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Week 1 flash cards
Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatrics ee-AH-triks | Medical science |
| -iatry AI-ah-tree | Medical science |
| -iatrist EE-ah-trist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist ist | Specialist |
| -logist loh-jist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy loh-jee | Study of |
| -algia AL-jah | Pain |
| -dynia DIN-ee-ah or DAI-nee-ah | Pain |
| -cele SEEL | Hernia (bulging of tissue in a area where it doesn’t belong) |
| -emia EEM-ee-ah | Blood condition |
| -iasis AI-ah-sis | Presence of |
| -itis AIT-is | Inflammation |
| -lysis LIH-sis | Loosen, break down |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage | Excessive flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -desis | Binding, fixation |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -plasty | Reconstruction |
| -stomy | Creating of an opening |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| Chief complaint | The main reason for the patients visit |
| History of present illness | The story of the patient problems |
| Review of systems | Description of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem |
| Past medical history | Other significant past illnesses |
| Past surgical history | Any of the patients past surgeries |
| Family history | Any significant illnesses that run in the patients family |
| Social History | A record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and sexual practices that can impact health |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| DDx | Differential diagnosis |
| Tx | Treatment |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Hx | History |
| PMHx | Past medical history |
| FHx | Family history |
| H&P | History and physical |
| CC | Chief complaint |
| HPI | History of present illness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| PE | physical exam |
| PCP | Primary care provider |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| PERRLA | Alert and oriented |
| NOS | regular rate and rhythm |
| RRR | no acute distress |
| CTA | Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation |
| A&O | Not otherwise specific |
| NAD | Clear to auscultation |
| QHS | Two times a day |
| QID | as needed |
| QD | four times a day |
| Adip/o, lip/o, steat | fat |
| Cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| pil/o, trich/o | Hair |
| hidr/o | Sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| seb/o, sebace/o | oil |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| xer/o | dry |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o, alb/o | white |
| Melan/o | black |
| abrasion | scraping away of skin |
| alopecia | baldness |
| dermatolysis | Loose skin |
| anesthetic | A drug that temporarily blocks sensation |
| antipruritic | A drug that prevents or relieves itching |
| Antiseptic | A drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) by killing microorganisms |
| hypodermic | pertaining to beneath the skin |
| Intradermal | pertaining to inside the skin |
| Chemotherapy | Treatment using chemicals |
| Lipectomy | Removal of fatty tissue |
| Autograft | Skin transplant taken from a different place on the patient’s body |
| homograft | Skin transplant taken from another member of the patients species |
| Dermoscopy | Procedure for looking at the skin |
| eczema | a red itchy rash that may weep or ooze, then become crusted and scaly |
| keratosis | Horny tissue condition |
| ulcer | A Sore |
| -physis | Growth |
| oste/o | Bone |
| crani/o | Head, Skull |
| cervic/o | Neck |
| spondyl/o | Vertebra |
| lumb/o | Lower back |
| brachi/o | Arm |
| dactyl/o | Finger |
| carp/o | Wrist |
| cost/o | Rib |
| femor/o | Femur |
| tibi/o | Tibia |
| tars/o | Ankle |
| burs/o | Bursa |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| arthr/o | Joint |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| ton/o | tone, tension |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| Tax/o | Arrangement, order, coordination |
| ankyl/o | Stiff, bent |
| arthroscope | instrument for looking into a joint |
| Electromyogram | a record of the electrical activity of a muscle |
| kyphosis | humped back |
| lordosis | Sway back |
| Scoliosis | Crooked back |
| fracture | A bone break |
| Pyarthrosis | pus in a joint |
| Polydactyly | Having more than normal number of fingers |
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