Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• Cancer, Radiology, Drugs
• Last Lesson

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• This last unit features basic medical terms in
  the field of cancer treatment and diagnosis,
  radiology, and finally introduction to common
  pharmacology terms.

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Cancer Cac/o Carcin/o
Follicul/o Fung/i
bad cancer, cancerous
follicle, small sac fungus, mushroom
drug, chemical cold
medulla, middle genetic change (producing a)
Chem/o Cry/o
Medull/o Mut/a Mutagen/o
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Onc/o Papill/o
Ple/o Polyp/o
tumor nipple-like (optic disk in eye)
more, many polyp, small growth
drug development, nourishment
x-rays, (radius of lower arm) flesh,
connective tissue
Pharmac/o Plas/o
Radi/o Sarc/o
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Scirrh/o Xer/o
Roentgen/o Scint/i
hard dry
x-rays spark
luminous ion, to wander
sound treatment
Radiology Fluor/o Ion/o
Son/o Therapeut/o
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Tom/o Vitre/o
Alges/o Cras/o
to cut glass
sensitivity to pain mixture, temperament
life air
work nervous sensation, feeling
Vit/o Viv/o Drugs Aer/o
Erg/o Esthes/o
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Hist/o Hypn/o
Pharmac/o Prurit/o
tissue sleep
drug itching
treatment, physician numbness, stupor, sleep
fever sheath
Iatr/o Narc/o
Pyret/o Thec/o
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Suffixes -blastoma -stomia
-amine -dote
immature tumor cell condition of the mouth
nitrogen compound to give
to shine obscure
a substance protection solution
-in, -ine -phylaxis -sol
-lucent -opaque
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Prefixes Ana- Apo-
Echo- Ultra-
up, apart, backward, again, anew off, away
reflected sound beyond, excess
Near distant movement
abnormal, other than together, with
Brachy- Tele- Cine-
Par- Syn- Sym-
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PRACTICE
1 cachexia
Condition of bad habits
Cancerous tumor thats small
2 carcinoma in situ
Cold surgery treatment
3 cryosurgery
Tumor pertaining to sac of fluid
4 cystic tumor
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PRACTICE
5 fungating tumor
Tumor of mushroom growth shape
Tumor of soft inner tissues
6 medullary tumor
Process of genetic change
7 mutation
Study of tumors
8 oncology
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PRACTICE
9 pharmacokinetics
Movement of chemicals in the body
Pertaining to difficult formation (abnormal but
not clearly cancerous)
10 dysplastic
Pertaining to many shapes
11 pleomorphic
Tumor resembling polyp shape
12 polypoid tumor
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PRACTICE
13 radiotherapy
X-ray treatment
Pertaining to hard, densely packed (tumor)
14 scirrhous
Immature tumor of a nerve
15 neuroblastoma
Cancerous tumor of a gland
16 adenocarinoma
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PRACTICE
17 hyperplasia
Condition of excessive formation
New formation, growth
18 neoplasm
To stop bone marrow (formation)
19 myelosuppression
Condition of backward formation
20 anaplasia
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PRACTICE
21 apoptosis
Sagging away
Near treatment
22 brachytherapy
Beyond control
23 metastasis
Far (distant) treatment
24 teletherapy
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PRACTICE
1 fluoroscopy
To view directly from the x-ray by the luminous
quality of the x-ray without developing
photographs
Similiar structure of a element emits
radioactivity
2 radioisotope
Study of x-rays
3 roentgenology
Process of x-raying with sparks
4 scintigraphy
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PRACTICE
5 hysterosonogram
Recording of the uterus with ultrasound
Pertaining to treatment
6 therapeutic
Process of taking cuts of x-rays in a series
7 tomography
In glass In life/body
8 in vitro in vivo
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PRACTICE
9 angiogram
X-ray of a vessel
X-ray of the renal pelvis
10 pyelogram
Process of recording, x-raying with a computer
11 computed tomography
To shine with x-rays (x-rays pass through easily,
appear dark on exposed film)
12 radiolucent
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PRACTICE
13 radiopaque
Obscured x-ray (x-rays do not penetrate, appear
white on exposed film)
Process of recording movement with x-rays
14 cineradiography
Process of recording with repeated sounds of the
heart
15 echocardiography
Process of recording beyond normal range of human
sound waves
16 ultrasonography
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PRACTICE
1 aerosol
Solution of air
Pertaining to no sensitivity for pain
2 analgesic
Widens the bronchial tubes
3 bronchodilator
Individual s peculiar (unexpected) reaction
together with a drug mixture
4 idiosyncrasy
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PRACTICE
5 synergism
State of working together
Condition without feelings, sensations
6 anesthesia
Acts against the nitrogen containing compound
released by tissues which dilate the vessels in
the area
7 antihistamine
Pertaining to sleep
8 hypnotic
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PRACTICE
9 iatrogenic
Produced by treatment
Substance of red fungus
10 erythromycin
Pertaining to a stupor
11 narcotic
Pertaining to against itching
12 antipruritic
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PRACTICE
13 antipyretic
Pertaining to against a fever
Pertaining to within the sheath (of spinal cord)
14 intrathecal
Study of poisons
15 toxicology
Nitrogen containing compound for life
16 vitamin
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