Ch. 1 Word Parts Flashcards by Jaklynn Holbrook

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Proxim/O

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near;close

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Poster/O

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back;behind

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Path/O
• what do pathogens cause?

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disease

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Neur/O
•nervous

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nerve

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My/O
•ohh myy 👀💪🏼

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muscle

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Medi/O

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middle

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Log/O
•logically 🧐💭

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study

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Lip/O

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fat

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Later/O

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Side

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-tomy

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process of cutting; incision

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-um

A

structure; tissue; thing

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pathy

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disease

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-oma

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tumor; mass

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-megaly
•mega

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enlargement

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-logy

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study of

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Sarc/O

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flesh; connective tissue

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-logist

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specialist
(one who studies)

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-itis
•i inflammation

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inflammation

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-ine

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a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)

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-gen
•generations keep producing people 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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substance that produces

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-ia

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condition

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-emia

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blood condition

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-cyte

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cell

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-algia

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pain

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

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pertaining to

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trans-

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across

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tachy-

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fast

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supra-
•sUP

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above

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sub-
•submarine

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below; under

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inter-
•in the middle

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between

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intra-
•within

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within; into

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peri-

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around; surrounding

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Super/O
•sUP

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above

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Thorac/O

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chest

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Ventr/O

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belly side of the body; ventral aspect

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Infer/O

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below

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Hepat/O

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liver

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Hist/O

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tissue

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Glyc/O

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sugar; glucose

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Gastr/O

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stomach

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Enter/O

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intestines
(usually small)

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Dors/O

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back of body

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Dist/O

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far; distant

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Cost/O

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rib

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Cyt/O

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cell

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Cervic/O

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neck; cervix

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Col/O, Colon/O

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large intestine; colon

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Cephal/O

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head

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Caud/O

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tail

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Cardi/O

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heart

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Bi/O
•think of biology, the study of _______.

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life

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Arthr/O

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joint

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Anther/O

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front

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epi-

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on; over; upon

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hypo-
•po (below)

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below; below normal; deficient

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hyper-
•hy (high)

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above; above normal; excessive

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endo-

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in; within

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brady-

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slow

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anti-

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against

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bi-

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two; both

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a-, an-

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not; without

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ante-

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before

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Viscer/O

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internal organs