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

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Term
Definition
cardi/o-   show
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show Skin  
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Ven/o-   show
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Hemat/o-   show
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Leuk/o-   show
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Cyt/o-   show
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Erythr/o-   show
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show Clot  
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Ather/o-   show
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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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show Abnormal flow (Don't confuse with -rrhaphy or -rrhexis!)  
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-rrhexis   show
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-rrhaphy   show
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-otomy   show
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-emia   show
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-cytosis   show
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-penia   show
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-rrhagic   show
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show Medical term for a bruise  
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show Pertaining to development  
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-stasis   show
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show Rib  
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show Cartilage  
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show Inflammation  
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Myel/o-   show
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show Body plane that divides the body into a top half and a bottom half; horizontal plane  
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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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show Carpus (Wrist)  
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show Lower back; loin region  
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Femor/o-   show
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-clasia   show
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-centesis   show
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show Joint  
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show To surgically remove  
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-plasty   show
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show Destruction of  
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show Fascia; Fibrous band  
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-pathy   show
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show Nail  
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show Nail  
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show Around; Beside  
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show Hair  
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show Condition of  
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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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Lateral position   show
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-poiesis   show
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-logy   show
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-logist   show
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show Cell that helps with clotting; also known as a Platelet (PLT)  
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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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-lytic   show
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Dys-   show
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show Without  
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show Without  
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Pre-   show
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show After  
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show Many  
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show Excessive; Above  
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show Insufficient; Below  
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show Slow  
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show Fast  
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show Beneath; Below  
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Pan-   show
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Peri-   show
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Trans-   show
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show False  
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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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show Drooping  
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show Abnormal softening  
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show Narrowing (Don't confuse with -sclerosis!)  
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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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-ia   show
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show Pertaining to (Don't confuse with -ia)  
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Proximal   show
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show Directional term meaning away from the body; distant from; pertaining to far away  
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show Directional term meaning towards the side of the body; pertaining to the side  
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Medial   show
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Superficial   show
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show Directional term meaning towards the front of the body; pertaining to the front  
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Posterior   show
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show Directional term meaning above  
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Inferior   show
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Caudal   show
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show Directional term meaning towards the head; pertaining to the head  
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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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Myc/o-   show
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C&S   show
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Fracture   show
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show Overstretching of a muscle (Don't confuse with Strain)  
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show Overstretching of a ligament  
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show To hold in place  
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show To realign  
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-tonia   show
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show Weakness  
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-kinesia   show
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Ten/o-   show
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show Pressure  
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-cardia   show
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show Medical term for high blood pressure (Don't confuse with Hypotension)  
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Hypotension   show
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show Infection  
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show Condition of being attracted to  
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show Instrument to listen to the heart  
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Sphygmomanometer   show
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-crit   show
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show Record of (print out; x-ray; etc) Don't confise with -graphy!  
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show Process of recording (Don't confuse with -gram)  
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show Blood vessel  
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show Involuntary contraction  
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Aorta   show
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show The largest vein in the body  
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Embolus   show
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show Skin  
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Xer/o-   show
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Papule   show
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Macule   show
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Pustule   show
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show Small, fluid-filled lesion on the surface of the skin  
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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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Py/o-   show
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