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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fistula | abnormal passage |
| Ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| Pyel/o | pelvis |
| Pyr/O | FEVER OR FIRE |
| Py/o | pus |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Mucous | specialized mucous membranes that line the body cavities |
| Acronym | Word fomrd from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term |
| Disease | Condition where one or more body parts are not functioning normally |
| Differential diagonis (rule out) | Determing which one of serveral diseases can be producing the signs and symptoms present |
| sign | objective evidence of a disease |
| Symptom | subjective evidence of a disease |
| syndrome | set of signs and symptoms occur together as part of a specific disease |
| inflammation | localized response to an injury or destruction of tissue |
| end | within |
| lith | stone |
| super, supra | above or excessive |
| sub | under, less, below |
| intra | within or inside |
| inter | between or among |
| eu | good,normal, well, easy |
| ab | away from |
| gram | a picture or record |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| centesis | surgical punture to remove fluid |
| Ileum | Last and longest portion of the small intestine |
| prostrate | collapse and be lying flat or to be overcome by exhaustion |