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Competency 18: Appendix A Study Stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A-; AN-; ANA- | NO; NOT; WITHOUT |
| BRADY- | SLOW |
| DYS- | DIFFICULT; PAINFUL |
| ENDO- | WITHIN |
| EPI- | ABOVE, UPON |
| GYNEC/O- | WOMAN |
| HYPER- | ABOVE; EXCESSIVE |
| HYPO- | BELOW; DEFICIENT |
| INTER- | BETWEEN |
| NEO- | NEW |
| PARA- | NEAR; BESIDE |
| PER- | THROUGH |
| RETRO- | BEHIND; BACKWORD; UPWARD |
| SEMI- | HALF |
| TACHY- | FAST |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -EMESIS | VOMIT |
| -EMIA | BLOOD |
| -ISM | CONDITION |
| -LEPSY | SEIZURE |
| -OID | RESEMBLING; LIKE |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
| -OTOMY | INCISION INTO |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| RRHEA- | FLOW; DISCHARGE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -STASIS | CONTROL; STOP |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT (E.G ARHTIRITIS) |
| ATHER/O | FAT; FATTY PLAGUE |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| HEMAT/O; HEM/O | BLOOD |
| HEPAT/O | LIVER |
| HYSTER/O | UTERUS |
| OCUL/O; OPTHALM/O; OPT/O | EYE |
| OR/O; ORCH/O; ORCHI/O | MOUTH (E.G ORAL) |
| PHLEB/O | VEIN |
| PNEUM/O | LUNGS; AIR |
| PROCT/O | RECTUM |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| CEREBROVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE BRAIN & BLOOD VESSELS THAT SUPPLY IT |
| EPIDURAL | PERTAINING TO ABOVE THE DURA MATER |
| EPILEPSY | EPI-:UPON A DISORDER OF THE CNS WITH RECURRENT SEIZURES |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPOXEMIA | TOO LITTLE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD |
| MYOCARDIUM | HEART MUSCLE TISSUE |
| PERICARDIUM | LINING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEART |
| TACHYCARDIA | FAST HEART RATE |
| DYPOXIA | CONDITION OF DEFICIENT OXYGEN LEVELS |
| SPIROMETRY | SPIR/O: BREATH MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING |
| BURSITIS | BURS/O: JOING INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA. A FLUID-FILLED SAC AROUND THE JOINTS |
| ORTHOPEDIC | LITERALLY MEANS STRAIGH FOOT STUDY OF THE DISEASES OF THE SKELETAL AND MUSCLE SYSTEM |
| LEUKEMIA | LEUK/O: WHITE A MALIGNANT BLOOD DISEASE OF ABNORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| METASTASIS | META: BEYOND THE SPREAD OF CANCER CELLS BEYOND THE ORIGIN OF THE TUMOR VIA BLOOD OR LYMPH |
| ANEMIA | LITERALLY MEANS WITHOUT BLOOD A CONDITION WHEN THERE IS A REDUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS, HEMOGLOBIN, OR VOLUME OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS. |
| MYELOMA | TUMOR OF THE BONE MARROW |
| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | CHOLECYST/O: GALL BLADDER REMOVAL OF THE GALL BLADDER |
| CIRRHOSIS | CIRRH/O: YELLOW OSIS: ABNORMAL CHRONIC LIVER CONDITION THAT CAUSES YELLOWING OF TISSUES |
| PYELONEPHRITIS | PYEL: RENAL PEVLIS INFLAMMATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS AREA OF THE KIDNEY |
| CONJUCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUCTIVA |
| OPTHALMOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE DISEASES OF THE EYE |
| MYRINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM) |
| OTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR |
| EPIDERMAL | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
| PERCUTANEOUS | THROUGH THE SKIN |
| OBSTETRICS | OBSTETR/O: MIDWIFE SPECIALIST IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF MOTHER & FETUS THROUGH PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, & POSTPARTUM |
| VASECTOMY | EXCISION OF PART OF THE VAS DEFERENS TO MAKE THE MALE STERILE. |
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