Chapter 1 Flashcards
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-clast
A
To break
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-centesis
Amniocentesis
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Surgical puncture
2
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-desis
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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
3
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-ectomy
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Excision, removal
4
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-lysis
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Separation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy
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Fixation (of an organ)
6
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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Suture
8
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-stomy
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Forming an opening (mouth)
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-tome
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Instrument to cut
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-tomy
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Incision
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-tripsy
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Crushing
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-gram
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Record, writing
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-graph
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Instrument for recording
14
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-graphy
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Process of recording
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-meter
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Instrument for measuring
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-metry
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Act of measuring
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-scope
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Instrument for examining
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-scopy
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Visual examination
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-algia, -dynia
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Pain
20
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-cele
A
Hernia, swelling
21
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-ectasis
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Dilation, expansion
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-edema
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Swelling
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-emesis
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Vomiting
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-emia
Blood condition
25
-iasis
Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
26
-itis
Inflammation
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-lith
Stone, calculus
28
-malacia
Softening
29
-megaly
Enlargement
30
-oma
Tumor
31
-osis
Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
32
-pathy
Disease
33
-penia
Decrease, deficiency
34
-phobia
Fear
35
-plegia
Paralysis
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
Bursting (of)
37
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
38
-rrehexis
Rupture
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-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
40
-toxic
Poison
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-trophy
Nourishment, development
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a-, an-
Without, not
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Circum-
Around
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Peri-
Around
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Dia-, trans-
Through, across
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Dipl-, diplo-
Double
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Endo-, intra-
In, within
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Homo-, homeo-
Same
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Hypo-
Under, below, deficient
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Macro-
Large
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Micro-
Small
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Mono-, uni-
One
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-, pro-
Before, in front of
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Primi-
First
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Retro-
Backward, behind
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Super-
Upper, above
