Chapter 1 - Into to Med Terms Flashcards by Stacy heller

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Ab-

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Away from

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful, bad

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Endo-

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Within or inside

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Hyper-

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elevated or more than normal

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Poly-

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many

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Pre-

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before

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Sub-

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below, under, less

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A-

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without or no

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An-

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without or no

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Ad-

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toward

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Anti-

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against

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Trans-

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across

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Ultra-

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above, increased, more than normal

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Eu-

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good, easy, normal

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Ex- or Exo-

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without, out of, outside, or away from

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Ecto-

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outside

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Hypo-

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depressed or less than normal

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Intra-

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within

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Oligo-

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scant or little

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Post-

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after

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Super- or Supra-

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above, beyond, or excessive

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Epi-

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upper

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Extra-

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outside

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Infra-

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below or beneath

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Inter-

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between

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Per-

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throughout

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Meta-

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beyond

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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-pexy

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suture to stabilize

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-stomy

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surgically created opening

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-tomy

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cutting into

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove gas or fluid

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-gram

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record of

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-graph

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instrument that records

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-graphy

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procedure that records

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-lysis

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separation or breakdown

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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procedure to visually examine

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-therapy

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treatment

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-rrhagia or -rrhage

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bursting forth ex: hemerrage

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-rrhaphy

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to suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge ex: diarrhea

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-algia or -dynia

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pain

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-itis

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inflammation

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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-um

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structure