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Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure Flashcards

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Adeno

A

Gland

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Arthro

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Joint

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Bio

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Life

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Carcino

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Cancerous, cancer

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Cardio

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Heart

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Cephalo

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Head

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Cerebro

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Cerebral

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Ciso

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To cut

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Crino

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To secrete

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Cysto

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Urinary bladder; a sac or cyst

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Cyto

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Cell

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Dermo

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Skin

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Dermato

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Skin

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Electro

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Electricity

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Encephalo

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Brain

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Entero

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Intestines

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Erythro

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Red

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Gastro

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Stomach

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Glyco

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Sugar

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Gnoso

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Knowledge

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Gyneco

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Woman, female

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Hemato

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Blood

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Hemo

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Blood

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Hepato

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Liver

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Iatro

A

Treatment, physician

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Leuko

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White

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Logo

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Study of

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Nephro

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Kidney

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Neuro

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Nerve

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Onco

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Tumor

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Ophthalmo

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Eye

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Osteo

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Bone

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Patho

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Disease

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Pedo

A

Child

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Psycho

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Mind

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Radio

A

X-rays

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Reno

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Kidney

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Rhino

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Nose

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Sarco

A

Flesh

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Secto

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To cut

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Thrombo

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Clot, clotting

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Uro

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Urinary tract, urine

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

A

Pain

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ectomy

A

Excision, removal

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

A

Protein

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-gram

A

Record

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-ic, -ical

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

A

Specialist

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logy

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Process of study

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-oma

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Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

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-osis

A

Condition (abnormal)

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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

A

Process of visually examining

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-sis

A

State of; condition

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

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-y

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Process, condition

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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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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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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, forward

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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-

A

Below, under

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Trans-

A

Across, through

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