Ch.19 Medical Terms Flashcards

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Alveol/o

A

Small sac

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Cac/o

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Bad

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Carcin/o

A

Cancer, cancerous

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Cauter/o

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Burn, heat

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Chem/o

A

Chemical, drug

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Cry/o

A

Cold

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Cyst/o

A

Sac of fluid

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Fibr/o

A

Fibers

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Follicul/o

A

Small glandular sacs

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Fung/i

A

Fungus, mushroom

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Medull/o

A

Soft, inner part

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12
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Mucos/o

A

Mucous membrane

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13
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Mut/a

A

Genetic change

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14
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Mutagen/o

A

Causing genetic change

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Necr/o

A

Death

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Onc/o

A

Tumor

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17
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Papill/o

A

Nipple like

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18
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Plas/o

A

Formation

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Ple/o

A

Many, more

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Polyp/o

A

Polyp

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Prot/o

A

First

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Radi/o

A

Rays

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Sarc/o

A

Flesh, connective tissue

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Scirrh/o

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Hard

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Xer/o

A

Dry

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-blastoma

A

Immature tumor

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-genesis

A

Formation

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-oma

A

Mass, tumor

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-plasia

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Formation, growth

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-plasm

A

Formation, growth

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-suppression

A

To stop

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-therapy

A

Treatment

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-tion

A

Process

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-tic

A

Pertaining to

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-pod

A

Resembling

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Ana-

A

Backward

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Apo-

A

Off, away

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Brachy-

A

Slow (distance)

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Epi-

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Upon

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Meta-

A

Beyond; change

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Neo-

A

New

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Tele-

A

Far

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