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week 1 flashcards
chapter 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardi/o | heart |
| tachy | fast |
| ia | condition |
| idio | private or alone |
| pathic | disease or suffering |
| acro | high , end |
| mri | magnetic resonance imaging |
| arthr/o | joint |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| hydr/o | water |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| trop/o | nourishment, development |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tomy | incision |
| circum- / peri- | around |
| BID | Twice daily |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -logy | study of |
| -cele | protrusion or hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to withdraw fluid |
| QD | daily |
| QHS | at night |
| PC | after meals |
| PRN | as needed |
| TID | three times daily |
| C & S | culture and sensitivity |
| ABCDE | asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving |
| Bx | biopsy |
| Derm | Dermatology |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| pachy/o | thick |
| LEUK/O | White |
| pil/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| unu/o | yellow |
| squam/o | scale |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| MELAN/O | black |
| scoli | crooked |
| -oma | tumor |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -uria | pretaining to urine |
| encephal/o | brain |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| nas/o | nose |
| laryng | larynx |
| thromb/o | clot |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| andr/o | man/male |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| ren/o | kidney |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| brady | slow |
| therm/o | heat |
| dys | painful/difficult/abnormal |
| eu | normal/good |
| rect/o | rectum |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| retin/o | retina |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland / node |
| -gram | record/image |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| super-/ supra- | above/over |
| sub- | under/ below |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| chol/e | bile/gal |
| exo | outside |
| retro | backward |
| olig/o | few/scanty |
| ad | away from |
| lip/o | fat |
| crin/o | secrete |
| circum-/peri | around |
| epi | upon/over |
| ab | away from |
| inter | between |
| endo | within/inner |
| horm/o | hormone |
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