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Med Vocab 1-6
Skills Lab
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Professional
02/19/2011
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Term
Card
 Definition
Heart
Term
-itis
 Definition
Inflammation
Term
-gram
 Definition
Recording of some type
Term
Brady-
 Definition
Slow
Term
tachy-
 Definition
quickening or fast
Term
Peri-
 Definition
around
Term
Laparo-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
-scope
 Definition
Instrument
Term
aden
 Definition
Gland
Term
myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
-oma
 Definition
Tumor
Term
a- or an-
 Definition
without
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward
Term
biotic
 Definition
Life
Term
ambi-
 Definition
on all or both sides
Term
ambly-
 Definition
dulled or blunted
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
bi-
 Definition
double
Term
co-,col-, con-
 Definition
with, together or in unison
Term
dextro-
 Definition
right
Term
di-,diplo-
 Definition
two of or separated
Term
dys-
 Definition
impairment of, disturbance of
Term
ecto-
 Definition
outside of
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
Term
eu-
 Definition
good
Term
opic
 Definition
vision/eyes
Term
partum
 Definition
childbirth
Term
phoria
 Definition
feeling
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside of
Term
gyn-, gyne-, gyneco-, gyno-
 Definition
female
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
hetero-
 Definition
different
Term
homeo-, homo-
 Definition
same or alike
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive
Term
hypo-
 Definition
low or deficient
Term
idio-
 Definition
peculiar
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
levo-
 Definition
left
Term
megalo-
 Definition
large
Term
melano
 Definition
dark in nature
Term
myco-
 Definition
fungal
Term
narco-
 Definition
stupor
Term
necro-
 Definition
dead
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
noct-,nyct-
 Definition
night
Term
normo-
 Definition
normal
Term
olig-, oligo-
 Definition
a few, little
Term
onco-
 Definition
relating to tumors
Term
ot-,oto-
 Definition
ear
Term
para-
 Definition
parts of pair, adjacent, abnormal
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
proximal
 Definition
nearest
Term
distal
 Definition
farthest
Term
psycho-
 Definition
of the mind
Term
pyo-
 Definition
pus or purulent
Term
retro-
 Definition
backwards
Term
scler-,sclero-
 Definition
hardened
Term
supra-
 Definition
above the
Term
infra-
 Definition
below the
Term
lexia
 Definition
speech
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair of
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
Term
-ac,-al,-ic,-os,-tic
 Definition
makes it an adj
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain in the
Term
-cele
 Definition
swelling or herniation
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture (usually to drain)
Term
-chezia, chezo
 Definition
in stool or to defecate
Term
-ia,-ium,-ism,-iasis
 Definition
forms a condition (unhealthy)
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening of
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlarged
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-ose
 Definition
sugar or a carb
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition of
Term
-osotomy
 Definition
artificial opening
Term
-otomy
 Definition
cutting procedure (incision)
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease of
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency of
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical attachment of
Term
-plasia
 Definition
formation
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
producing
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
falling or sinking of
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive draining
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow of or flow from
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
Term
abdomin, abdomino, lapar, laparo
 Definition
abdomen
Term
an, ano
 Definition
anus
Term
appendic, appendico
 Definition
appendix
Term
chole
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
cholecyst, cholecysto
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
col, colo
 Definition
colon
Term
duodeno
 Definition
duodenum
Term
enetero, enter
 Definition
intestine
Term
esophago
 Definition
esophagus
Term
glosso, linguo, lingua
 Definition
tongue
Term
hepat, hepato
 Definition
liver
Term
ileo
 Definition
ileum
Term
jejun, jejuno
 Definition
jejunum
Term
ostium, os, oro
 Definition
opening to a canal
also can be mouth
Term
peritone, peritono
 Definition
peritoneum
Term
phag, phago
 Definition
swallowing
Term
pharyngo
 Definition
pharynx
Term
pylor, pyloro
 Definition
pylorus
Term
rect, recto, proct, procto
 Definition
rectum
Term
stomato
 Definition
mouth
Term
angi, angio, hemangi, hemangio
 Definition
blood VESSELS
Term
aort, aorto
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri, arterio
 Definition
artery
Term
ather, athero
 Definition
soft or fatty
Term
atri, atrio
 Definition
atrium
Term
cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
diastole
 Definition
filling of the heart
Term
dorsal
 Definition
back or upper suface of the body
Term
leuk, leuko
 Definition
WBC
Term
tensive
 Definition
BP
Term
Htromb, thrombo
 Definition
Clotting
Blood clots
Term
Valvulo
 Definition
vale of the heart
Term
vaso, vasculo
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
veno, veni, phleb
 Definition
veins
Term
ventral
 Definition
belly or undersurface
Term
ventriculo
 Definition
ventricles of heart or brain
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