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Standing straight up (term used)

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Erect

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Slightly outwards from midline of body

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Arms lightly abducted

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Facing forwards or facing toward front of body

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Supinated

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Divides body into right and left portions

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Sagittal

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Also called coronal plane, divides body into front and back portions

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Frontal

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Plane that divides body into upper and lower portions

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Transverse

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Plane also called median plane, divides body into perfect right and left halves

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Midsagittal

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Diagonal plane

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Oblique

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Prefix a- meaning

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Without/absence

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Prefix ab meaning

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Away from

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Root word abdomen/o meaning

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Abdomen

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Prefix ad meaning

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Toward

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Root acro meaning

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Extremity

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Suffix algia meaning

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Pain

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Prefix an- meaning

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Without/absence

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Prefix anti meaning

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Against

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Prefix bi- meaning

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Two or opposite

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Root word brachi/o meaning

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Brachial/arm

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Root word celi/o meaning

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Abdomen

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Suffix centesis meaning

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Surgical puncture

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Root word cephal/o meaning

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Head

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Root word cervic/o meaning

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Neck

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Prefix circum meaning

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Around

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Prefix contra meaning

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Opposite

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Root word crani/o meaning

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Skull/cranium

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Prefix cyan/o meaning

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Blue

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Root word cyt/o meaning

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Cell

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Root word dactyl/o meaning

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Finger/toe

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Suffix desis meaning

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Fixation

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Prefix dia meaning

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Through

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Root word dors/o meaning

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Back of body

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Suffix dynia meaning

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Pain

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Prefix dys meaning

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Abnormal

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Suffix edema meaning

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Swelling

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Suffix emesis meaning

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Vomiting

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Prefix endo meaning

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Within

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Prefix epi meaning

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On/over

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Prefix erythr/o meaning

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Red

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Prefix extra meaning

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Outside

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Suffix ectomy meaning

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Surgical removal

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Suffix gram meaning

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Record

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Suffix graph meaning

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Instrument to record

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Suffix graphy meaning

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Recording

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Root word hetero meaning

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Different

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Root word hist/o meaning

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Tissue

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Root word homo meaning

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Same

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Prefix hyper meaning

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Above/increased

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Prefix hypo meaning

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Below/decreased

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Suffix ian meaning

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Specialist

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Root word infer/o meaning

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Below

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Prefix infra meaning

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Below

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Prefix intra meaning

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Within/in

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Prefix inter meaning

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Between

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Root word iso meaning

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Same/equal

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Suffix itis meaning

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Inflammation of

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Prefix juxta meaning

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Near/beside

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Prefix Leuk/o meaning

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White

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Suffix lith meaning

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Stone

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Root word lumb/o meaning

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Lumbar

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Suffix lysis meaning

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Separation

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Suffix malacia meaning

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Softening

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Root word macro meaning

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Large

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Prefix medi meaning

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Middle

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Suffix megaly meaning

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Enlargement

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Prefix melan/o meaning

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Black

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Suffix metry meaning

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Measuring

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Micro

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Small

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Mono

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One

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Ologist meaning

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Doctor of

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Ology meaing

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Study of

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Suffix oma meaning; root word onco meaning

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Tumor

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Osis meaning

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Condition of

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Prefix pan meaning

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All

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Prefix para meaning

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Near/beside

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Pathy meaning

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Disease

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Ped/o meaning

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Foot

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Peri meaning

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Around

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Peritne/o meaning

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Peritoneum

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Plasty meaning

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Surgical repair

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Pod/o root word meaning

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Foot

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Post meaning

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Behind/backwards

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Pre meaning

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Before

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Psuedo meaning

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False

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Retro meaning

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Behind/backward

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Rrhaphy suffix meaning

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Suture

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Scope suffix meaning

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Instrument used to look/examine

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Scopy suffix meaning

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Examining visually

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Sub prefix meaning

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Below/under

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Super prefix meaning

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Above/excess

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Supra prefix meaning

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Above

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Thorac/o root word meaning

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Chest/thorax

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Tomy suffix meaning

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Incision

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Trans prefix meaning

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Through

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Tripsy suffix meaning

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Crushing

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Umbilic/o root word meaning

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Navel/umbilicus

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Uni prefix meaning

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One or same

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Ventr/o root word meaning

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Belly side of body

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Xanth/o prefix meaning

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Yellow

Medical Termonology (16 decks)

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