Body Structure Flashcards by David Friesen | Brainscape

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Gland

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aden/o

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cyt/o

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cell

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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kary/o

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nucleus

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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fat

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neur/o

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nerve

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organ/o

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nerve

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sarc/o

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flesh/connective tissue

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system/o

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system

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arther

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Joint

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hepat

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liver

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ven

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vein

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oste

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bone

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-pathy

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disease

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-intra

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within

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-sub

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under

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cancer/o carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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gno/0

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knowledge

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iatr/o

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physician medicine (also means treatment)

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lei/o

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smooth

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onc/o

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tumor, mass

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path/o

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disease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shapped striated

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somato/o

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body

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chlor/o

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green

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chrom/o

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color

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cyan/o

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blue

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erthr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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painful , abnormal, difficult, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete, deficient

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meta-

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after, beyond, change

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neo-

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new

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pro-

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before

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-al, -is, -ous

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pertaining to

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-cyte

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cell NOTE: the combining form for cell is cyt/o the suffix for -cyte ending with an “e”

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-logist

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one who studies or treats

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-logy

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study of

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-oid

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resembling of

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-oma

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swelling, tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

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maligenant tumor

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-stasis

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control, stop, standing

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CA

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carcinoma

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chemo

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chemotherapy

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Dx

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diagnosis

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mets

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metastasis

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Px

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prognosis

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RBC

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red blood cell

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XRT

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radiation therapy

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WBC

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white blood cell