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Q3
Intro to Human Disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o | pain |
| Carcin/o | cancer |
| Cyst/o, cyst/i | filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder |
| Lith | calculus, sore |
| onc/o | tumor |
| path/o | disease |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever |
| scler/o | hard |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| pachy- | thick |
| tachy- | rapid |
| xero- | dry |
| -algia, algesia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation |
| -clasis, -clasia | breaking |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oma | tumor (plural) |
| -pathy | any disease of |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth, profusely |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | fissue, splitting |
| Anaplasia | lack of normal differentiation |
| communicable | capable of passing from 1 person to another |
| effusion | escape of fluid into another body cavity or part |
| exudate | material that escapes from blood vessels due to injury |
| hyperplasia | excessive growth of normal cells |
| idiopathic | unknown cause |
| in situ | localized, noninvasive |
| nosocomial | infection acquired in a hospital or clinic |
| purulent | forming or containing pus |
| remission | lessoning of disease symptoms |
| systemic | pertaining to whole body |