Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Ab-

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From, away from

Example: ABerrant (wandering away from)

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Ad-

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Toward, increase

Example: ADduct (movement toward the midline of the body)

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Alb-

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White

Example: ALBino (person who has marked deficiency of pigment in the eyes, hair, and skin; abnormally white skin)

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Albin/o

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White

Example: ALBINism (condition of abnormally white skin: characterized by absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eye)

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Ambi-

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Both, both sides

Example: ANBIdextrous (able to use both hands well)

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An-

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Without, not, no

Example: ANesthesia (without feeling)

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Ante

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Before, in front

Example: ANTEcubital (“the space” in front of the elbow)

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Anti-

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Against

Example: ANTIdote (a drug or other substance that opposes [works against] the action of a poison)

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Auto-

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Self

Example: AUTOgraft (a graft transferred from one part of a patients body to another)

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Bi-

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Two, double

Example: BIcuspid ( having two cusp or points)

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Bio-

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Life

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Brady-

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Slow

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Circum-

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Around

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Cirrh/o

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Yellow, tawny

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Con-

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Together, with

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Contra-

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Against

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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De-

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Down, from

Example: to come down from

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Dia-

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Through

Example: knowledge through testing

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Dis-

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Free of, to undo

Example: dislocation (displacement [undoing] of any part of the body from its normal position)

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Dys-

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Bad, difficult, painful, disordered

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Ecto-

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Outside

Example: outsides it normal location.

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Endo-

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Within, inner

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Eosin/o
Red, rosy Example: EOSINophil (bilobed leukocyte that stains a red, rosy color with an acid dye)
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Epi-
Upon, over
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Erythr/o
Red Example: mature red blood cell
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Eu-
Well, easily, good, normal
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Ex-
Out, away from, outside
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Exo-
Outside, outward
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Extra-
Outside, beyond Example: outside the liver
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Glauc/o
Gray, silver Glaucoma (disorder of the eye due to increased intraocular pressure; creates dull gray gleam of the affected eye)
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Hemi-
Half
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Hetero-
Different
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Homeo-
Likeness, same
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Homo-
Same
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Hydro-
Water
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Hyp-
Under, below, beneath, less than normal.
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Hyper-
Excessive
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Hypo-
Under, below, beneath, less than normal.
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Idio-
Individual
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Im-
Not
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In-
In, inside, within, not Example: not capable Acquired during intrauterine life
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Infra-
Beneath, below, under
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
Within
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Jaund/o
Yellow
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Juxta
Near, beside
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Leuk/o
White
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Melan/o
Black
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Meso-
Middle Example: Middle of three layers of skin
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Meta-
Beyond, after
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Milli-
One- thousandth Example: one thousandth of a liter
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Mono-
One Example: a white cell with a singular nucleus
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Multi-
Many Example: to bear many "children"
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Non-
Not Example: not invaded
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Pan-
All Example: inflammation of the entires heart
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Para-
Near, beside, beyond, two like parts Example: near or beside the cervix
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Per-
Through Example: striking through
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Peri-
Around
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Polo/o
Gray Example: inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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Poly
Many, much, excessive Example: inflammation of many joints The excretion of large amounts of [much] urine
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before, in front Example: the region "of the chest wall" in front of the heart
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Primi-
First Example: first pregnancy
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Pseudo-
False
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Purpur-
Purple
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Quadri-
Four Example: paralysis of all four extremities
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Re-
Back, again
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Retro-
Backward, behind
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Rube-
Red Example: fine red rash
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Semi-
Half Example: half conscious
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Sub-
Under, above Example: under the skin
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Supra-
Above, over Example: above or over the pubic area
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Sym-
Joined, together Example: symptoms joined by a common cause "running together)
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Tachy-
Rapid
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Trans-
Across, through
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Tri-
Three
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Ultra-
Beyond, excess
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Uni-
One Example: "a cell" having one nucleus
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Xanth/o
Yellow Example: any yellow coloration of the skin
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A-
Without, not, no Example: Apnea (without breathing)