chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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-malacia

A

softening

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2
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-aldiga, -dynia

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pain

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3
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-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic

A

pertaining to

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4
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-iatry

A

medicine; treatment

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5
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-clasis

A

to break; surgical fracture

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6
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-desis

A

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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7
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-toxic

A

poison

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8
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-scopy

A

visual examination

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9
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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10
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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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11
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-esthesia

A

feeling

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12
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-gram

A

record, writing

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13
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-emia

A

blood condition

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14
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-scope

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instrument for examining

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15
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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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16
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-tome

A

instrument to cut

17
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-itis

A

inflammation

18
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-ia

A

condition

19
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-lysis

A

separation; destruction; loosening

20
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-lith

A

stone, calculus

21
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-megaly

A

enlargement

22
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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

23
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-metry

A

act of measuring

24
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-osis

A

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

25
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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

26
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-phobia

A

fear

27
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-plasia

A

formation, growth

28
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-plegia

A

paralysis

29
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-rrhaphy

A

suture

30
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-graphy

A

process of recording

31
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-esis, -ism

A

condition

32
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-rrhage, rrhagia

A

bursting (of)

33
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-stenosis

A

narrowing, stricture

34
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-edema

A

swelling

35
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

36
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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

37
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-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion