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Med Terms 1101 > 3- Roots > Flashcards

3- Roots Flashcards

1
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acid

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a substance which gives off hydrogen ions

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2
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active

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requires energy

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3
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agonist

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fighter, champion (Greek agonistes)

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amino

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chemical group containing the element nitrogen

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5
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archaea

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Greek arkhaios “ancient”, the oldest and most primitive form of living things (compare archeology, archaic)

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6
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bio

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life

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cancer

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a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division and/or the unusual appearance of cells; literally Greek “crab”

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8
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capsid

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Latin capsa, “box”

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cell

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unit of living things, bounded by a cellular membrane

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centr/i
centr/o

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center

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11
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chondr

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granule

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12
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chrom/at
chrom/o

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color

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clone

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a cell which is an exact genetic copy of its parent cell

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14
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deoxyrib/o

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a sugar which is similar to ribose but is missing an oxygen

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15
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dox

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opinion; belief

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16
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electron

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subatomic particle, used in microscopes for visualizing molecular-size objects

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17
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feedback

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information in the body used to monitor a state or condition

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18
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Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi complex

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three names for the same organelle, discovered by Camillo Golgi, a 19th century Italian anatomist

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19
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karyon

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nucleus, from Greek “nut”

20
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lys/o
lytic

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breakdown; destruction

21
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malignant

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invasive or destructive; literally, “followers of the Antichrist”

22
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meion

A

lessen; reduce

23
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mito

A

thread

24
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myel/o

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marrow, especially bone marrow which makes the body’s defensive cells

25
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necr/o

A

death

26
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nucleus

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the center of a cell, often bound by another membrane

27
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onc/o

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cancer

28
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rgan

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tool; instrument

29
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paradox

A

against prevailing opinion; unexpected

30
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passive

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does not require energy

31
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phag/o

A

eating

32
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phage

A

eating

33
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pin/o

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drinking

34
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plasm

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jelly

35
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ptosis

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drooping

36
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respiration

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literally “breathing”, but used to describe the process of turning oxygen into energy

37
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ret/e

A

net

38
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rib/o

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a sugar which is the basis for many molecules

39
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soma

A

body

40
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stasis

A

stopping; holding

41
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transcript

A

changing the form without changing the language (e.g. oral to written, or DNA to RNA)

42
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translate

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changing the language (e.g. Portuguese to English, or RNA to protein)

43
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transmissability

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the ability of a disease to move from one person to another

44
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ves

A

bladder

45
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virulence

A

the severity of a disease

46
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virus

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Latin, “slimy liquid”; “poison”

47
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zym/o

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leavening (the chemical process that makes bubbles in bread and beer)

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