APES Flashcards
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| 8345450281 | Environment | The sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life | 0 | |
| 8345473001 | Ecosystem | A particular location on Earth with interacting biotic and abiotic components | 1 | |
| 8345488604 | Biotic | Living | 2 | |
| 8345488605 | Abiotic | Nonliving | 3 | |
| 8345692793 | Environmental Indicator | An indicator that describes the current state of an environmental system -helps describe the health and and quality of natural systems |  | 4 |
| 8345721942 | species | a group of organisms that is distinct from other groups in its morphology (body form and structure), behavior, or biochemical properties | 5 | |
| 8345733206 | 6 |
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AP World History Period 6 Flashcards
The Newest Stage of World History: 1914-Present
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| 2601967089 | Western Front | war line between Belgium and Switzerland during World War I; featured trench warfare and massive casualties among combatants | 0 | |
| 2601967091 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914; precipitated World War I | 1 | |
| 2601967092 | Nicholas II | Russian tsar (r. 1894-1917); executed in 1918 | 2 | |
| 2601967095 | Armenian genocide | launched by Young Turk leaders in 1915; claimed up to one million lives | 3 | |
| 2601967096 | Submarine warfare | a major part of the German naval effort against the Allies during World War I; when employed against the US it precipitated American participation in the war | 4 | |
| 2601967097 | Armistice | November 11, 1918 agreement by Germans to suspend hostilities | 5 | |
| 2601967101 | Treaty of Versailles | ended World War I; punished Germany with loss of territory and payment of reparations; did not satisfy any of the signatories | 6 | |
| 2601967102 | League of Nations | international organization of nations created after World War I; designed to preserve world peace; the US never joined | 7 | |
| 2601967103 | Indian National Congress | political party that grew from regional associations of Western-educated Indians in 1885; dominated by elites; was the principal party throughout the colonial period and after independence | 8 | |
| 2601967107 | M. K. Gandhi | Western-educated Indian lawyer and nationalist politician with many attributes of an Indian holy man; stressed nonviolent tactics and headed the movement for Indian independence | 9 | |
| 2601967108 | Satyagraha | "truth force"; Gandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to British rule | 10 | |
| 2601967122 | Fascism | political ideology that became predominant in Italy under Benito Mussolini during the 1920s; attacked the weakness of democracy and the corruption and class conflict of capitalism; promised vigorous foreign and military programs | 11 | |
| 2601967132 | Soviet | council of workers; seized the government of St. Petersburg in 1917 to precipitate the Russian Revolution | 12 | |
| 2601967134 | Russian Communist Party | Bolshevik wing of the Russian socialists; came to power under Lenin in the November 1917 revolution | 13 | |
| 2601967136 | Red Army | built up under the leadership of Leon Trotsky; its victories secured communist power after the early years of turmoil following the Russian Revolution | 14 | |
| 2601967140 | Joseph Stalin | Lenin's successor as leader of the USSR; strong nationalist view of communism; crushed opposition to his predominance; ruled USSR until his death in 1953 | 15 | |
| 2601967141 | Collectivization | creation of large state-run farms replacing individual holdings; allowed mechanization of agriculture and more efficient control over peasants | 16 | |
| 2601967147 | Mao Zedong | communist leader who advocated the role of the peasantry in revolution; led the Communists to victory and ruled China from 1949 to 1976 | 17 | |
| 2601967149 | Totalitarian State | a 20th century form of government that exercised direct control over all aspects of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and other Communist states | 18 | |
| 2601967155 | National Socialist (Nazi) Party | founded by Adolf Hitler in the period of the Great Depression in Germany | 19 | |
| 2601967156 | Blitzkrieg | German term meaning lightening warfare; involved rapid movement of troops and tanks | 20 | |
| 2601967158 | Winston Churchill | British prime minister during World War II; exemplified British determination to resist Germany | 21 | |
| 2601967159 | Holocaust | Germany's attempted extermination of European Jews and others; 12 million, including 6 million Jews, died | 22 | |
| 2601967160 | United Nations | global organization, founded by the Allies following World War II | 23 | |
| 2601967161 | Tehran Conference | 1944; meeting between the leaders of Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union; decided to open a new front against Germany in France; gave the Russians a free hand in eastern Europe | 24 | |
| 2601967162 | Yalta Conference | 1945; agreed upon Soviet entry into the war against Japan, organization of the United Nations; left eastern Europe to the Soviet Union | 25 | |
| 2601967163 | Potsdam Conference | 1945; meeting between the leaders of the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union; allies accepted Soviet control of eastern Europe; Germany and Austria were divided among the victors | 26 | |
