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Review for the Ivy Tech State-wide Medical Terminology Final Exam for Semester 1

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Term
Definition
show Heart  
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show Skin  
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Ven/o-   show
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Hemat/o-   show
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show White  
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Cyt/o-   show
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show Red  
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show Clot  
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show Fatty substance or plaque (Don't confuse with arthr/o-)  
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show Artery (Don't confuse with ather/o- or arthr/o-!)  
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show Muscle  
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Hem/o-   show
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-rrhage   show
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show Rupture (Don't confuse with -rrhaphy!)  
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-rrhaphy   show
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-otomy   show
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show Blood condition  
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-cytosis   show
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show Too few/abnormal decrease; Deficient in  
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-rrhagic   show
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show Medical term for a bruise  
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-trophic   show
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show Standing still (to stop)  
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show Rib  
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Chondr/o-   show
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-itis   show
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Myel/o-   show
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Transverse Plane   show
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show Body plane that divides the body into a right and left half; vertical or longitudinal plane  
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Coronal Plane   show
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show The upper (filling) chambers of the heart  
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show The lower (pumping) chambers of heart  
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show Tarsus (Ankle)  
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Carp/o-   show
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show Lower back; loin region  
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show Femur (the long bone of the upper leg)  
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-clasia   show
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show To puncture and aspirate (withdraw fluid  
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-Arthr/o-   show
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show To surgically remove  
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show Surgical repair (Don't confuse with -pexy)  
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-lysis   show
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Fasci/o-   show
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show Disease  
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Onych/o-   show
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show Nail  
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Par- or Para-   show
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show Hair  
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-ia   show
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-osis   show
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Adip/o- or Lip/o-   show
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Prone position   show
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show Lying on back, face up  
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show Lying on side  
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-poiesis   show
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-logy   show
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-logist   show
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Thrombocyte   show
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show White Blood Cell (WBC); Cell that helps with the immune system and protection from foreign invaders  
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show Red Blood Cell (RBC); Cell that carries iron and oxygen  
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show Bone  
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Anti-   show
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Coagul/o-   show
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-static   show
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show Pertaining to the destruction of  
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show Difficult; Abnormal  
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A-   show
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show Without  
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show Before  
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show After  
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show Many  
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Hyper-   show
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Hypo-   show
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show Slow  
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show Fast  
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Sub-   show
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Pan-   show
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Peri-   show
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Trans-   show
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Pseud/o-   show
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show Surgical fixation (Don't confuse with -plasty!)  
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show Surgically create an opening (Don't confuse with -otomy!)  
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-ptosis   show
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show Abnormal softening  
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-stenosis   show
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show Hardening (Don't confuse with -stenosis!)  
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show Pain  
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show Enlargment  
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show Tumor; Mass; Growth  
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show Condition of (Don't confuse with -ic)  
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-ic   show
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show Directional term meaning towards the body or close to; pertaining to close to  
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show Directional term meaning away from the body; distant from; pertaining to far away  
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Lateral   show
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show Directional term meaning towards the middle of the body; pertaining to the middle  
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show Directional term meaning close to the surface (Opposite of Deep)  
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Anterior   show
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Posterior   show
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Superior   show
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show Directional term meaning below  
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Caudal   show
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Cephalic   show
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Abdominal   show
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show Pertaining to the chest  
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show Pertaining to the pelvis  
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show Pertaining to the arm region  
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show Pertaining to the neck  
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show Fungus (Don't confuse with my/o-)  
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C&S   show
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Fracture   show
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Sprain   show
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show Overstretching of a ligament  
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Fixation   show
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Reduction   show
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-tonia   show
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-asthenia   show
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show Movement  
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Ten/o-   show
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show Pressure  
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show Condition of the heart  
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Hypertension   show
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show Medical term for low blood pressure (Don't confise with Hypertension)  
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show Infection  
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-philia   show
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Stethoscope   show
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Sphygmomanometer   show
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show Separation of  
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-gram   show
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show Process of recording (Don't confuse with -gram)  
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show Blood vessel  
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-spasm   show
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Aorta   show
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Vena Cava   show
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show Medical term for a blood clot  
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Derm/o-   show
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Xer/o-   show
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show Small, round, firm bump on the skin  
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show Flat discolored lesion on the skin (Freckle)  
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Pustule   show
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Vesicle   show
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Rhytid/o-   show
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Ichthy/o-   show
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Pachy/o-   show
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show Pus  
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