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30 Cards in this Set
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What is the medical term for vomiting?
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emesis
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What is the medical term for nose bleeding?
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epistaxis
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What is the medical term referring to the causes of disease?
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etiology
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What is the term for any tiny entity capable of carrying on living which
may be pathogenic? |
microorganism
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What medical term describes an increase in the size of an organ or
body structure which does not involve tumor formation? |
hypertrophy
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What is the medical term for jaundice or pigmentation of the tissues with bile pigments?
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icterus
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What prefix means in the midst of or between?
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inter
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What prefix means within?
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intra
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What term refers to hidden, concealed or not active?
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latent
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What is the medical prefix for white?
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leuko
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What is the medical prefix for stone or calculus?
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litho
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What is the prefix for large?
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macro
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What is the prefix meaning small in size?
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micro
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What prefix means one or single?
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mono
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What prefix means many or much?
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poly
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What term refers to the ability to move spontaneously?
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mobile
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What is the medical term for mumps?
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infectious parotitis
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What prefix refers to muscle?
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my
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What medical term describes dead tissue surrounded by healthy parts?
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necrosis
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What prefix refers to a tumor or cancer?
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onco
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What prefix refers to the ovary?
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oophor
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What term refers to a surgically formed artificial opening?
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ostomy
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What suffix means removal of?
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ectomy
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What prefix indicates disease?
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path
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What is the medical term for whooping cough?
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pertussis
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What is a drug with no medicinal effect that is given to satisfy a patient's
demand for medication or is used in test situations where one group receives the actual medication and the other group receives this? |
placebo
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What term refers to the prediction of the course and end of a disease
and the estimate of chance for recovery? |
prognosis
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What term means a tendency to relapse or to return to a former condition?
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recidivism
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What is an abnormal condition that follows and is the result of a disease?
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sequela
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What do the initials STD stand for?
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sexually transmitted disease
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