| 2601967165 | Quit India movement | mass civil disobedience campaign against British rule of India in 1942 | 27 | |
| 2601967170 | Afrikaner National Party | became the majority in the all-white South African legislature in 1948; worked to form the rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid | 28 | |
| 2601967171 | Cold War | struggle from 1945 to 1989 between the communist and democratic worlds; ended with the collapse of Russia | 29 | |
| 2601967173 | Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between the Western and communist nations | 30 | |
| 2601967175 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | formed in 1949 under US leadership to group Canada and western Europe against the Soviets | 31 | |
| 2601967176 | Warsaw Pact | the Soviet response to NATO; made up of Soviets and their European satellites | 32 | |
| 2601967179 | Green movement | rise during the 1970s in Europe of groups hostile to uncontrolled economic growth | 33 | |
| 2601967182 | New feminism | a wave of agitation for women's rights dating from about 1949; emphasized equality between sexes | 34 | |
| 2601967185 | Third World | term for nations not among the capitalist industrial nations of the first world or the industrialized communist nations of the second world | 35 | |
| 2601967194 | Gamal Abdul Nasser | member of the Free Officers Movement who seized power in Egypt in a 1952 military coup; became leader of Egypt; formed a state-directed reforming regime; ousted Britain from the Suez Canal in 1956; most reforms were unsuccessful | 36 | |
| 2601967197 | Apartheid | Afrikaner policy of racial segregation in South Africa designed to create full economic, social, and political exploitation of African majority | 37 | |
| 2601967199 | African National Congress (ANC) | South African political organization founded to defend African interests; became the ruling political party after the 1994 elections | 38 | |
| 2601967200 | Nelson Mandela | ANC leader imprisoned by Afrikaner regime; released in 1990 and elected president of South Africa in 1994 | 39 | |
| 2601967207 | Great Leap Forward | economic policy of Mao Zedong introduced in 1958; proposed small-scale industrialization projects integrated into peasant communities; led to economic disaster and ended in 1960 | 40 | |
| 2601967209 | Cultural Revolution | initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 to restore his dominance oveer the pragmatists; disgraced and even killed bureaucrats and intellectuals; called off in 1968 | 41 | |
| 2601967210 | Jiang Qing | wife of Mao Zedong; one of the Gang of Four; opposed pragmatists and supported the Cultural Revolution; arrested and imprisoned for life in 1976 | 42 | |
| 2601967211 | Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Liu Shaoqui | pragmatists who opposed the Great Leap Forward; wanted to restore state direction ad market incentives at the local level | 43 | |
| 2601967212 | Red Guard | student brigades active during the Cultural Revolution in supporting Mao Zedong's policies | 44 | |
| 2601967213 | Gang of Four | Jiang Qing and her allies who opposed the pragmatists after the death of Mao Zedong | 45 | |
| 2601967214 | Tayson Rebellion | peasant revolution in southern Vietnam during the 1770s; toppled the Nguyen and the Trinh dynasties | 46 | |
| 2601967215 | Nguyen Anh (Gia Long) | with French support, unified Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty in 1802 with the capital at Hue | 47 | |
| 2601967216 | Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD) | middle-class revolutionary organization during the 1920s; committed to the violent overthrow of French colonialism; crushed by the French | 48 | |
| 2601967217 | Communist Party of Vietnam | the primary nationalist party after the defeat of the VNQDD in 1929; led from 1920s by Ho Chi Minh | 49 | |
| 2601967218 | Ho Chi Minh | shifted to a revolution based on the peasantry in the 1930s; presided over the defeat of France in 1954 and the unsuccessful US intervention in Vietnam | 50 | |
| 2601967219 | Viet Minh | Communist Vietnamese movement; fought the Japanese during World War II and the French afterwards | 51 | |
| 2601967220 | Viet Cong | the communist guerrilla movement in southern Vietnam during the Vietnamese War | 52 | |
| 2601967221 | Mikhail Gorbachev | leader of the USSR (1985-1991); inaugurated major reforms that led to the disintegration of the communist regime | 53 | |
| 2601967222 | Glasnost | term meaning openness; Gorbachev policy opening the opportunity to criticize the government | 54 | |
| 2601967223 | Perestroika | term meaning economic restructuring; Gorbachev policy for the economic rebuilding of the USSR by allowing more private ownership and decentralized economic control | 55 | |
| 2601967224 | Globalization | the increasing interconnectedness of all parts of the world; opposed by many environmental and social justice groups | 56 | |
| 2601967225 | Multinational corporations | business organizations with connections across political borders | 57 |
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The Challenge of Democracy:13th Ed CH5 Public Opinion and Political Socialization Flashcards
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| 3309777164 | Public Opinion | The collective attitudes of citizens concerning a given issue or question | 0 | |
