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Med Ter 1
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Undergraduate 2
06/09/2017
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gynec/0

is it a combing form or root?

 

 Definition
Combining Form
Term
A breech
 Definition
Buttock
Term
toxin
 Definition
poison
Term
Patent
 Definition
open/exposed
Term
quardart
 Definition
buttock
Term
apex
 Definition
tip
Term
A combing form consist of a _____and a _______.
 Definition
root and combining vowel
Term
commoleculesbing form of heptaomegaly
 Definition
hepato
Term
urology is the study of the bladder and kidneys _____is the study of the nervous system
 Definition
neurology
Term
core element of any medical word
 Definition
root
Term
core root of sinusititis
 Definition
sinus
Term
identifying the cause of the disease
 Definition
diagnosis
Term
__________predicts the outcome of the disease
 Definition
prognosis
Term
root meaning of dermotology
 Definition
skin
Term
the joint between the upper and lower leg
 Definition
Knee
Term
a breech delivery means what presents first
 Definition
buttocks
Term
the ___of the heart is the downward pointing tip
 Definition
apex
Term
old English term for inhaling and exhaling
 Definition
Breath
Term
Patent
 Definition
open
Term
to suffer or undergo
 Definition
patient
Term
The element of the word that give it its meaning
 Definition
root
Term
one who devotes attention to a specific subject matter
 Definition
specialist
Term
medical terms are divided into _____ that makes up the word
 Definition
elements
Term
"O" is the most common combing vowel what is the next one"____"
 Definition
"A"
Term
A combing form is
 Definition
a root with a combining vowel
Term
Hemotoma
 Definition
Bruize
Term
hemoptysis
 Definition
cough up blood
Term
hematuria
 Definition
blood in urine
Term
cardiogram
 Definition
tracing of the heart
Term
you add _____to the end of a word to odify the core of a root and give new meaning
 Definition
suffix
Term
adjectival suffixes that mean "pertaining to"
 Definition

-ac

-al

-ary
Term
hematemsis
 Definition
blood in vomit
Term
pathologic suffixes
 Definition

-osis

-ectasis

-edema
Term
the term peri in "pericaditis" means
 Definition
around
Term
myoplasty
 Definition
repair of muscle
Term
myopathy
 Definition
congenttial or acquired muscle disease
Term
myology
 Definition
scientific study of a structure and function of a muscle
Term
myoblast
 Definition
an embroynic cell that develops into muscle cell
Term
myogensis
 Definition
formation of muscle tissue
Term
noun medical speciality
 Definition
-iatry
Term
noun small, minute
 Definition

-ole

-ule
Term
noun-expert, specialist
 Definition
-ician
Term
-tripsy
 Definition
sugical crushing
Term
-centesis
 Definition
sugical puncture
Term
-desis
 Definition
fixitation
Term
-rrhapy
 Definition
surgical suture
Term
sugical formation or opening
 Definition
-stomy
Term
adjectival suffix
 Definition
postieror
Term
prefix that below
 Definition
sub
Term
prefixs to postion
 Definition

post

hyper
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
podiatrist
 Definition
specialist of feet
Term
endocardiatis
 Definition
infection inside the heart
Term
-ab
 Definition
away from
Term
-ad
 Definition
-toward, near, to
Term
ante
 Definition
coming before or in front of
Term
-post
 Definition
coming from behind or after
Term
-sub
 Definition
under
Term
-syn
 Definition
coming tgether
Term
rhinolasty is surgical______of the nose
 Definition
repair
Term
suffix for the visual exam of of a body part
 Definition
scopy
Term
-logist
 Definition
one that studies
Term
pericaridum is connective tissue that is found
 Definition
around the heart
Term
terms for the prefix of position
 Definition

-post

-peri

-circum

-retro
Term
prefix epi- means
 Definition
above
Term
bi
 Definition
two, twice or double
Term
-brady
 Definition
slow
Term
eu
 Definition
normal
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
Term
quadri
 Definition
four
Term

prefixs are added before the root?

true or false

 Definition
true
Term
the uretha is the muscle tube that carries urine
 Definition
from bladder to outside
Term
terms meaning to diagnosis
 Definition

diagnostic

giagnose

diagnoses
Term
pyr/o
 Definition
fire
Term
hemo
 Definition
blood
Term
stat
 Definition
rushed diagnosis treatment
Term
hyper
 Definition
excessive
Term
axilliary
 Definition
armpit
Term
prefix that means below, low or deficient
 Definition
hypo
Term
prefix dia-
 Definition
complete
Term
lying face down on ground
 Definition
prone
Term
organism
 Definition
composed of organ systems
Term
organ system
 Definition
composed of organs
Term
organs
 Definition
composed of tissues
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cells
 Definition
composed in parts of organelles
Term
organelles
 Definition
composed of molecules
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molecules
 Definition
composed of atoms
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landmarks of the body are referred to as
 Definition
anatomical positions
Term
situated behind
 Definition

posterior

distal
Term
transverse plane is also called
 Definition
horzitonatal
Term
lateral means
 Definition
away from the midline
Term
frontal or _____plane, divides the body into anterior and posterior
 Definition
coronal
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