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Medical Terminology
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Health: | is defined as a state of complete physical, social, and mental, wellbeing |
| What does CC mean? | chief complaint |
| BID means | 2x |
| what are the 4 parts of a word? | 1. Word Root 2. combing form 3. prefix 4.suffix |
| 4 things that influence health: | 1. Socioeconomic Factos 2.Health Behaviors 3. Environment 4. Health Access |
| Prefix Indicates? | location, time, number, or status |
| Suffix indicates? | procedure, condition, disorder, disease |
| Gastr | stomach |
| Enter | small intestine |
| Nuer | nerve |
| Crani | skull |
| Tonsill | tonsil |
| Rhin | nose |
| Laryng | throat |
| Nat | birth |
| Muscle | my/o |
| Bone | oste/o |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| joint | arthr/o |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| luek/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rraphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| cardiac | pertaining to heart |
| -ago | abnormal condition |
| -esis | abnormal condition |
| -ia | abnormal condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ion | abnormal condition |
| -ism | abnormal condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | abnormal condition |
| Pathology | study of aspects of diseases |
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| Patent | open |
| sign | objective |
| symptom | subjective |
| syndrome | combination of signs and symptoms |
| -centesis | a surgical puncture to remove fluid for a diagnostic procedure |
| -graphy | process of producing a picture or record |
| -gram | picture or record |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pre- | before |
| peri | during |
| post | after |
| Ab- | away from |
| Ad- | towards |
| Dys- | Abnormal |
| Eu- | Normal |
| Hyper- | Increased |
| Hypo- | decreased |
| Inter | between |
| Inta | inside/within |
| Sub | below |
| Super/Supra | Above |
| Disease | a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally |
| Diagnosis(D) | receiving information about disease |
| Differential Diagnosis (D/DX) | know what category it falls into but still ruling things out |
| Prognosis | outcome or no outcome from recovering |
| Acute | sudden onset+ rapid symptoms, shorter course + intense |
| Chronic | Slow onset, generally milder symptoms, longer duration, improve day to day symptoms |
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