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med term unit 5 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| a, an | without |
| hyper | above; more than normal |
| hypo | below; less than normal |
| anti | against |
| neo | new |
| inter | between |
| peri | around |
| supra | above |
| ad | toward |
| ab | away |
| epi | upon |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| dia | through |
| syn | together |
| pro | infront of |
| poly | too much or too many |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| pyo | pus |
| oto | ear |
| tympano | eardrum |
| audio | hearing |
| phono | vocal sounds |
| phaso | speech |
| rhino | nose |
| litho | stone |
| chole | bile or gall |
| pneo | breathing |
| meno | monthly discharge for women |
| phago | eating, swallowing, chewing |
| pepso | digesting |
| thermo | heat |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -phonia | vocal sounds |
| -phasia | speech |
| -lith | stone |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing, chewing |
| -pepsia | digesting |
| -thermia | heat |
| cocus + cocci | round |
| diplo | a pair , 2 |
| strepto | twisted chain |
| staphylo | a group |
| bacillus + bacilli | rod-shaped |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| cholelith | gallstone |
| cholelithiasis | gallstones |
| tachypnea | fast breathing |
| pathogenic | disease causing |
| carcinogenic | cancer causing |
| pyogenic | pus causing |
| polydactylism | extra finger or toe |
| syndactylism | fingers or toes webbed together |
| synergism | drug that works together for the good |
| synarthrosis | joints fuzzed together |
| polydipsia | really thirsty |
| dipsomania | alcoholism |
| dyspnea | shortness |
| dactylo | fingers + toes |
| dipso | thirst |
| suffix ending for dipso | -dipsia |
| slow | brady |
| bladder | cyst |
| bad, painful, difficult | dys |
| nose | rhino |
| fast | tachy |
| gall | chole |
| without | a, an |
| abnormally large | macro |
| abnormally small | micro |
| with, together | syn |
| water | hydro |
| under, below | hypo |
| through | dia |
| excessive, too much | poly |
| producing, origin | genesis |
| stones | litho ; suffix ending- lith |
| ear | oto |
| sound | sono |
| heart | cardio |
| head | cephalo |
| above | supra or hyper |
| brain | encephalo |
| removal, excision | ectomy |
| skull | cranio |
| herniation | cele |
| picture, record | gram |
| cut into, incision | tomy |
| measure | meter |
| slice | tomo |
| new opening | ostomy |
| enlarged | megaly |
| instrument that records | graphy |
| pus | pyo |
| fat | lipo |
| white | leuko |
| red | erythro |
| hear | audio |
| left | sinistra ; suffix ending- sinistro |
| right | dextra ; suffix ending- dextro |
| heat | thermo |
| breathe | pneo |
| digestion | pepso |
| eat, swallow | phago |
| flow, discharge | rrhea |
| inflammation | itis |
| development | trophy, plasia, genesis |
| gallstones | cholelith |
| gallbladder | cholecyst |
| bacteria growing in clusters | staphylo |
| bacteria growing in pairs | diplo |
| bacteria growing in twisted chains | strepto |
| decrease | penia |
| condition of | osis |
| blue | cyano |
| cocci | round, sphere shaped |
| strepto | twisted chain |
| staphylo | a group |
| pyo | pus |
| diplo | a pair, 2 |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| bacillus ( what is plural) | bacilli |
| -algia | pain |
| onco | tumor |
| oto | ear |
| genesis/ genic | original growth |
| phono | vocal sounds |
| audio | hearing |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| a/an | without |
| dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| rhino | nose |
| litho | stone |
| chole | bile or gall |
| micro | small |
| therm | heat |
| -pnea | breathing |
| dia | through |
| dactylo | fingers + toes |
| phobia | fear |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing, chewing |
| -ectomy | to cut out |
| cyst | urinary bladder |
| eardrum | tympano |
| -cardia | heart |
| -phasia | speech |
| carcino | cf for cancer |
| -cephalus | head |
| -pepsia | digesting |
| hyper | above |
| syn | together |
| inflammation | itis |
| -drome | running or course |
| pro | infront of |
| incision into the eardrum | tympanotomy |
| poly | too much or too many |
| megaly | enlargement |
| -scopy | process |
| herniation | cele |
| -oma | suffix ending for tumor |
| -dipsia | suffix ending for thirst |
| stomach becomes distended and tight as a drum | tympany |
| pus | pyo |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| -ostomy | new opening |
| eat or swallow | phago |
| -penia | decrease |
| tympan | eardrum |
| right | dextra, dextro |
| menses | monthly discharge |
| left | sinistra, sinistro |
| gallstone | cholelith |
| unable to speak | aphasia |
| removal of the gallbladder | cholecystectomy |
| bladder infection | cystitis |
| study of voice sounds | phonology |
| flow of pus | pyorrhea |
| resembles fat | lipoid |
| small cell | microcyte |
| process of looking into the bladder | cystoscopy |
| absence of menstruation | amenorrhea |
| fast heartbeat | tachycardia |
| earache | otodynia |
| excessively thirsty | polydipsia |
| fast breathing | tachypnea |
| slow breathing | bradypnea |
| difficulty breathing | dyspnea |
| absence of breathing | apnea |
| eat fast | tachyphagia |
| poor digestion | dyspepsia |
| runny nose | rhinorrhea |
| instrument to test hearing | audiometer |
| abnormally small heart | microcardia |
| low body temperature | hypothermia |
| symptoms that run together | syndrome |
| difficulty swallowing | dysphagia |
| abbreviations: left ear | AS- auris sinistra |
| respiration | R |
| right ear | AD- auris dextra |
| oxygen | O2 |
| last menstrual period | LMP |
| both ears | AU- auris uterque |
| vital signs | VS |
| pulse | P |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| temperature | T-temp |
| SOB | shortness of breathe |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| staph | staphylococcus |
| strep | streptococcus |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| GB | gallbladder |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| Fx | fracture |
| WBC | white blood cell or count |
| OM | otitis media |
| BP | blood pressure |
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