Language of Medicine

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Chapter 1 Combining Forms
Divide medical words into their component parts. Use combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes to build medical words. Identify the meaning of word parts using combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes.
40  cards
Chapter 1 Suffixes
to learn and recognize medical suffixes to terms
23  cards
Chapter 1 Prefixes
learn the names and beginning of medical terms to understand their meaning better
15  cards
Chapter 1 Extra
Hepatitis 1,
Ileum and ilium 2,
Ureter 3
108  cards
Chapter 2 Combining Forms
Abdomin o 1,
Adip o 2,
Anter o 3
33  cards
Chapter 2 Suffixes
Al 1,
Eal 2,
Ectomy 3
12  cards
Chapter 2 Prefixes
Ana 1,
Cata 2,
Epi 3
6  cards
Chapter 2 Extra
Anabolism 1,
Catabolism 2,
Cell membrane 3
111  cards
Chapter 2 Divide and define
practice grouping prefixes, roots, and suffixes
42  cards
Chapter 3 Combining Forms
Abdomin o 1,
Acr o 2,
Acu o 3
72  cards
Chapter 3 Noun Suffixes
Algia 1,
Cele 2,
Centesis 3
42  cards
Chapter 3 Adjective Suffixes
Ac iac 1,
Al 2,
Ar 3
11  cards
Chapter 3 Extra
Another word for coccyx 1,
Another word for larynx 2,
Another word for pharynx 3
102  cards
Chapter 4 Combining Form
Carp o 1,
Cib o 2,
Cost o 3
32  cards
Chapter 4 Suffixes
Crine 1,
Drome 2,
Fusion 3
19  cards
Chapter 4 Prefixes
A an 1,
Ab 2,
Ad 3
50  cards
Chapter 1-4 Prefixes w Similar Meanings
A an in 1,
Ante pre pro 2,
Anti contra 3
13  cards
Chapters 1-4 Combining Form, Prefixes, & Suffixes
Abdomin o 1,
Acr o 2,
Acu o 3
273  cards
Chapter 4 extra
Anemia is a major problem for pat...,
The type of erythropoietin that i...,
The hematocrit is 3
232  cards
IDC-10-CM chapters and sections
Chapter 1 a b a00 b99 advancing b...,
Chapter 2 c d c00 d49 cancer death 2,
Chapter 3 d d50 d89 dracula 3
22  cards
buck's step-by-step ch 1-2
A code that reports more than one...,
Terms in the index are listed by ...,
T or f icd 10 cm contains 17 chap...
74  cards
MCO201 A Body systems 1 and 2 combining form
Angi o 1,
Aur o 2,
Blephar o 3
77  cards
MCO 201A body systems 1 & 2 prefixes
Dys 1,
Pan 2,
Poly 3
6  cards
MCO 201 A body systems 1&2 suffixes
Apheresis 1,
Blast 2,
Capnia 3
30  cards
MCO 201 A wk 2 Lab/Pathology/Surgery/Anesthesia terms
Medical devices that are intended...,
What is the branch of medical sci...,
Why are normal test values usuall...
49  cards
Ch 19 language of medicine cancer (oncology) combining form
combining form
26  cards
Ch 19 cancer/oncology suffixes
Genesis 1,
Blastoma 2,
Oma 3
7  cards
ch 19 cancer/oncology prefixes
Ana 1,
Apo 2,
Brachy 3
7  cards
ch 19 voccabulary cancer/oncology
Drugs are given after primary the...,
Chemotherapeutic synthetic drugs ...,
Loss of differentiation of cells ...
130  cards
ch 19 cancer/oncology laboratory test and clinical procedures
Cytogenetic analysis 1,
Immunohistochemistry 2,
Protein marker tests 3
15  cards
ch 19 cancer/oncology Abbreviations
Adcs 1,
Afp 2,
Bcr 3
51  cards
ch 19 Other Malignant Tumors
do not contain the combining form of carcin/o or sarc/o in their names
8  cards
Ch 16 skin
Fat cell 1,
Condition of skin deficient in pi...,
One of the large dermal exocrine ...
141  cards
ch 14 musculoskeletal system
Algia 1,
Asthenia 2,
Blast 3
406  cards
Chapter 20: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Gram 1,
Graphy 2,
Lucent 3
184  cards
Bucks Ch 11 E/M services
Which appendix lists all the modi...,
What are the the 6 sections of th...,
After the section what are the ad...
50  cards
ch 21 pharmacology wk 7
Amine 1,
Dote 2,
Genic 3
259  cards
Digestive System All
Rrhea 1,
Stenosis 2,
Ase 3
358  cards
Digestive system Excersises ch 5-6
0  cards

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