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MT C1 Intro Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| surgical removal (suffix) | -ectomy |
| erythr/o | red |
| -graphy | writing, process of recording |
| -gram | the resulting film or record |
| hyper- | over, above, increased, excessive |
| hypo- | under, below, decreased |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within, inside |
| -itis | inflammation |
| leuk/o | white |
| abnormal softening (suffix) | -malacia |
| -megaly | large, great |
| -necrosis | death of tissue |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| -osis | disease, abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | surgically creating a mouth or opening |
| poli/o | gray |
| poly- | many |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive flow |
| abnormal or excessive flow (suffix) | -rrhagia |
| -rrhaphy | to suture or stitch |
| to suture or stitch (suffix) | -rrhaphy |
| -rrhea | to flow, discharge |
| to flow, discharge (suffix) | -rrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| rupture (suffix) | -rrhexis |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scopy | to see, visual exam |
| -stenosis | abnormal tightening or narrowing |
| abnormal tightening or narrowing (suffix) | -stenosis |
| sub- | below |
| super/supra | above, excessive |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| surgical incision (suffix) | -otomy |
| peri- | surrounding |
| localized response to an injury or destruction of tissue | inflammation |
| infection | invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism |
| laceration | torn or jagged wound |
| torn or jagged wound | laceration |
| lesion | pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury |
| examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel body parts | palpation |
| a pounding or racing heart | palpitation |
| act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward | supination |
| suppuration | formation or discharge of pus |
| triage | medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need & proper place of treatment |
| trauma | wound or injury |
| viral | pertaining to a virus |
| virile | having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male |
| condition has a rapid onset | acute |
| condition is of long duration | chronic |
| objective evidence of disease such as a fever | a sign |
| subjective evidence of disease, such as pain or a headache | a symptom |
| identification of a disease | diagnosis |
| prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder | prognosis |
| a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process | syndrome |
| a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning | disease |
| a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first | eponym |
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