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1
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Aden

A

gland

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Arthr

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Joint

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Bi

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Life

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Carcin

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cancerous

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Cardi

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Heart

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Cephal

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Head

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Cerebr

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largest part of brain

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Cis

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to cut

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Crin

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to secrete

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Cyst

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Urinary bladder or sac or cyst

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Cyt

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Cell

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Skin

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derm or dermat

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intestines

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enter

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electrical

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electr

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brain

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encephal

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red

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erythr

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stomach

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gastr

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sugar

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gly

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gnos

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knowledge

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female or woman

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gynec

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blood

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hemat or hem

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liver

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hepa

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treatment or physician

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iatr

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white

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leuk

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log

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stufy of

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nephr

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kidney

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onc

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Tumor

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Orphthalm

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eye

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oste

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bone

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Path

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disease

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ped

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Child

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psych

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mind

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radi

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x rays

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ren

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kidney

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sarc

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flesh

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sect

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to cut

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thromb

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clot/clotting

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ur

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urinary tract

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suffix for pertaining to

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-ac or -al or -ic- or -ical

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suffix for pain

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-algia

38
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suffix for cell

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-cyte

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suffix meaning to remove or excision

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-ectomy

40
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suffix meaning blood condition

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-emia

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suffixes meaning produced by

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-genic

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suffix meaning protein

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-globin

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suffix meaning record

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-grams

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suffix meaning process

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-ion

45
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what does the suffix -ist mean?

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specialist

46
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what does the suffix -itis mean?

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inflammation

47
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what does the suffix -logy mean?

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process of study

48
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what does the suffix -oma mean?

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tumor, mass, swelling

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what does the suffix -opsy mean?

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process of viewing

50
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what does the suffix -osis mean?

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease condition

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what does the suffix -scope mean?

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instrument to visually examine

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what does the suffix -scopy mean?

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process of visually examining

54
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what does the suffix -sis mean?

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state of, condition

55
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what does the suffix -tomy mean?

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process of cutting

56
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what does the suffix -y mean?

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process, condition

57
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prefixes: -a, an-

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no, not, without

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aut-, auto-

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self or own

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dia-

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complete, through

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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above, upon

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ex- exo-

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out, outside of, outward

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hyper-

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excessive, above-normal

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hypo-

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deficient, below-normal

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in-

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into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, backward, again

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retro-

A

behind

70
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prefix for below or under

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sub-

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prefix for across, through

A

trans-

Medical Terminology (14 decks)

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