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Chapter 1 - Medical Terminology for Health Professions 9th E Schroeder

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Term
Definition
-algia   Suffix: Pain, Suffering  
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-dynia   Suffix: Pain  
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-ectomy   Suffix: Surgical removal, cutting out  
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-gram   Suffix: picture or record (noun)  
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hyper-   Prefix: excessive, increased  
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hypo-   Prefix: deficient, decreased, below  
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-itis   Suffix: inflammation  
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-osis   Suffix: Abnormal Condition, Disease (Common, 4 letters)  
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-ostomy   Suffix: Surgical Creating of Artificial Opening to Body Surface  
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pre-   Prefix: before, in front of  
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-plasty   Suffix: Surgical repair of  
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-rrhage   Suffix: Bleeding, Abnormal / excessive fluid discharge (Primary)  
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-rrhaphy   Suffix: Surgical Suturing  
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-rrhea   Suffix: Flow or Discharge  
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-sclerosis   Suffix: abnormal hardening  
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cyan/o   Root/Combine Form: Blue  
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erythr/o   Root / Combine Form: Red  
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leuk/o   Root / Combine Form: White  
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melan/o   Root / Combine Form: Black  
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poli/o   Root / Combine Form: Grey  
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gastr/o   Root / Combine Form: Stomach  
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neur/o   Root / Combine Form: Nerve  
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enter/o   Root / Combine Form: Small Intestine  
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-pathy   Suffix: Abnormal Condition or Disease (Common, 5 letters)  
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-ago // -iasis // -osis // - esis // -ion // -pathy // -ia // -ism   Suffixes meaning Abnormal Condition or Disease  
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-ac // - al // -an // -ar // -ary // -eal // -ical // -ial // -ic // -ine // -ior // -ory // -ous // -tic   Suffixes meaning Pertaining To, or regarding  
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-a // -e // -um // -us // -y   Suffixes that function as a noun-ending  
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cardi/o   Root / Combine Form: heart  
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path/o   Root / Combine Form: Disease  
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-ology   Suffix: The study of  
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-megaly   Suffix: Enlargement  
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hepat/o   Root / Combine Form: Liver  
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-malacia   Suffix: Abnormal softening  
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arteri/o   Root / Combine Form: artery  
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-necrosis   Suffix: Tissue Death  
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-stenosis   Suffix: Abnormal narrowing  
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-centesis   Suffix: Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid  
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abdomin/o   Root / Combine Form: Abdomen  
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-graphy   Suffix: The process of producing a picture or record (Verb)  
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angi/o   Root / Combine Form: Blood Vessels  
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my/o   Root / Combine Form: muscle  
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arthr/o   Root / Combine Form: joint  
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-scopy   Suffix: Visual examination  
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-plasty   Suffix: surgical repair  
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-rrhagia   Suffix: Bleeding, usually severe and sudden (secondary)  
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hem/o   Root / Combine Form: Blood  
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ten/o   Root / Combine Form: tendon  
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dia-   Prefix: Through -direction  
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nat/o   Root / Combine Form: Birth  
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peri-   Prefix: Time and Events surrounding birth  
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post-   Prefix: Time and events after  
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laryng/o   Root / Combine Form: Larynx  
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rhin/o   Root / Combine Form: Nose  
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ab-   Prefix: Away From Opp: ad-  
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ad-   Prefix: Towards / In direction of Opp: ab-  
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ot/o   Root / Combine Form: ear  
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dys-   Prefix: Bad, Difficult or Painful Opp: eu-  
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eu-   Prefix: Good, normal, well, or easy Opp: dys-  
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inter-   Prefix: Between or among Opp: intra  
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intra-   Prefix: Within or inside Opp: inter-  
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sub-   Prefix: under, less, below Opp: super- and supra-  
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super- and supra-   Prefixes (2) - Mean above or excessive Opp: sub  
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lith/o   Root / Combine Form: Stone  
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edema   swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissues, or cavities of the body  
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appendic   Root Form: Appendix  
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end-   Prefix: within  
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exo-   Prefix: Outside  
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ather/o   Root / Combine Form: Plaque or Fatty Substance  
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-oma   Suffix: Tumor  
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-otomy   Suffix: Cutting, Surgical Incision  
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Pyel/o   Root / Combine Form: Renal Pelvis  
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Col/o   Root / Combine Form: Colon  
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fissure   Groove or crack-like Sore of the skin AND normal folds/contours of the brain  
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fistula   An abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body.  
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ileum (with an e)   Last and longest portion of the small intestine  
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ilium (with an i)   Part of the hip bone  
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Malaise   General feeling of discomfort, uneasiness, often first indication of infection or disease  
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Exudate   any fluid that leaks out of an infected wound (ex: pus)  
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eponym   a word (for a disease, structure, operation, or procedure) that is named after the person who discovered/described it first. Famous example Alzheimer's disease.  
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acronym   a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term.  
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disease   a condition in which one or more parts of the body are not functioning normally  
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acute   a condition with rapid onset, a severe course, and a short duration  
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chronic   a condition with long duration  
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remission   the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms.  
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prognosis   A prediction of the probable course of a disease  
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Differential Diagnosis   (D/DX), an attempt to determine which disease is present by ruling out other possibilities. AKA "Rule Out"  
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Diagnosis   The identification of a disease.  
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Sign   objective evidence of disease, measurable outside  
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symptom   subjective evidence of disease  
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syndrome   a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease or process  
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laceration   torn or jagged wound or accidental cut  
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lesion   pathologic change of tissue due to disease or injury  
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mucous (with o)   specialized membranes that line body cavities  
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mucus (without o)   fluid substance secreted by mucous membranes  
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myc/o   Root / Combine Form: fungus  
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myel/o   Root / Combine Form: spinal cord, or bone marrow  
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-ologist   A specialist in a given area  
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Palpation   An examination technique that uses the examiners hands to feel for texture, size, consistency, and location.  
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Palpitation   Pounding or racing heart  
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Py/o   Root / Combine Form: Pus  
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Pyr/o   Root / Combine Form: Fever or Fire  
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Supination   Rotating the arm so palm is forward, Verb/action  
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Suppuration   The formation of pus  
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Triage   Medical Screening of patients to determine relative priority  
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Trauma   Wound or Injury  
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Vir/o   Root / Combine Form: Virus or Poison  
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Virile   Having the nature, proprieties, or qualities of an adult male  
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"Do Not Use" Abbreviations   Official list of abbreviations that help prevent potentially fatal medical errors. Close to the rule "When it doubt, spell it out"  
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