| 3309784383 | Skewed Distribution | An asymmetrical but generally bell-shaped distribution (of opinions); its mode, or most frequent response, lies of to one side. | 1 | |
| 3309792438 | Bimodal Distribution | A distribution of opinions that shows two responses being chosen about as frequently as each other. | 2 | |
| 3309796808 | Normal Distribution | A symmetrical bell-shaped distribution of opinions centered on a single mode, or most frequent response. | 3 | |
| 3309803139 | Stable Distribution | A distribution of opinions that shows little change over time. | 4 | |
| 3309807487 | Political Socialization | The complex process by which people acquire their political values. | 5 | |
| 3309812155 | Socioeconomic Status | Position in society, based on a combination of education, occupational status, and income. | 6 | |
| 3309816820 | Self- Interest principle | The implication that people chose what benefits them personally. | 7 | |
| 3309818881 | Sociotropic Responses | Opinions about how the country as a whole is doing affect political preferences more strongly than one's own personal circumstance. | 8 | |
| 3309828017 | Issue Framing | The way that politicians or interest group leaders define an issue when presenting it to others. | 9 |
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Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 4 Flashcards
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| 5449694028 | -physis | growth | 0 | |
| 5449694029 | oste/o | bone | 1 | |
| 5449694030 | crani/o | head, skull | 2 | |
| 5449694031 | cervic/o | neck | 3 | |
| 5449694032 | spondyl/o | vertebra | 4 | |
| 5449694033 | lumb/o | loin, lower back | 5 | |
| 5449694034 | dactyl/o | finger | 6 | |
| 5449694035 | carp/o | wrist | 7 | |
| 5449694036 | cost/o | rib | 8 | |
| 5449694037 | femor/o | femur (thigh bone) | 9 | |
| 5449694038 | tars/o | ankle | 10 | |
| 5449694039 | tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) | 11 | |
| 5449694040 | chondr/o | cartilage | 12 | |
| 5449694041 | arthr/o | joint | 13 | |
| 5449694042 | burs/o | bursa (small fluid-filled sac found near the body's joint that cushions and reduces friction) | 14 | |
| 5449694043 | ten/o | tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone) | 15 | |
| 5449694044 | tend/o | tendon | 16 | |
| 5449694045 | tendin/o | tendon | 17 | |
| 5449694046 | muscul/o | muscle | 18 | |
| 5449694047 | my/o | muscle | 19 | |
| 5449694048 | myos/o | muscle | 20 | |
| 5449694049 | fasci/o | fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together) | 21 | |
| 5449694050 | ton/o | tone, tension | 22 | |
| 5449694051 | kinesi/o | movement, motion | 23 | |
| 5449694052 | kinet/o | movement, motion | 24 | |
| 5449694053 | tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination | 25 | |
| 5449694054 | ankyl/o | stiff, bent | 26 | |
| 5449694055 | costalgia | rib pain | 27 | |
| 5449694056 | metatarsalgia | pain in the bones of the foot | 28 | |
| 5449694057 | ostalgia/ ostealgia | bone pain | 29 | |
| 5449694058 | osteodynia | bone pain | 30 | |
| 5449694059 | spondylonia | vertebrate pain | 31 | |
| 5449694060 | tibialgia | tibia pain | 32 | |
| 5449694061 | ankylosis | joint stiffness | 33 | |
| 5449694062 | arthralgia | joint pain | 34 | |
| 5449694063 | arthrodynia | joint pain | 35 | |
| 5449694064 | cervicodynia | neck pain | 36 | |
| 5449694065 | crepitation | a crackling sound heard in joints | 37 | |
| 5449694066 | genu valgum | knock-kneed | 38 | |
| 5449694067 | genu varum | bow-legged | 39 | |
| 5449694068 | bradykinesia | slow movement | 40 | |
| 5449694069 | dyskinesia | inability to control movement | 41 | |
| 5449694070 | dystaxia | poor coordination | 42 | |
| 5449694071 | dystonia | poor muscle tone | 43 | |
| 5449694072 | graphospasm | writer's cramp | 44 | |
| 5449694073 | hyperkinesia | increase in muscle movement/activity | 45 | |
| 5449694074 | hypertonia | increased muscle tone or tightness | 46 | |
| 5449694075 | hypokinesia | decrease in muscle movement or activity | 47 | |
| 5449694076 | hypotonia | decrease in muscle tone or tightness | 48 | |
| 5449694077 | myalgia | muscle pain | 49 | |
| 5449694078 | myasthenia | muscle weakness | 50 | |
| 5449694079 | myodynia | muscle pain | 51 | |
| 5449694080 | myospasm | muscle spasm | 52 | |
| 5449694081 | tenalgia | tendon pain | 53 | |
| 5449694082 | arthrography | procecdure used to examine joint | 54 | |
| 5449694083 | arthroscope | instrument used for looking into a joint | 55 | |
| 5449694084 | arthroscopy | process of looking into a joint | 56 | |
| 5449694086 | electromyogram | a record of the electrical activity of a muscle | 57 | |
| 5449694087 | electromyograpy | procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle | 58 | |
| 5449694088 | myography | procedure for studying muscles | 59 | |
| 5449694089 | osteometry | pocedure for measuring bone | 60 | |
| 5449694090 | kyphosis | humped back- abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine | 61 | |
| 5449694091 | lordosis | sway back- abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine | 62 | |
| 5449694092 | scoliosis | crooked back, or abnormal lateral curvature of the spine | 63 | |
| 5449694093 | carpitis | wrist inflammation | 64 | |
| 5449694094 | craniomalacia | softening of the skull | 65 | |
| 5449694095 | exostosis | an abnormal growth of bone out of another bone | 66 | |
