Chapter 1-4 Flashcards by Ashlyn Steinke

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-ar

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pertaining to

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para-

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near, beside, beyond

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-ia

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condition

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-tomy

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incision

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (primarily with blood cells)

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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dia

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through, across

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-y

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condition, process

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-pathy

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disease

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-lysis

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separation; destruction; loosening

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-pexy

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fixation (of organ)

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-gram

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record, writing

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-emia

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blood condition

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-malacia

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softening

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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ventr

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belly, belly side

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-iatry, -ist

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medicine, treatment

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epi-

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above, upon

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inter-

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between

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retro-

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backward, behind

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-version

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turning

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hemi-

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one-half

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calc

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calcium

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para-

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near, beside, beyond

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super-

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upper, above

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ultra-

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excess, beyond

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son

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sound

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-tocia

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childbirth, labor

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eu-

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good, normal

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-pnea

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breathing

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-plasia

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formation, growth

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post-

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after

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intra-

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in, within

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infra-

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under, below

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sub-

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under below

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cost

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ribs

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-opia

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vision

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-duction

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act of leading, bringing, conducting

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circum-

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around

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dia-

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through, across

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supra-

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above, excessive, superior

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anti-, contra-

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against

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-ception

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concieving

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult

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homeo-

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same

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kary/o

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nucleus

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anter/o

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anterior, front

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caud/o

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tail

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poli/o

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gray, gray matter (of the brain and spinal cord)

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tom/o

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to cut

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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dist/o

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far, farthest

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proxim/o

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near, nearest

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ventr/o

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belly, belly side

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xanth/o

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yellow

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)