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Arteri-

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(air passage) artery

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Acanth-

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Thorne, spine

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Alg-

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Pain

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Alges-

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Sensitivity to pain

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All-

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Other, divergence, difference from

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Angi-

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(Blood) vessel, duct

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Arthr-

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joint

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Bi-

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life

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Brady-

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slow

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Cardi-

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heart

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Cephal-

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head

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Crani-

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skull

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Cyt-

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(hollow containter) cell

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Encephal-

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brain

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Erythr-

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red, red blood cell

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Lept-

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thin, fine, slight

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Leuk-

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white, white blood cell

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Lith-

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stone, calculus

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Log-

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word, study

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Malac-

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soft

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Mes-

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middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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-meter, Metr-

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measure, measuring device

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Nephr-

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kidney

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Neur-

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(tendon) nerve, nervous system

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Oste-

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bone

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Prosop-

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face

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Prot-

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first, primitive, early

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Scler-

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hard

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Sten-

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narrow

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Stere-

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solid, having three dimensions

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Tachy-

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rapid

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Tox(i)-

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poison

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-logy

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study, science, the study or science of

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-logist

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one who specializes in a certain study or science

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-malacia

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the softening (of tissues) of

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-sclerosis

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the hardening (of tissues) of

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-stenosis

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the narrowing (of a part of the body)

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-toxic

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poisonous (to an organ)

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-toxin

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a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)

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a-

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not, without, lacking, deficient

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anti-

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against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

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di-

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two, twice, double

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dys-

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difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

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ec-

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out of, away from

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ecto-

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outside of

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en-

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in, into, within

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endo-, ento-

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within

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epi-

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upon, over, above

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exo-

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outside, from the outside, toward the outside

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hemi-

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half, partial, one side of the body

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hyper-

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over, above, excessive, beyond normal

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hypo-

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under, deficient, below normal

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mono-

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one, single

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peri-

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around, surrounding

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syn-

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together, with, joined

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-a

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forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-ac

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forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in

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-ia

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forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-iac

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forms nouns: person afflicted with

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-iasis

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forms abstract nouns: disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of:

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-ic

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forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in;

as nouns: indicate drug or agent can also refer to person suffering from certain disability or condition

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-in, -ine

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forms names of substances

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-ist

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forms nouns: person interested in

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-itic

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forms adjectives: pertaining to; pertaining to inflammation

as nouns indicate drug or agent

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-itis

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forms nouns indicating inflamed condition

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-itidies

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plural of itis

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-ium

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forms nouns: membrane, connective tissue

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-ma

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forms nouns: abnormal or diseased condition

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-osis

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abnormal or diseased condition

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-otic

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forms adjectives from nouns ending in -osis, pertaining to

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-sia

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forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-sis

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forms abstract nouns: state, condition

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-tic

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forms adjectives from nouns ending in -sis: pertainint to

as nouns often indicate drug or agent or person suffering from disability/condition

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-y

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forms abstract nouns: state, condition

Medical Terminology C-209 (14 decks)

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