| 5449694096 | fracture | bone break | 67 | |
| 5449694097 | osteodystrophy | poor bone development | 68 | |
| 5449694098 | osteolysis | bone loss | 69 | |
| 5449694099 | osteonecrosis | death of bone | 70 | |
| 5449694100 | osteosclerosis | hardening of bone | 71 | |
| 5449694101 | polydactyly | having more than normal number of fingers or toes | 72 | |
| 5449694102 | spondylitis | inflammation of the vertabra | 73 | |
| 5449694103 | spondylomalacia | softening of the vertebra | 74 | |
| 5449694104 | syndactyly | fusion of fingers or toes | 75 | |
| 5449694105 | tarsoptosis | flat feet | 76 | |
| 5449694106 | bursolith | a stone in a bursa | 77 | |
| 5449694107 | effusion | fluid build-up | 78 | |
| 5449694108 | hemarthrosis | blood in a joint | 79 | |
| 5449694109 | hydrarthrosis | water (fluid) in a joint | 80 | |
| 5449694110 | pyarthrosis | pus in a joint | 81 | |
| 5449694111 | atrophy | underdevelopment, decrease, or loss of muscle tissue | 82 | |
| 5449694112 | hypertrophy | overdevelopment of muscle tissue | 83 | |
| 5449694113 | myocele | hernia of muscle tissue | 84 | |
| 5449694114 | myolysis | loss of muscle tissue | 85 | |
| 5449694115 | myomalacia | softening of a muscle | 86 | |
| 5449694116 | myosclerosis | hardening of a muscle | 87 | |
| 5449694117 | myotasis | stretching of a muscle | 88 | |
| 5449694118 | myotonia | muscle tone | 89 | |
| 5449694119 | ankylosing spondylitis | stiffening inflammation of the vertebrae | 90 | |
| 5449694120 | chondro-osteodystrophy | poor development of bones and cartilage | 91 | |
| 5449694121 | craniosynostosis | premature fusing of the skull bones | 92 | |
| 5449694122 | dactylitis | finger inflammation | 93 | |
| 5449694123 | hypertrophic spondylitis | overdevelopment of the vertebrae causing inflammation | 94 | |
| 5449694124 | osteitis | bone inflammation | 95 | |
| 5449694125 | osteocarcionma | bone cancer tumor | 96 | |
| 5449694126 | osteochondritis | inflammation of bone and cartilage | 97 | |
| 5449694127 | osteochondroma | a tumor made up of bone and cartilage | 98 | |
| 5449694128 | osteogenesis imperfecta | a disease in which the bones do not develop correctly | 99 | |
| 5449694129 | osteomalacia | softening of the bone | 100 | |
| 5449694130 | osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone and bone marrow | 101 | |
| 5449694131 | myel | marrow | 102 | |
| 5449694132 | osteopathy | bone disease | 103 | |
| 5449694133 | osteopenia | reduction in bone volume | 104 | |
| 5449694134 | -penia | deficiency | 105 | |
| 5449694135 | osteoporosis | loss of bone density | 106 | |
| 5449694136 | osteosarcoma | cancerous tumor arising out of bone cells | 107 | |
| 5449694137 | spinal stenosis | abnormal narrowing of the spine | 108 | |
| 5449694138 | spondyloarthropathy | joint disease of the vertebrate | 109 | |
| 5449694139 | spondylolisthesis | the slipping or dislocation of a vertabra | 110 | |
| 5449694140 | spondylolysis | loss of vertebra structure | 111 | |
| 5449694141 | spondylosis | vertebra condition | 112 | |
| 5449694142 | arthritis | joint inflammation | 113 | |
| 5449694143 | rheumatoid arthritis | inflammation of the joints because its symptoms resemble those of rheumatic fever | 114 | |
| 5449694144 | septic arthritis | inflammation of the joint caused by infection | 115 | |
| 5449694145 | osteoarthritis | inflammation of the joints that bear weight | 116 | |
| 5449694146 | arthrocele | hernia of a joint | 117 | |
| 5449694147 | arthrodysplasia | abnormal joint development | 118 | |
| 5449694148 | arthropathy | joint disease | 119 | |
| 5449694149 | arthrosclerosis | hardening of the joints | 120 | |
| 5449694150 | bursitis | inflammation of the bursa | 121 | |
| 5449694151 | bursopathy | disease of the bursa | 122 | |
| 5449694152 | subluxation | partial dislocation of a joint | 123 | |
| 5449694153 | achondroplasia | a defect in the formation of cartilage | 124 | |
| 5449694154 | chrondroma | a tumor-like growth of cartilage tissue | 125 | |
| 5449694155 | chondromalacia | abnormal softening of the cartilage | 126 | |
| 5449694156 | costochondritis | inflammation of the cartilage of the rib | 127 | |
| 5449694157 | faciitis | inflammation of the fascia | 128 | |
| 5449694158 | muscular dystrophy | disorder characterized by poor muscle development | 129 | |
| 5449694159 | myoclonus | violent muscle contraction | 130 | |
| 5449694160 | myopathy | muscle disease | 131 | |
| 5449694161 | myofasciitis | inflammation fo the muscle and fascia | 132 | |
| 5449694162 | myoma | a muscle tumor | 133 | |
| 5449694163 | myosarcoma | a cancerous muscle tumor | 134 | |
| 5449694164 | myositis | muscle inflammation | 135 | |
| 5449694165 | necrotizing fasciitis | inflammation of the fascia causing the death of the tissue | 136 | |
| 5449694166 | polymyositis | inflammation of multiple muscles | 137 | |
| 5449694167 | tardive dyskinesia | condition characterized by the loss of muscle control | 138 | |
| 5449694168 | tendonitis | tendon inflammation | 139 | |
| 5449694169 | analgesic | a drug that releives pain | 140 | |
| 5449694170 | antiarthritic | a drug that opposes joint inflammation | 141 | |
| 5449694171 | anti-inflammatory | a drug that opposes inflammation | 142 | |
| 5449694172 | antipyretic | a drug that opposes fever | 143 | |
| 5449694173 | carpectomy | removal of all or part of the wrist | 144 | |
