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Ch 1. continued Flashcards

1
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Colic is around the colon (prefix)

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peri-colic

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dent ___ is the term for tooth pain (suffix)

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dent-algia

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___ menorrhea is painful mense (prefix)

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dys-menorrhea

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hepato__ means enlarged liver (suffix)

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hepato-megaly

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__ tension means abnormally low blood pressure (prefix)

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hypo-tension

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__ gastric is the area above the stomach

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epi-gastric

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phleb___ is incision (or going into) the vein (suffix)

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phlebo-tomy

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8
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suffix -ectomy

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complete removal

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9
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Combining form aer/o

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air,gas

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10
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arther/o

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plaque, fatty substances (inside of a blood vessel)

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11
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blast/o

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immature cells

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12
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calc/o, calci/o

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calcium

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13
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chondrio, chondro

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cartilage, grainy, gritty

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14
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chyl/o

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chyle, a digestive juice

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15
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chym/o

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chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach

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cyst/o, cysti

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bladder, cyst, cystic duct

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17
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cyt/o

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cell

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18
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ethm/o

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ethmoid bone

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19
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gluc/o

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glucose

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20
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glyc/o

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sugars

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21
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hyd/o

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hydrogen, water

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22
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ket/o, keton/o

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ketone, acetone

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23
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lip/o

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fat (outside of a blood vessel)

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24
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nucle/o

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nucleus

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25
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plasma, plasmo

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formative, plasma

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26
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salping/o

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tube

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27
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sider/o

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iron

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28
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somat/o

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body

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29
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squam/o

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scale, squamous (meaning scaly)

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30
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syring/o

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tube

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31
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A condition characterized by excessive fluid accumulation in the brain is __cephaly

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hydro-cephaly

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32
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A __ cyte is a cartilage cell

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chondro-cyte

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33
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Inflammation of the eustachian tube is __ itis

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syring-titis

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34
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-ectomy is removal of the fallopian tube

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salping-ectomy

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35
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___ toxin is a poison that acts upon a cell nucleus

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nucleo-toxin

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36
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___ oma is a tumor from a fatty deposit inside a blood vessel

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arther-oma

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37
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Relating to the ethmoid and nasal bones is __ nasal

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ethmo-nasal

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38
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An __ gen is a gas-producing microorganism

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aero-gen

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39
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Originating in the body is __ genic

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somato-genis

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40
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Producing glucose is __genic

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gluco-genic

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41
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__penia is a sugar deficiency

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glyco-penia

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42
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__penia is a calcium deficiency

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calci-penia

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43
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An embryonic fat cell (outside a vessel) is a __ blast

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lipo-blast

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44
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__pheresis is the separation of blood into parts

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plasma-pheresis

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45
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The arrangement of cells in tissue is __ architecture

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cyto-architecture

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46
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An abnormally low level of iron in the blood is __ penia

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sidero-penia

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47
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__oid is bladder-shaped

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cyst-oid

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48
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The metabolic production of ketones is __genesis

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keto-genesis

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49
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__poiesis is the production of chyle in the intestine

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chylo-poiesis

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50
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__poiesis means the production of chyme

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chymo-poiesis

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51
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Relating to the squamous part of the frontal bone is __ frontal

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squamo-frontal

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52
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algesi/o,algi/o,alg/o

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pain

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53
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cry/o

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cold

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54
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disp/o

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thirst

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55
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esthesi/o

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sensation, perception

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56
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kin/o,kine

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movement, motion

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57
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kinesi/o, kines/o

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motion

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58
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phon/o

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sound, voice, speech

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59
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phot/o

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light

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60
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son/o

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sound

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61
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therm/o

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heat

62
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struction of tissue freezing is __ cautery

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cryo

63
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A __ meter is an instrument for measuring light

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photo-meter

64
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___motor relates to movements caused by sou d

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sono-meter

65
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An instrument for measuring temp is a __meter

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thermo-meter

66
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Pain is caused by a spams in an __spasm

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algo-spasm

67
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___mania is alcoholism

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dispo-mania

68
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The study of movement is __logy

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kinesiology

69
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The perception of movement is __esthesia

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kinesthesia

70
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A __meter is an instrument for measuring sound

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phono-meter

71
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Measurement of tactile sensibility is __metry

