chapter 14 word parts Flashcards by Joule Murphy

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a-

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absence of, without

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ab-

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towards

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ad-

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towards

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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painful, difficult, abnormal, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within, in

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poly-

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many, much

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sub-

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below, under

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supra-

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above

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sym-

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together, joined

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syn-

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together, joined

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ankyl/o

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stiff or bent

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electro/o

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electricity; electrical activity

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fasci/o

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fascia

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fibr/o

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fibrous connective tissue

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kinesi/o

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movement, motion

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kyph/o

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hump

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lamin/o

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lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

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leimy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myos/o

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muscle

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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plant/o

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sole of the foot

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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ten/o

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tendon

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tend/o

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tendon

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tendin/o

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tendon

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-ad

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toward

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-desis

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surgical fixation, fusion

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal, cutting out

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-gram

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the record, radiographic image

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-graphy

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process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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loosening, separating, dissolution

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-penia

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abnormal reduction

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-physis

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growth

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suturing, repairing

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-schisis

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spit, fissure

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-scopy

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process of viewing, visual examination

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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-tomy

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incision, cut into

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-trophy

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nourishment, development