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Cells Flashcards

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adip/o

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fat

adiponecrosis, adipogenic, adipocele (hernia composed of fat)

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alb/o

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white

albiduria

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angi/o

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vessel

angiocardiopathy, angiography

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ankyl/o

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bent, crooked, adhesion

ankylosed, ankyloblepharon (eyelid adhered shut)

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aut/o

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self

autograft, autologous, autoimmune

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bas/o

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situated near a base, lower part

basal cell, baseline

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bio/o

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life, living

biopsy, biology

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carcin/o

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cancerous

carcinophobia, carcinomatosis (widespread cancer throughout the body)

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chrom/o

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color

chromogenic, chromaturia, chromatoptometry (measurement of perception of color)

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chron/o

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time

chronic

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cyan/o

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blue

cyanosis, cyanemia

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cyt/o

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cells

cytopathologist, cytotoxin

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dipl/o

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double

diplopia, diplegia

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erythem, erythr/o

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redness

erythropenia, erythroid, erythrodontia

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galac/o

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milk

galactography, galactophagous

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar

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gon, gono

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seed, semen

gonangiaectomy, gonocyte

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granul/o

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granule (small particle)

granulocyte, granuloma

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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home/o

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similar, same, unchanged

homeoplasia, homogenous

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idio

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self, peculiar to a substance

idiopathic (disease with no known origin)

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immun/o

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immune

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kary/o

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nucleus

karyomegaly

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leuk/o

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white, leukocyte

leukopenia

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lip/o

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fat

lipoma, liposarcoma

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lymph/o

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lymph tissue, lymphocytes

lymphangioplasty

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melan/o

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black, dark, melanin

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micr/o

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small

microcephaly

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mon/o

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singular

monotherapy

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morph/o

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form, shape

morphology

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mut/o

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genetic change

mutagen

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necr/o

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death

necrotic

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neur/o

A

nerve

34
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noct/o

A

night

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norm/o

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normal, usual

normochromia

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olig/o

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few, little, scanty

oligodactyly, oligomenorrhea, oliguria

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oo/o

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egg, ovum

ooblast, oogenesis

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pachy

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thick

pachyderma, pachyonychia, pachyglossia

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pathy

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disease

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phag/o

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eating, swallowing

phagocyte, normophagia

41
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sperm, spermat

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sperm cell, seed

spermicide, spermolith

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spher/o

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round, a sphere

spheroidal

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steat/o

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fat, oil

steatonecrosis, steatitis

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strept/o

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twisted

streptococcus

45
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thromb/o

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clot

thrombectomy

46
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xanth/o

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yellow

xanthochromia, xanthocyanopsia (red/green colorblindness)

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xer/o

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dry, dryness

xerophthalmia, xeroderma, xerostomia

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