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esthesio-metry

72
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acanth/o

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spiny, thorny

73
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andr/o

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masculine

74
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chlor/o

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chlorine, green

75
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chrom/o, chromat/o

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color

76
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crypto/o

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hidden, obscure

77
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cyan/o

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blue

78
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eosin/o

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red

79
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erythr/o

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red, redness

80
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granul/o

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granular

81
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gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o

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women

82
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home/o, hom/o

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same, constant

83
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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly, fishy

84
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idi/o

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distinct, uknown

85
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immun/o

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safe, immune

86
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leuk/o

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white

87
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macr/o

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large, long

88
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meg/a, megal/o

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large, million

89
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melan/o

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black, dark

90
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micr/o

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small, tiny

91
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mio

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smaller, less

92
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morph/o

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structure, shape

93
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norm/o

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normal

94
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physi/o

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physical, natural

95
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psued/o

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false

96
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scler/o

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hardness, hardening

97
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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

98
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spher/o

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round, spherical

99
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staphyl/o

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grapelike clusters

100
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sten/o

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narrowness

101
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strept/o

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twisted chains, streptococci

102
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xterat/o

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monster (as a malformed fetus)

103
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xanth/o

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yellow

104
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Staining readily with certain (red) dyes is __philic

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eosino-philic

105
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A _ organisms is a tiny organism

A

micro-organism

106
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_derma is yellowish skin

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xantho-derma

107
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_cephaly is narrowness of the head

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steno-cephaly

108
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The study of the structure of animals and plants is __logy

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morpho-logy

109
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The formation of new.similar tissue is _ plasia

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homeo-plasia

110
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an instrument for measuring curves is a _meter

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scolio-meter

111
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disease of unknown origin is said to be _pathic

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idio-pathic

112
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_diabetes is a false test for sugar in the urine

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pseudo-diabetes

113
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_oid is spine-shaped

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acanth-oid

114
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producing color is _genous

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chromato-genous

115
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a common organism that can various infections is _coccus

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strepto-coccus

116
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a _ blast is an immature white blood cell

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leuko-blast

117
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physical therapy is also called _therapy

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physio-therapy

118
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small, granular lesion is a _oma

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granul-oma

119
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fragmentation of rbcs is _clasis

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erythro-clasis

120
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abnormal skin darkening is _derma

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melano-derma

121
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an agent that causes a malformed fetus is a _ gen

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terato-gen

122
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_blastoma is a testicular tumor

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andro-blastoma

123
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_uresis is the excretion of chloride in urine

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chlor-uresis

124
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lacking in some essential immune function is _deficient

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immuno-deficient

125
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_coccus is a common species that is the cause of a variety of infections

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staphylo-coccus

126
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State or condition of being blue is _sis

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cyano-sis

127
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__pathy is a disease perculiar to women

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gyno-pathy

128
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thickening and hardening of the skin is _derma

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sclero-derma

129
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_genis refers to obscure origin

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crypto-genic

130
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a normal cell is a _cyte

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normo-cyte

131
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poisoning by fish is _toxism

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ichthyo-toxism

132
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a round red blood cell is a _cyte

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sphero-cyte

133
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_melia is an abnormally large-sized limb

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macro-melia

134
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_encephaly is an abnormally large head and brain

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megalo-encephaly

135
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lessened functional activity is _pragia

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mio-pragia

136
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bacill/o

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bacilli, bacteria
bacterio-genic is caused by bacteria

137
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bacteri/o

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bacteria

138
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carcin/o

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cancer
A carcinogen is a cancer-producing substance

139
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kyph/o

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humpback
Kyphosis combined with scoliosis is kyphoscoliosis

140
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onch/o, onc/o

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tumor
oncolysis is a destruction of a cancerous tumor

141
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path/o

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disease
A disease-causing substance is a pathogen

142
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pyr/o

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fever, fire, heat
causing fever is pyrogenic

143
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schist/o

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split
schisto-cytosis

144
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schiz/o

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split,division
a spectrum of mental disorders often with a disorder in perception is schizoprenia

145
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spasm/o

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spasm
an agent that relieves spasms is a spasmolytic

146
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anteri/o

A

front

147
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dextr/o

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right, toward the right

148
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dors/o

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back

149
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goni/o

A

angle

150
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goni/o

A

angle one

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