| 5449694174 | costectomy | removal of a rib | 145 | |
| 5449694175 | craniectomy | removal of a portion of the skull (bone is not replaced) | 146 | |
| 5449694176 | craniotomy | removal of a portion of the skull (bone is later replaced) | 147 | |
| 5449694177 | external fixation | the fixation of a fractured bone from the outside (using a cast or splint) | 148 | |
| 5449694178 | internal fixation | the fixation of a fractured bone from the inside (screws, pins, plates, etc.) | 149 | |
| 5449694179 | closed reduction | returning bones to their proper position without the use of surgery | 150 | |
| 5449694180 | open reduction | returning bones to their proper position with the use of surgery | 151 | |
| 5449694181 | metacarpectomy | removal of a bone in the hand | 152 | |
| 5449694182 | orthotics | a device that aids in the straightening or stabilizing of a part of the body | 153 | |
| 5449694183 | ostectomy | removal of bone | 154 | |
| 5449694184 | osteectomy | removal of a bone | 155 | |
| 5449694185 | osteoplasty | reconstruction of a bone | 156 | |
| 5449694186 | osteotomy | incision into a bone | 157 | |
| 5449694187 | prosthesis | a device added to the body to replace a missing part of lost function | 158 | |
| 5449694188 | spondylosyndesis | fusing together multiple vertebrae | 159 | |
| 5449694189 | sternotomy | incision into the sternum | 160 | |
| 5449694190 | tarsectomy | removal of all or a portion of the ankle | 161 | |
| 5449694191 | tarsoclasia | surgical fracture of the ankle | 162 | |
| 5449694192 | arthrectomy | removal of a joint | 163 | |
| 5449694193 | arthroclasia | the breaking of a joint | 164 | |
| 5449694194 | arthrodesis | surgical fixation of a joint | 165 | |
| 5449694195 | arthrolysis | loosening a stiff joint | 166 | |
| 5449694196 | arthroplasty | reconstruction of a joint | 167 | |
| 5449694197 | athrotomy | incision into a joint | 168 | |
| 5449694198 | bursectomy | removal of a bursa | 169 | |
| 5449694199 | bursotomy | incision into a bursa | 170 | |
| 5449694200 | chondrectomy | removal of cartilage | 171 | |
| 5449694201 | chondroplasty | reconstruction of cartilage | 172 | |
| 5449694202 | fasciectomy | removal of fascia | 173 | |
| 5449694203 | fasciodesis | binding of fascia | 174 | |
| 5449694204 | fascioplasty | reconstruction of fascia | 175 | |
| 5449694205 | fasciorrhaphy | suturing of facia | 176 | |
| 5449694206 | fasciotomy | incision into fascia | 177 | |
| 5449694207 | myodesis | binding of muscle | 178 | |
| 5449694208 | myoplasty | muscle reconstruction | 179 | |
| 5449694209 | myorrhaphy | muscle suture | 180 | |
| 5449694210 | myotomy | incision into muscle | 181 | |
| 5449694211 | tendectomy | removal of a tendon | 182 | |
| 5449694212 | tendoplasty | reconstruction of a tendon | 183 | |
| 5449694213 | tenolysis | freeing/loosening of a tendon | 184 | |
| 5449694214 | tenonectomy | removal of a tendon | 185 | |
| 5449694215 | tenoplasty | reconstruction of a tendon | 186 | |
| 5449694216 | tenorrhaphy | suture of a tendon | 187 | |
| 5449694217 | tenotomy | incision into a tendon | 188 | |
| 5449694218 | arthrogram | visual record of a joint | 189 | |
| 5449694219 | myomectomy | removal of a muscle tumor | 190 | |
| 5449694220 | tenodesis | binding of a tendon | 191 | |
| 5452148825 | brachi/o | arm | 192 | |
| 5452220665 | arthrocentesis | puncture of a joint | 193 | |
| 5452222434 | myectomy | removal of muscle | 194 | |
| 5452237598 | analgesic | a drug that relieves pain | 195 | |
| 5452239415 | computed axial tomography (CAT or CT) | imaging procedure using a computer to "cut" or view "slices" of a patients organs | 196 | |
| 5452254341 | 197 |
Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 3 Flashcards
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| 5109496700 | adip/o | fat | 0 | |
| 5109496701 | lip/o | fat | 1 | |
| 5109496702 | steat/o | fat | 2 | |
| 5109496703 | cutane/o | skin | 3 | |
| 5109496704 | derm/o | skin | 4 | |
| 5109496705 | dermat/o | skin | 5 | |
| 5109496706 | epidermis | outer layer of skin | 6 | |
| 5109496707 | squamous cell | flat scaly looking cell | 7 | |
| 5109496708 | dermis | deepest layer of skin | 8 | |
| 5109496709 | integumentary system | skin | 9 | |
| 5109496710 | pil/o | hair | 10 | |
| 5109496711 | trich/o | hair | 11 | |
| 5109496712 | hidr/o | sweat | 12 | |
| 5109496713 | squam/o | scale | 13 | |
| 5109496714 | onych/o | nail | 14 | |
| 5109496715 | ungu/o | nail | 15 | |
| 5109496716 | seb/o | oil | 16 | |
| 5109496717 | sebace/o | oil | 17 | |
| 5109496718 | crypt/o | hidden | 18 | |
| 5109496719 | ichthy/o | scaly | 19 | |
| 5109496720 | pachy/o | thick | 20 | |
| 5109496721 | kerat/o | hard, horny | 21 | |
| 5109496722 | xer/o | dry | 22 | |
| 5109496723 | rhytid/o | wrinkle | 23 | |
| 5109496724 | xanth/o | yellow | 24 | |
| 5109496725 | erythr/o | red | 25 | |
| 5109496726 | leuk/o | white | 26 | |
| 5109496727 | alb/o | white | 27 | |
| 5109496728 | melan/o | black | 28 | |
| 5109496729 | abrasion | scraping away of skin | 29 | |
| 5109496730 | albinism | lack of pigment in skin making it look white | 30 | |
| 5109496731 | albino | a person afflicted with albinism | 31 | |
| 5109496732 | alopecia | baldness | 32 | |
| 5109496733 | anhidrosis | lack of sweating | 33 | |
| 5109496734 | comedo | a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum | 34 | |
