Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
MedTerm Test #1
Ch1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Syllable that is usually emphasized in medical terms | third to the last |
| root | foundation or subject of the erm |
| suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| prefix | added to the beginning of a term to modify the root |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| hem/o | blood |
| gen/o | creation |
| hydr/o | water |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment/development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| neur/o | nerves |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cutane/o | skin |
| Eu- | good |
| -ac, -al, -ary, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ism, -ia | condition |
| -ology | study of |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosed, break down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhea | flow |
| a-, an- | no, without |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -otomy | incision |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| dys- | bad |
| poly- | many |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| pan- | all |
| oligo- | few |
| pre-, ante- | before |
| post- | after |
| peri- | around |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| subjective | problems that the patient states he/she has |
| acute | sudden onset |
| chronic | lasts over 3 months or more |
| palpation | to touch |
| assessment | a combination of the subjective and objective data |
| differential diagnosis | other diagnosis that could be contributing |
| systemic | passing through all tissues |
| plan | course of action |
| HPI | story of the patients current problem |
| ROS | Review of systems |
| consult note | note created by a specialist called to assess the patient |
| discharge summary | summary of everything that happened during the hospitalization |
| dermis | second layer of skin |
| epidermis | top layer of skin |
| adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| xero- | dry |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythro- | red |
| xantho- | yellow |
| anhidrosis | no sweat condition |
| dermatodynia | skin pain |
| seborrhea | oily discharge |
| urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthodermia | condition of yellow skin |
| onychomalacia | soft nails |
| onychopoathy | nail disease |
| hypertrichosis | excessive hair growth |
Created by:
jrmayo
Popular Medical sets