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HSC 250 - Healthcare Term > Basics Of Med Term > Flashcards

Basics Of Med Term Flashcards

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-able

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capable of or ability to

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Alb/o-

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white

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Ambi-

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both

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Amphi-

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both

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An-

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lack of or without

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Ana-

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apart or up

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anti-

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against

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-ar

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refers to or pertains to

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-ation

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process of or procedure of

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bene-

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good or normal

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bengin-

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kind

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bi-

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two

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bin-

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two

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capn/o-

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carbon dioxide

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cav-

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hollow

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-cele

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swelling or tumor

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cellul/o-

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chambers

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centi-

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one-hundredth part (100)

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chlor/o-

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green

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chrom/o-

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colored

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-cid

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to kill

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cirum-

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around

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cirrh/o-

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yellow-orange

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co-

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two

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com-

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together

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corp/o-

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body

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-cule

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little

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de-

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away

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deci-

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one tenth (1/10)

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deka-

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ten

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demi-

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half

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dia-

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across, through, total, between

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diplo-

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double or two

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dis-

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away from or reverse

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dromo-

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running

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dy/o-

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two or a pair

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dys-

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difficult, faulty, painful

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-e (suffix)

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instrument

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e- (prefix)

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out or remove

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edema-

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swelling

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ef-

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away or out

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em-

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in

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en-

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in

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enamel

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hard

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endo

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within or inside

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epi-

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upon

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eti/o-

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cause

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ex-

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out, outside, outward

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-gnosis

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knowledge

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-grade

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a step, stage, or degree in a process

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hemi-

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half or one half

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hept/a-

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seven

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heter/o-

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other or opposite

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-ia

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refers to, condition, state of

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-ician

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Idio-

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unique to or unknown cause

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-id

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Im-

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into or not

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Inter-

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-ior

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one who is

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-ious

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iso-

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equal or same

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kil/o-

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one thousand

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lat-

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lump-

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small mass

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magni-

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large or greater

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Medi-

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Mega-

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great or big

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meta-

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beyond or change

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Micro-

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Morpho-

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Mort/o-

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Multi-

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many, multiple, excessive

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Nano-

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1 billionth

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Necr/o-

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death, dead, dying

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Nigra-

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Nin/o-

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Null/i-

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none or no

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occipit/o-

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back of head

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Oct/o-

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Oleo-

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-oleum

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Olig/o-

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few, scanty, slight, little

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-olog/y

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science or study of, process of

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Opisth/o-

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backwards (bending)

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-osis

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condition of or disease

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ox/y-

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sharp or oxygen molecules

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Palm/a-

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palm or palm of hand

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Pan-

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all, total, complete

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Path/o-

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Pedi-

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Pent/a-

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Per-

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-phile

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love of, to love, love for

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Plan/o-

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flat or a plane

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Plant/o-

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sole of foot

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Poly-

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Post-

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after or behind

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-prax/ia

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movement or action

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Pre-

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Prim/i-

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Prot/o-

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-ptosis

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to drop, fall, displace

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Quadr/i-

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Quint/i-

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Retr/o-

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back of, behind, backward, after

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Rube/o-

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Semi-

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Sept/i-

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-sol

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in solution or solution

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Splanchn/o-

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Steat/o-

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Sub-

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beneath, under, less or lesser

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Sulf/o-

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Super-

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above or upon

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Supinat/o-

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to throw backward

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Supra-

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above or upon

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Sym-

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Tert/i-

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Tetr/a-

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Thanat/o-

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-tic

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capable of or state of

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-tive

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nature of or quality of

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top/o-

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Trans-

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across or through

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Tri-

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Troph/o-

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development, nourishment, or nutrition

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-ule

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small or lesser

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Ultra-

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Viscer/a-

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