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All prefix/suffix/roots Flashcards

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Thromb/o

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Clot

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Ov/o

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Egg

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Proct/o

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Anus and rectum

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Pulm/o

Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Leuk/o

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White

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Pharyng/o

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Throat, pharynx

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My/o

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Muscle

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Coron/o

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Coronary, crown

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Path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Kerat/o

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Horny, hard, cornea

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Ankly/o

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Crooked, bent, stiff

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Sigmoid/o

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Sigmoid colon

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Gonad/o

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Sex gland

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Lip/o

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Fat, lipid

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Py/o

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Pus

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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Ven/o

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Vein

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous

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Ungu/o

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Nail

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Laryng/o

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Larynx, throat

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Pancreat/o

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Pancreas

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Pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Lung, air

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Orch/o,

Orchid/o

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Testicles, testis, testes

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Sarc/o

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Flesh, connective tissue

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Fasci/o

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Fascia, fibrous band

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Colp/o

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Vagina

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40
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Ten/o,
tend/o,
tendin/o

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Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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Trache/o

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Trachea, windpipe

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42
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oophor/o

ovari/o

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Ovary

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43
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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone

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44
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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

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Scler/o

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Sclera, white of eye, hard

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Cost/o

A

Rib

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Bronch/o

Bronchi/o

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Bronchial tube, bronchus

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Radi/o

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Radiation, x-rays

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51
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Pyel/o

A

Renal pelvis

Bowl of kidney

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Salping/o

A

Uterine (fallopian) tube,

Auditory (eustachian) tube

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53
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

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54
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Derm/o

Dermat/o

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Skin

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55
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Lapar/o

A

Abdomen,

Abdominal wall

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Thyr/o

Thyroid/o

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Thyroid gland

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Cervic/o

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Neck, cervix

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Seb/o

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Sebum

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Neur/i

Neur/o

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Nerve, nerve tissue

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Vagin/o

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Vagina

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63
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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Ot/o

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Ear, hearing

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Uter/o

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Uterus

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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Macro-

A

Large, abnormal size, long

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-algia

A

Pain, suffering, painful condition

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Arthr/o

70
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  • gram,

- graph

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A picture or record

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-ology

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The science or study of

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-pnea

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Esophag/o

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-tripsy

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Neo-

A

New, strange

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A-

An-

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Without, away from, negative, not

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Ren/o

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Optic/o

Opt/o

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Eye, vision

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Cephal/o

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Melan/o

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Black, dark

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Hidr/o

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-graphy

A

The process of producing a picture or record

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-oma

A

Tumor, neoplasm

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Ureter/o

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Col/o

Colon/o

A

Colon

Large intestine

87
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Enter/o

A

Small intestine

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Albin/o

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-uria

A

Urination, urine

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Anti-

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Mening/o

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Meninges, membranes

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Brady-

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Angi/o

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Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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Intra-

A

Within, inside

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  • ac

- al

A

Pertaining to, relating to

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-esthesia

A

Sensation, feeling

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-ologist

A

Specialist

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-plegia

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-Stenosis

A

Abnormal narrowing

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-lysis

A

Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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-rrhaphy

A

Surgical suturing

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-ostomy

A

Surgical creation of an opening to the body surface

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

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-ectasis

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Stretching, dilation, enlargement

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Inter-

A

Between, among

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-emia

A

Blood, blood condition

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-necrosis

A

Tissue death

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Tachy-

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Fast, rapid

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-scopy

A

Visual examination

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Post-

A

After, behind

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Phleb/o

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Hypo-

A

Deficient, decreased

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Super-

Supra-

A

Above, excessive

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-megaly

A

Enlargement

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-scope

A

Instrument for visual examination

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Hem/o

Hemat/o

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Blood, pertaining to the blood

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Hyper-

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Excessive, increased

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Pre-

A

Before,in front of, forward

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Poly-

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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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Aort/o

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Dys-

A

Bad, difficult, painful

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Peri-

A

Surrounding, around

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-cele

A

Hernia, tumor, swelling

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-ia

A

Abnormal condition, disease

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Ex-

A

Out of, outside, away from

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-osis

A

Abnormal condition, disease

129
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-malacia

A

Abnormal softening

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Sub-

A

Under, less, below

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-pause

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-sclerosis

A

Abnormal hardening

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Card/o

Cardi/o

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Hemi-

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-pathy

A

Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Ather/o

A

Plaque, fatty substance

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-cyte

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-otomy

A

Cutting, surgical incision

140
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-ectomy

A

Surgical removal, cutting out

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-rrhea

A

Flow or discharge

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Arteri/o

143
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End-

Endo-

A

Within, in, inside

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Metr/o

Metri/o

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Retin/o

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Oss/e
Oss/i
Ost/o
Oste/o

147
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Cyst/o

A

Urinary badder, cyst, sac of fluid

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Adren/o

A

Adrenal gland

149
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Cyt/o

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Pyr/o

A

Fire, fever

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Aden/o

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Men/o

A

Menstruation, menses

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-rrhexis

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Pleur/o

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Pleura, side of the body

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Ech/o

156
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-centesis

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

157
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-desis

A

To bind, tie together

158
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-ptosis

A

Prolapse, drooping forward

159
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  • rrhagia

- rrhage

A

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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Eti-

161
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Vector

A

Insects or animals

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Dem/i

A

Population

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Pan-

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Idi/o

A

Peculiar to the individual

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Congenial

A

Existing at birth

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Eti-

167
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Vector

A

Insects or animals

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Dem/i

A

Population

169
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Pan-

170
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Idi/o

A

Peculiar to the individual

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Congenial

A

Existing at birth

HOSA medical Terminology 2019 (4 decks)

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