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Chapter 1 Intro Flashcards

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Stomat/o

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Mouth

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Or/o

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Mouth

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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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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Immun/o

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Immunity, immune safe

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Suffix’s describe

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Pathology, symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedures, or a part of speech

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-cyte

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Cell

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How to define medical terms

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Suffix first, then first part of word

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18
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Prefixes indicate

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Number, time, position, direction, or negation

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When a suffix begins w a vowel

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Use a root word

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When a suffix begins w a consonant

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Use a combining form

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An-

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Without

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Esthes/o

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Feeling

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-ia

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Condition

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Intra-

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In, within

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Para-

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Near, beside, beyond

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Nas/o

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Nose

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Ur/o

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Urine

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-ia

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Condition

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Pre-

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Before

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Nat/o

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Birth

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When making compound words

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Use combining forms even when second word begins w a vowel

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Enter/o

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Intestine

39
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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Hydr/o

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Water

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