Medical Terminology 9th Edition Chapter 1 Study And Review Flashcards
CC
Chief Complaint
ax
axillary
BX
biopsy
wt
weight
Neuro
Neurology
ENT
ear, nose, throat (otorhinolaryngology)
Derm
Dermatology
g
gram
GYN
gynecology
Orth
orthopedics
abate
to lessen, ease, decrease, or cease
antipyretic
pertaining to an agent that is used to lower an elevated body temperature (fever)
cachexia
condition of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting
diagnosis
determination of the cause and nature of a disease
disease
literally means lack of ease
etiology
study of the cause(s) of disease
illness
state of being sick
prognosis
literally means a state of foreknowledge
prophylatic
pertaining to protecting against disease or pregnancy
triage
a system of prioritizing and classifying patient injuries to determine priority of need and treatment
process of being stuck together
adhesion
without decay
asepsis
pertaining to the armpit
axillary
use of chemical agents in the treatment of disease
chemotherapy
pertaining to a different formation
heterogenous
process of being badly shaped, deformed
malformation
occurring in or having many shapes
multiform
study of tumors
oncology
-al
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-centesis
surgical puncture
-drome
that which runs together
-form
shape
-genic
formation, produce
-gnosis
knowledge
-grade
a step
-gram
a weight
-hexia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ion
process
-ism
condition
-ive
mature of, quality of
-liter
liter
-logy
study of
-meter
instrument to measure
-osis
condition
-ous
pertaining to
-phoresis
to carry
-scope
instrument for examining
-sepsis
decay
-therapy
treatment
-ar
pertaining to
adhes
stuck to
axill
armpit
centr/i
center
chem/o
chemical
format
a shaping
gene
formation, produce
kil/o
1,000
macr/o
large
necr
death
norm
rule
onc/o
tumor
organ
organ
pyr
fever
pyr/o
heat/ fire
radi/o
ray, x-ray
scop
to examine
sept
putrefaction
therm/ o
hot, heat
tuss
cough
infect
to infect
dem
people
eti/o
cause
cis
to cut
malign
bad kind
maxim
greatest
minim
least
palm
palm
prophylact
guarding
a-
no, not, without, lack of, apart
ab-
away from
anti-
against
cac-
bad
centi-
one hundredth
dia-
through, between, complete
hetero-
different
mal-
bad
micro-
small
milli-
one thousandth
multi-
many, much
para-
beside, alongside
pro-
before, in front of
syn-
together, with
dis-
apart, free from, seperate
epi-
upon, above, over
ex-
out, away from
in-
in, into, not