Ch. 7 Greek and Latin Roots of Pathological Terms Flashcards
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malac/o
A
soft, softening
2
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-malacia
A
soft, softening
3
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orth/o
A
straight, correct, normal, upright
4
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ped/o
A
child
5
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-pedia
A
education in x
6
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frang/o
A
break, broken
7
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fract/o
A
break, broken
8
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-rhexis
A
a rupture
9
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lux/o
A
dislocated
10
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por/o
A
passage, pore
11
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-penia
A
decrease, deficiency
12
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crepit/o
A
creak, crackle
13
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-agra
A
gout, attack (of severe pain)
14
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rheum/o
A
flow, discharge
15
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rheumat/o
A
flow, discharge
16
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ankyl/o
A
stiff, fused, crooked
17
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sequestr/o
A
fragment of bone/tissue
18
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talip/o
A
deformity of foot and ankle
19
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plan/o
A
flat
20
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cav/o
A
hollow
21
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valg/o
A
bent outward
22
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var/o
A
bent upward
23
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kyph/o
A
bent forward
24
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lord/o
A
bent backward
25
lev/o
left
26
dextr/o
right
27
scoli/o
bent sideways, crooked
28
tors/o
twist, turn
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tort/o
twist, turn
30
-olisthesis
slipping
31
bifid/o
split in two
32
schiz/o
a splitting, a cleft
33
-schisis
a splitting, a cleft
34
spasm/o
spasm
35
tract/o
to draw, pull
36
campt/o
bent, curved
37
campyl/o
bent, curved
38
-campsia
bent, curved
39
-campsis
bent, curved
40
concave
hollowed out or rounded inward
41
convex
curved or rounded outward
42
ostagra
bone forceps
43
mochliskos
bone lever
44
staphylagra
cut off the uvule