| 5109496735 | cyanidrosis | blue sweat | 35 | |
| 5109496736 | depigmentation | loss of pigmentation | 36 | |
| 5109496737 | dermatalgia | skin pain | 37 | |
| 5109496738 | dermatodynia | skin pain | 38 | |
| 5109496739 | dermatolysis | loose skin | 39 | |
| 5109496740 | erythema | redness | 40 | |
| 5109496741 | erythroderma | red skin | 41 | |
| 5109496742 | hemathidrosis | sweating blood | 42 | |
| 5109496743 | hidropoisesis | formation of sweat | 43 | |
| 5109496744 | hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating | 44 | |
| 5109496745 | hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin | 45 | |
| 5109496746 | hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin | 46 | |
| 5109496747 | hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in the skin | 47 | |
| 5109496748 | hypohidrosis | diminished sweating | 48 | |
| 5109496749 | hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin | 49 | |
| 5109496750 | hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in the skin | 50 | |
| 5109496751 | leukoderma | white skin | 51 | |
| 5109496752 | macerate | to soften the skin | 52 | |
| 5109496753 | onychophagia | eating/biting nails | 53 | |
| 5109496754 | pruritus | an itch | 54 | |
| 5109496755 | rhytidermia | wrinkled skin | 55 | |
| 5109496756 | sebopoiesis | formation of oil | 56 | |
| 5109496757 | seborrhea | discharge of oil | 57 | |
| 5109496758 | trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair | 58 | |
| 5109496759 | urticaria | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin | 59 | |
| 5109496760 | xanthoderma | yellow skin | 60 | |
| 5109496761 | xeroderma | dry skin | 61 | |
| 5109496762 | xerosis | condition of dryness | 62 | |
| 5109496763 | macule | freckle | 63 | |
| 5109496764 | macula | freckle | 64 | |
| 5109496765 | patch (vitiligo) | larger flat discolored area | 65 | |
| 5109496766 | papule | small solid mass | 66 | |
| 5109496767 | plaque | a solid mass on surface of skin | 67 | |
| 5109496768 | nodule | a solid mass that extends deeper into skin | 68 | |
| 5109496769 | tumor | a larger solid mass | 69 | |
| 5109496770 | vesicle | a smaller blister | 70 | |
| 5109496771 | bulla | a larger blister | 71 | |
| 5109496772 | pustule | a pus-filled blister | 72 | |
| 5109496773 | abscess | a localized collection of pus in the body | 73 | |
| 5109496774 | erosion | loss of skin | 74 | |
| 5109496775 | ulcer | a sore | 75 | |
| 5109496776 | excoriation | a scratch | 76 | |
| 5109496777 | fissure | a crack in the skin | 77 | |
| 5109496778 | scale | skin flaking off | 78 | |
| 5109496779 | crust | a dried substance on the skin | 79 | |
| 5109496780 | vascular lesion | wounds related to blod vessels | 80 | |
| 5109496781 | cherry angioma | a small blood vessel tumor | 81 | |
| 5109496782 | telangiectasia (spider angioma) | the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel; sometimes called an angioma because of how it looks on the skin (tel/angi/ectasia)(end/blood vesesel/expansion) | 82 | |
| 5109496783 | petechia | a small bruise | 83 | |
| 5109496784 | ecchymosis | a larger bruise | 84 | |
| 5109496785 | cicatrix | scar | 85 | |
| 5109496786 | keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue | 86 | |
| 5109496787 | epidermal tumors | tumors of the skin | 87 | |
| 5109496788 | nevus | mole | 88 | |
| 5109496789 | dysplastic nevus | a mole with bad changes/formations | 89 | |
| 5109496790 | verucca | wart | 90 | |
| 5109496791 | culture and sensitivity | growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it might respond to | 91 | |
| 5109496792 | biopsy (Bx) | removal of tissue in order to examine it with your own two eyes | 92 | |
| 5109496793 | excisional biopsy | removal of an entire lesion for examination | 93 | |
| 5109496794 | incisional biopsy | removal of a portion of a lesion for examination | 94 | |
| 5109496795 | dermatoscope | instrument used to look at the skin | 95 | |
| 5109496796 | dermoscopy | procedure for looking at the skin | 96 | |
| 5109496797 | adipocele | a hernia filled with fatty tissue | 97 | |
| 5109496798 | dermatofibroma | a fibrous skin turmor | 98 | |
| 5109496799 | erythrocyanosis | a red and blue discoloration of the skin | 99 | |
| 5109496800 | keratogenic | causing horny tissue development | 100 | |
| 5109496801 | keratosis | horny tissue condition | 101 | |
| 5109496802 | necrosis | tissue death | 102 | |
| 5109496803 | onychia | a nail condition | 103 | |
| 5109496804 | onychocryptosis | an ingrown nail | 104 | |
| 5109496805 | onycholysis | the loss of a nail | 105 | |
| 5109496806 | onychomalacia | abnormal softening of a nail | 106 | |
| 5109496807 | onychopathy | nail disease | 107 | |
| 5109496808 | onychophagia | eating the nail | 108 | |
| 5109496809 | pachyderma | tough skin | 109 | |
| 5109496810 | paronychia | a condition of tissue around the nail | 110 | |
| 5109496811 | steatoma | a fatty tumor | 111 | |
| 5109496812 | xathoma | a yellow tumor | 112 | |
| 5109496813 | decubitus ulcer | bed sore | 113 | |
| 5109496814 | dermtosis | skin condition | 114 | |
| 5109496815 | dermopathy | skin disease | 115 | |
| 5109496816 | eczema | a red itchy rash that may weep or ooze | 116 | |
| 5109496817 | atopic dermatitis | an unusual inflammation of the skin | 117 | |
| 5109496818 | hypertrichosis | excessive growth of hair | 118 | |
