chapter 1 Flashcards by Cayla Harley Hardnett

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root

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a foundation of a term

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suffix

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word ending

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prefix

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word beginning

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combining vowel

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vowel that links the root to the suffix/root to root

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combining form

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combination of the root and the combining vowel

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cardi/o

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heart

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hypogastric

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below the stomach

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hematology

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study of blood

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-logy

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study of

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hemat

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blood

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electr

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electricity

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-gram

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record

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grastr

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stomach

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-itis

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inflammation

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enter

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intestines

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hypo

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below

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-ic

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pertaining to

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epi

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above

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adren/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cephahl/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

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skin

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gynec/o

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women(female)

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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/o

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physician/treatment

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leuk/o

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white

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neuro/o

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nerve

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onc/o

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tumor

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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path/o

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disease

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pedo/o

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child

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pysch/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot

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ur/o

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urinary tract. urine

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-ac/-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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excision/removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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produced by or in

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-globin

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protein

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-ion

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process

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-ist

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specialist

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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-sis

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state of condition

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-tomy

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process of cutting/incision

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-y

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process/comdition

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a-/an-

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no, not, without

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aut-/auto

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self, own

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dia-

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complete, through

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end-/endo-

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within

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ex-/exo-

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out, outside of, outward

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hyper-

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excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro-

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before, foward

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re-

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back, backward, again

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retro-

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behind

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sub-

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below, under

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trans-

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across, through