Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Combining form (CF) consists of a word root + combining vowel (usually "o").

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Combining vowels are used to join word elements. Examples include Enter/o/lysis (combining form with vowel), Nephr (word root for kidney), and Stomat/itis (inflammation of the mouth).

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Suffixes often indicate procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech.

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Examples include: - **-malacia**: softening - **-penia**: decrease, deficiency - **-edema**: swelling - **-lysis**: separation, destruction, loosening - **-cele**: hernia, swelling - **-algia**: pain - **-ism**: condition

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Plural forms of medical terms often change the word ending.

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Examples include: - Fornix → Fornices - Radius → Radii - Calcaneum → Calcanea - Lumen → Lumina

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Prefixes provide additional meaning to medical terms.

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Examples include: - **Brady-**: slow (e.g., Bradylalia: slow speaking) - **Neur/oma**: tumor of nerve cells - **Circum-**: around - **Dia-**: through, across - **Uni-**: one (same as Mono-) - **Para-**: near, beside, beyond - **Hypo-**: below - **Contra-**: against

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Medical terms often use diminutive forms or adjectives.

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Examples include: - Venule: diminutive form (small vein) - Acoustic: adjective (related to sound) - Cardiac: adjective (related to the heart)

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Medical instruments and conditions have specific names.

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Examples include: - Pelvimeter: instrument for measuring the pelvis - Phlebostenosis: narrowing of a vein - Quadriplegia: paralysis of four limbs

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Infra-

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Infra- is a prefix that means "below" or "under."

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Diplopia

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Diplopia refers to the condition of double vision.

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Polyphobia

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Polyphobia is the fear of many things.

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Peritonsillar

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Peritonsillar means "around the tonsils."