Chapter 1 - WORD STRUCTURE Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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Cancerous/cancer

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cardi/o

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Heart

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cephal/o

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Head

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cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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cis/o

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To cut

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crin/o

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To secrete

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cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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Cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

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Skin

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electr/o

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Electricity

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encephal/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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glyc/o

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Sugar

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19
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gnos/o

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Knowledge

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20
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gynec/o

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Woman/female

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21
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hemat/o or hem/o

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Blood

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hepat/o

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Liver

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iatr/o

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Treatment , physician

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24
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leuk/o

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White

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25
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log/o

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Study of

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26
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nephr/o

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Kidney

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27
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neur/o

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Nerve

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28
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onc/o

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Tumor

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ophthalm/o

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Eye

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30
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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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32
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ped/o

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Child

33
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psych/o

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Mind

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radi/o

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X-rays

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ren/o

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Kidney

36
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rhin/o

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Nose

37
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sarc/o

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Flesh

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sect/o

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To cut

39
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thromb/o

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Clot, clotting

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ur/o

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Urinary tract, urine

41
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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

43
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-algia

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Pain

44
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-cyte

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Cell

45
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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

46
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-emia

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Blood condition

47
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-genic

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Produced by or in

48
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-globin

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Protein

49
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-gram

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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

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Specialist

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-itis

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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

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Process of viewing

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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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Disease condition

59
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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

60
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-scopy

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Process of visually examining

61
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-sis

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State of; condition

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-tomy

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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

65
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aut-, auto-

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Self, own

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dia-

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Complete, through

67
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end-, endo-

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Within

68
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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

72
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in-

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Into, in

73
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peri-

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Surrounding, around

74
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pro-

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Before, forward

75
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re-

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Back, backward, again

76
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retro-

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Behind

77
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sub-

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Below, under

78
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trans-

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Across, through