

Necro-

A

Death

52
Q

Neo-

A

New
Ex; neonatal

53
Q

Nephro-

A

Kidney

54
Q

Neuro-

A

Nerve

55
Q

-Oid

A

Resembles

56
Q

-Oma

A

Tumour
Ex; osteocarcoma (bone cancer)

57
Q

Onco-

A

Tumour

58
Q

Orchi-

A

Testes

59
Q

-Osis

A

Pathologic condition

60
Q

Osteo-

A

Bone

61
Q

Para-

A

alongside, near
Ex; parallel

62
Q

Peri-

A

Around

63
Q

Phagia-

A

Eating
Ex; dysPHAGIA

64
Q

-Phillia

A

Affinity (love)
Ex; hydrophillia (loves water)

65
Q

Phleb-

A

Vein

66
Q

Phyto-

A

Plants

67
Q

-Plasia, Troph

A

Growth
Ex; hypertrophy, hypotrophy

68
Q

-Plasmn -plasma

A

Formed

69
Q

Patho-

A

Disease state

70
Q

Physio-

A

Nature

71
Q

Pseduo-

A

False

72
Q

Psych-

A

Mind, mental

73
Q

Ren-

A

Kidney

74
Q

-Rrhagia, -rrhea

A

Flowing
Ex; diarrhea

75
Q

Rhino-

A

Nose

76
Q

Sarco-

A

Flesh

77
Q

Sclero-

A

Hardness, scarring

78
Q

Spondy-

A

Spine

79
Q

-Stasis

A

Stagnation, standing still

80
Q

Stoma-

A

An opening, mouth

81
Q

Stoma-

A

An opening, mouth

82
Q

Syn-, sym-

A

With
Ex; synchronization

83
Q

Thrombo-

A

Clot

84
Q

Therm-

A

Temperature

85
Q

Trophy

A

Growth

86
Q

Vaso-

A

Blood vessel

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