Medical Term. Ch. 1 (Saber College)
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Medical Terms
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Greek and Latin
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Diagnosis
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Present condition
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Prognosis
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Future condition
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Acute
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Short term and sharp
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Chronic
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Long term and returns
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Sign
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Objective/Observable
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Symptom
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Subjective/Patient's explanation
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Eponyms
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Term named after a person/people or place
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What are the step one takes when decoding a Medical Term. ?
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Identify/Check Assign Reverse Define
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-algia
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pain
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-tomy
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incision
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-scope
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instrument
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-logy
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study of
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-itis
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inflammation
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Singular : Vertebra
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Plural : Vertebrae
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Singular : Arthrosis
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Plural : Arthroses
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Singular : Appendix
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Plural : Appendices
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Singular : Phalanx
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Plural : Phalanges
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Singular : Arthritis
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Plural : Arthritides
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Singular : Endocardium
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Plural : Endocardia
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Singular : Digitus
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Plural : Digiti
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Singular : Therapy
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Plural : Therapies
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The plural of Pharynx (the throat) is ?
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Pharynges
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Suffixes pertaining to
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-ac , -al , -ar , - ary , -eal , -ic , -ous
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-Malacia
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Softening
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-Megaly
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Enlargement
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-Ptosis
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droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
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-Sclerosis
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Hardening
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-Stenosis
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Tightening
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-Graphy
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process of recording
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-Metry
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process of measuring
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-Opsy
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view of
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-Scopy
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visual examination
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-Ectomy
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Removal
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-Plasty
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Surgical repair
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-Stomy
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New opening
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-Tomy
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Incision
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-Tripsy
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Crushing
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-Tome
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Instrument to cut
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-Tripter
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Machine to cut
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-Trite
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Instrument to cut
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Specialist suffixes
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-iatry , -iatrist , -iatrics , -iatrician
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A-
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Without
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An-
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Without
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Ante-
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Forward
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Anti-
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Aganist
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Dys-
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Adnormal
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Endo- , End-
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Within
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Epi-
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Above
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Hyper-
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Excessive
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Hypo-
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Below
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Inter-
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Between
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Intra-
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Within
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Para- , Par-
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Near
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Per-
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Through
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Peri-
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Around
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Pre-
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Before
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Poly-
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Many
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Post-
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After
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Sub-
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