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Medical Terminology
Week 1 - Concorde Career College ICBS 110
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11/19/2010

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Term
word root
Definition
contains the basic meaning of the term. This word part usually, but not always, indicates the involved body part.
Term
suffix
Definition
usually, but not always indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease. A suffix always comes at the end of a word
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prefix
Definition
usually, but not always indicates location, time, number, or status. A prefix always comes at the beginning of a word
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combining form
Definition
is a word root with a vowel at the end so that a suffix beginning with a consonant can be added
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-rrhage
Definition
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rraphy
Definition
surgical suturing
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-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
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pre-
Definition
before, in front of
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peri-
Definition
surrounding, around
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-ostomy
Definition
surgically creating an artificial opening
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-otomy
Definition
cutting, surgical incision
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triage
Definition
medical screening of patients to determine their priority of need and proper place of treatment
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trauma
Definition
wound or injury
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sign
Definition
objective evidence of disease such as a fever
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diagnosis
Definition
identification of a disease
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symptom
Definition
subjective evidence of disease such as pain or headache
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syndrome
Definition
set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process
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prognosis
Definition
prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
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acute
Definition
rapid onset of condition, severe course, relatively short duration
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chronic
Definition
condition of long duration which can be controlled but rarely cured
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remission
Definition
temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure
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hyper-
Definition
excessive, increased
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hypo-
Definition
deficient, decreased
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dys-
Definition
bad, difficult or painful
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ab-
Definition
away from, negative, absent
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intra-
Definition
within, inside
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inter-
Definition
between, among
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ad-
Definition
toward, to, in the direction of
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