Chapter 1 - Into to Med Terms Flashcards

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Ab-

A

Away from

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful, bad

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3
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Endo-

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Within or inside

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4
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Hyper-

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elevated or more than normal

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5
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Poly-

A

many

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6
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Pre-

A

before

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Sub-

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below, under, less

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8
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A-

A

without or no

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9
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An-

A

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-

A

above, increased, more than normal

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14
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Eu-

A

good, easy, normal

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15
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Ex- or Exo-

A

without, out of, outside, or away from

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16
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Ecto-

A

outside

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17
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Hypo-

A

depressed or less than normal

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18
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Intra-

A

within

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19
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Oligo-

A

scant or little

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Post-

A

after

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21
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Super- or Supra-

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above, beyond, or excessive

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22
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Epi-

A

upper

23
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Extra-

A

outside

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Infra-

A

below or beneath

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Inter-

A

between

26
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Per-

A

throughout

27
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Meta-

A

beyond

28
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic

A

pertaining to

29
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

30
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-pexy

A

suture to stabilize

31
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

32
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-stomy

A

surgically created opening

33
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-tomy

A

cutting into

34
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove gas or fluid

35
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-gram

A

record of

36
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-graph

A

instrument that records

37
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-graphy

A

procedure that records

38
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-lysis

A

separation or breakdown

39
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-scope

A

instrument to visually examine

40
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-scopy

A

procedure to visually examine

41
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-therapy

A

treatment

42
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-rrhagia or -rrhage

A

bursting forth ex: hemerrage

43
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-rrhaphy

A

to suture

44
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge ex: diarrhea

45
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

46
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-algia or -dynia

A

pain

47
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-itis

A

inflammation

48
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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

49
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-megaly

A

enlargement

50
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

51
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-pathy

A

disease

52
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-sclerosis

A

abnormal hardening

53
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-um

A

structure