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Chapter 1-basic Word Structure Flashcards

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Adeno

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Gland

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Bi/o

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Life

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephala/o

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Brain

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Lapar/o

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Abdomen

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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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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Onc/o

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Cancer

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Opthalm/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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Psych/o

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Mind

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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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Sacr/o

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Flesh

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Thromb/o

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Clotting

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-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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Removal, cutting out

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ia

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Condition

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ism

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Condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist

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Specialist in study of

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-logy

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Study of

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-oma

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Tumor/mass

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-opsy

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To view

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-osis

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Abnormal 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 visual examination

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-sis

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State of

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-tomy

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Process of cutting into

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A-, an-

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No, not

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Aut-

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Self

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Dia-

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Complete, through

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Dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult

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Endo-

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Within

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Exo-

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Outside

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Hyper-

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Excessive, more than normal

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Hypo-

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Below, less than normal

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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Pro-

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Before, forward

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Re-

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Back

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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

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