| 5109496819 | ichythyosis | a condtion in the skin is dry and scaly resembling fish scales | 119 | |
| 5109496820 | postpartum alopecia | baldness experienced by women after a pregnancy | 120 | |
| 5109496821 | sclerodermatitis | inflamataion of the skin accompanied by thickening and hardening | 121 | |
| 5109496822 | scleronychia | thickening and harding of nails | 122 | |
| 5109496823 | xanthosis | yellowing of the skin | 123 | |
| 5109496824 | actinic keratosis | horny skin condition caused by sun exposure | 124 | |
| 5109496825 | basal cell carcinoma | cancerous tumor of basal skin cells | 125 | |
| 5109496826 | hidradenoma | tumor of the sweat gland | 126 | |
| 5109496827 | malignant cutaneous neoplasm | a harmful tumor of melanin cells | 127 | |
| 5109496828 | squamous cell carcinoma | cancerous tumor of squamous skin cells | 128 | |
| 5109496829 | acne vulgaris | inflammation of the skin follicles | 129 | |
| 5109496830 | dermatomycosis | a fungal skin condition | 130 | |
| 5109496831 | hidradenitis | inflammation of the sweat glands | 131 | |
| 5109496832 | impetigo | a highly contagious bacterial infeciton of the skin | 132 | |
| 5109496833 | mycodermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by fungus | 133 | |
| 5109496834 | mycosis | a fungal condition | 134 | |
| 5109496835 | onychodystrophy | poor nourishment and development of the nail | 135 | |
| 5109496836 | onychomycosis | a fungal condition of the nail | 136 | |
| 5109496837 | trichomycosis | a fungal condtion of the hair | 137 | |
| 5109496838 | actinic dermatitis | inflammation of the skin cause by sun exposure | 138 | |
| 5109496839 | dermatititis | inflamattion of the skin | 139 | |
| 5109496840 | dermatoconiosis | a skin condition caued by dirt | 140 | |
| 5109496841 | seborrheic dermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by the discharge of oil | 141 | |
| 5109496842 | steatitis | inflammation of the fat tissue | 142 | |
| 5109496843 | epidermal | pertaining to the skin | 143 | |
| 5109496844 | hypodermic | pertaining to beneath the skin | 144 | |
| 5109496845 | intradermal | pertaining to inside the skin | 145 | |
| 5109496846 | percutaneous | pertaining to through the skin | 146 | |
| 5109496847 | subcutaneous | pertaining to beneath the skin | 147 | |
| 5109496848 | transdermal | pertaining to through the skin | 148 | |
| 5109496849 | chemosurgery | the removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals | 149 | |
| 5109496850 | chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals | 150 | |
| 5109496851 | cryosurgery | destruction of tissue through freezing | 151 | |
| 5109496852 | dermabrasion | rubbing or scrapign awa the outer surface of skin | 152 | |
| 5109496853 | electrocauterization | using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it | 153 | |
| 5109496854 | electrodesiccation | using electricity to destryoy tissue by drying it | 154 | |
| 5109496855 | incision and drainage | to cut into a wound to allow trapped infected liquid to drain | 155 | |
| 5109496856 | lipectomy | removal of fatty tissue | 156 | |
| 5109496857 | liposuction | removal of fatty tissue using a vacuum | 157 | |
| 5109496858 | onychectomy | removal of a nail | 158 | |
| 5109496859 | onychotomy | incision into a nail | 159 | |
| 5109496860 | rhytidoplasty | reconstruction of wrinkled skin | 160 | |
| 5109496861 | autograft | skin transplant taken from another part of patient's body | 161 | |
| 5109496862 | homograft/ allograft | skin transpant taken from same species | 162 | |
| 5109496863 | heterograft | skin transplant taken from other species | 163 | |
| 5109496864 | xenograft | skin transplant taken from other species | 164 | |
| 5109496865 | anesthetic | temporarily blocks sensation | 165 | |
| 5109496866 | antibiotic | destroys/opposes life | 166 | |
| 5109496867 | antihistamine | drug that opposes the effects of histamine | 167 | |
| 5109496868 | antipruritic | a drug that releives itching | 168 | |
| 5109496869 | antiseptic | a drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) | 169 |
Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 2 Flashcards
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| 5212703032 | acute | recently started, sharp and severe symptom | 0 | |
| 5212703033 | chronic | has been going on for awhile | 1 | |
| 5212703034 | exacerbation | getting worse | 2 | |
| 5212703035 | abrupt | all of a sudden | 3 | |
| 5212703036 | febrile | to have a fever | 4 | |
| 5212703037 | afebrile | no fever | 5 | |
| 5212703038 | malaise | not feeling well | 6 | |
| 5212703039 | progressive | more and more | 7 | |
| 5212703040 | symptom | something a patient feels | 8 | |
| 5212703041 | noncontributory | not related to this specific problem | 9 | |
| 5212703042 | lethargic | decrease in level of consciousness | 10 | |
| 5212703043 | genetic/hereditary | runs in the family | 11 | |
| 5212703044 | impression | another way of saying assessment | 12 | |
| 5212703045 | diagnosis | what the health professional thinks the patient has | 13 | |
| 5212703046 | differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the patient may have | 14 | |
| 5212703047 | etiology | the cause | 15 | |
| 5212703048 | benign | safe | 16 | |
| 5212703049 | malignant | dangerous | 17 | |
| 5212703050 | degeneration | getting worse | 18 | |
| 5212703051 | remission | to get better or improve | 19 | |
| 5212703052 | idiopathic | no known specific cause | 20 | |
| 5212703053 | localized | stays in certain part of the body | 21 | |
| 5212703054 | systemic/generalized | all over the body | 22 | |
| 5212703055 | morbidity | the risk for being sick | 23 | |
| 5212703056 | mortality | the risk for dying | 24 | |
| 5212703057 | prognosis | the chances of things getting better or worse | 25 | |
| 5212703058 | occult | hidden | 26 | |
| 5212703059 | pathogen | disease causing agent | 27 | |
| 5212703060 | lesion | diseased tissue | 28 | |
| 5212703061 | recurrent | to have again | 29 | |
| 5212703062 | sequelae | a problem resulting from disease or injury | 30 | |
| 5212703063 | pending | waiting for | 31 | |
| 5212703064 | disposition | what happened to the patient at the end of the visit | 32 | |
| 5212703065 | discharge | send home OR fluid coming out of the body | 33 | |
| 5212703066 | prophylaxis | preventative treatment | 34 | |
| 5212703067 | palliative | treating the symptoms not the cause | 35 | |
| 5212703068 | observation | watch | 36 | |
| 5212703069 | reassurance | tell the patients the problem is not serious/dangerous | 37 | |
| 5212703070 | supportive care | treat symptoms & make patient feel better | 38 | |
| 5212703071 | sterile | germ-free | 39 | |
| 5212703072 | proximal | closer to center | 40 | |
| 5212703073 | distal | farther away from the center | 41 | |
| 5212703074 | lateral | out to the side | 42 | |
| 5212703075 | medial | toward the middle | 43 | |
| 5212703076 | ventral/antral/anterior | the front | 44 | |
| 5212703077 | dorsal/posterior | the back | 45 | |
| 5212703078 | cranial | toward the top (head) | 46 | |
| 5212703079 | caudal | toward the bottom (tail) | 47 | |
| 5212703080 | superior | above | 48 | |
| 5212703081 | inferior | below | 49 | |
| 5212703082 | prone | lying down on belly | 50 | |
| 5212703083 | supine | lying down on back | 51 | |
| 5212703084 | contralateral | opposite side | 52 | |
| 5212703085 | ipsilateral | same side | 53 | |
| 5212703086 | unilateral | one side | 54 | |
| 5212703087 | bilateral | both sides | 55 | |
| 5212703088 | dorsum | top of hand or foot | 56 | |
| 5212703089 | plantar | sole of foot | 57 | |
| 5212703090 | palmar | palm of hand | 58 | |
| 5212703091 | sagittal | divides the body in slices right to left (left and right) | 59 | |
| 5212703092 | coronal | divides the body into slices from front to back (anterior & posterior) | 60 | |
| 5212703093 | transverse plane | divides the body from top to bottom (superior & inferior) | 61 | |
| 5212703094 | CCU | coronary care unit | 62 | |
| 5212703095 | ECU | emergency care unit | 63 | |
| 5212703096 | ER | emergency room | 64 | |
| 5212703097 | ED | emergency department | 65 | |
| 5212703098 | ICU | intensive care unit | 66 | |
| 5212703099 | PICU | pediatric intensive care unit | 67 | |
| 5212703100 | NICU | neonatal intensive care unit | 68 | |
| 5212703101 | SICU | surgical intenisve care unit | 69 | |
| 5212703102 | PACU | post-anesthesia care unit | 70 | |
| 5212703103 | L&D | labor and delivery | 71 | |
| 5212703104 | OR | operating room | 72 | |
| 5212703105 | Dx | diagnosis | 73 | |
| 5212703106 | DDx | differential diagnosis | 74 | |
| 5212703107 | Tx | treatment | 75 | |
| 5212703108 | Rx | prescription | 76 | |
| 5212703109 | Hx | history | 77 | |
| 5212703110 | PMHx | past medical istory | 78 | |
| 5212703111 | FHx | family hisotry | 79 | |
| 5212703112 | SOB | shortness of breath | 80 | |
| 5212703113 | PERRLA | pupils are equal round and reactive to light and accomodation | 81 | |
| 5212703114 | NAD | no acute distress | 82 | |
| 5212703115 | RRR | regular rate and rhythm | 83 | |
| 5212703116 | CTA | clear to ausculation (description of normal sounding lungs) | 84 | |
| 5212703117 | WDWN | well developed, well nourished | 85 | |
| 5212703118 | A&O | alert and oriented | 86 | |
| 5212703119 | WNL | within normal limits | 87 | |
| 5212703120 | NOS | not otherwise specified | 88 | |
| 5212703121 | NEC | not elsewhere classified | 89 | |
| 5212703122 | PO | per os (by mouth) | 90 | |
| 5212703123 | NPO | nil per os (nothing by mouth) | 91 | |
| 5212703124 | PR | per rectum (anal) | 92 | |
| 5212703125 | IM | intramuscular | 93 | |
| 5212703126 | SC | subcutaneous (under the skin) | 94 | |
| 5212703127 | IV | intravaneous | 95 | |
| 5212703128 | CVL | central venous line | 96 | |
| 5212703129 | PICC | peripherally inserted central catheter | 97 | |
| 5212703130 | Sig | instructions | 98 | |
| 5212703131 | ad lib | as desired | 99 | |
| 5212703132 | BID | twice daily | 100 | |
| 5212703133 | TID | three times daily | 101 | |
| 5212703134 | QD | daily | 102 | |
| 5212703135 | QID | four times daily | 103 | |
| 5212703136 | QHS | at night | 104 | |
| 5212703137 | AC | before meals | 105 | |
| 5212703138 | PC | after meals | 106 | |
| 5212703139 | prn | as needed | 107 | |
| 5212703140 | alert | able to answer questions, responsive, interactive | 108 | |
| 5212703141 | auscultation | to listen | 109 | |
| 5212703142 | marked | it really stands out | 110 | |
| 5212703143 | oriented | being aware of who, where, & current time | 111 | |
| 5212703144 | palpation | to feel | 112 | |
| 5212703145 | percussion | to hit something & listen to the resulting sound | 113 | |
| 5212703146 | unremarkable | another way of saying normal | 114 |
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